Two-Thirds of Commuters Use Cars

The car is still the most important means of transport in professional traffic. Despite the German ticket, the increase in bus and train traffic is rather small.

Most people in Germany continue to drive to work by car - the number has fallen only slightly since 2020, according to the Statistikamt. Public transport recorded a slight increase in 2024.

Most Germans who need to drive to work use private cars for this purpose - this figure has hardly decreased since 2020.

For millions of commuters, the car is still the first choice as a means of transport. In 2024, 65% of them reported that they would normally travel to work by car. This is reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of initial results of the microcensus. Public transport such as bus or train, on the other hand, used only 16% of the workers for their journey. By bicycle, 10% regularly went to work, 7% went on foot. {/mprest…

The car remains the most important means of transport for employees in Germany to get to work. A competitor is catching up.