US EditionMobility study - People in Germany on foot more often
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The people in Germany travel fewer ways in the car and run more often on foot.
The number of cars continues to grow, but they travel much less than before. Researchers have identified more than a million routes in the most comprehensive study on transport. What has changed in recent years.
New trends, old habits – increased bicycle use in spring, but the car remains indispensable.
Given its scope and the number of respondents, it is one of the largest surveys ever conducted: State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV), Hartmut Höppner, together with study author Robert Follmer from Infas, presented the first results of the new edition of the Mobility in Germany 2023 (MiD) transport survey. Between May 2023 and June 2024, more than 218,000 households and around 420,000 individuals across German…
The study "Mobility in Germany 2023" notes a gratifying increase in foot traffic, while the use of cycling is stagnating. However, what has significantly increased is the dissatisfaction with the infrastructure offers. Changing Cities calls on the upcoming federal government to finally provide secure infrastructure for foot and bike traffic. Foot and bike traffic have a crucial bridge function for public transport – if these are not good and saf…
"The Germans are driving less cars than they were in 2017. This is particularly true in cities. For example, car traffic in Hamburg or Berlin has been declining for years, and there has been an increase in access to foot-walking, cycling, bus and rail. The introduction of the Germany ticket has brought a boost in local transport: it is particularly attractive for commuters, because the price is often well below the previous costs for a monthly o…
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