Each person moves somehow. But how exactly are the Germans doing this? A mobility study of the Federal government, provides some surprising insights: Every third, for example, is very fond of walking.
The first and perhaps the most important result of the great mobility study: Almost all of the German day-to-day kind of out-of-home on-the-go. At just under 83 million residents in the country, which are consequently a whole lot. The investigation, which was carried out in the year of 2017, on behalf of the Federal government by the opinion research Institute “infas” says it more accurately: Weekdays are exactly 88 percent of all German citizens on the go, on Sundays it is a little less, to be precise 73 percent.
Every third goes to the foot.
43 Million Cars
The survey is intended to help in the transport planning and has already been carried out in 2008 and 2002. Some changes in the way the Germans are moving, so clearly. Still the car is by far the most important means of transport In the German house and there’s all in all, 43 million cars. “Unlike in 2008, more than a car that you are on every budget,” – said in the Report. Other changes: more and more older women now do their ways with the car; less and less people under the age of 30 use the car or have a driver’s license.
Movement? Especially with the car
As with all issues in terms of mobility, the differences between town and country in Germany, here are also substantial: In the cities have four out of ten households have no car. In especially rural areas a car is, however, to basic services. In nine out of ten households there is a car. Nationwide, every fourth household has more than one car. The shared car at the so-called car-sharing plays no major role: Although almost every tenth household in the cities of Poland, a member of a car sharing organization, but four out of ten use the services of almost never, and also the other is usually only occasionally.
72 Million Bicycles
The exact distribution of the different means of transport, the so – called “Modal Split” – the Figures in the survey he looks for 2017: “22 percent for exclusively walking-distance, 11 per cent for the bike, and 43 percent for the way of the passenger Car drivers and 14 percent for passenger Car occupants. Public transport including long-distance transport reached a share of 10 percent of the traffic.”
72 million bicycles in Germany
Transport with Bus, Tram and rail services ranked in order at the end of the list. Almost a quarter of all German citizens not to take public transport at all, after all, 22 percent have a monthly pass or similar in the bag. However, the proportion of those with Bus and train or with the bike on the road is growing, in comparison to the last survey something.
Anyway, the bike – there are very, very many of them in Germany, with over 72 million, a good 5 million more than in 2002. Only in every fifth household, there is no roadworthy bike. The bike-share in the so-called Modal Split, however, increases only slightly, from 9 percent to 10 percent of the distances covered. And with all the changes, one thing remains the same: Furthermore, almost 60 per cent of all journeys are travelled in private cars.
ar/dk (source: infas)