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The travel patterns in Switzerland were analysed based on Microcensus data from 2010 (BFS&ARE 2012) and it turned out that the travel patterns vary greatly between age groups. Besides modal choice also the daily activities are changing. When looking at the daily distances according to trip purpose and age group, education is an important trip […]
The car ownership rates have been continuously growing in Europe in the past decades, but with some regional differences. In central European countries the amount of cars per inhabitants increased the most between 1980s and the beginning of the 21st century and has started to stagnate since then. In Eastern Europe the car ownership rates […]
The availability and access to vehicles varies between age groups. Persons older than 25 often own a car or have a permanent access to it, wheras the majority of younger adults under 25 own a bicycle (BFS&ARE 2012). The bike ownership decreases dramatically after the retirement age, partly due to health related aspects. Schlagwörter: Europe, […]
A car’s capacity use is the lowest during commuting trips and business related travelling. 91% of the commuters drive to work alone, whereas during leisure time most of the private vehicles carry more than one person (see following figure, BFS&ARE 2012). Increased capacity utilization in the form of car pooling or car sharing are ways to […]
The traffic performance has had a continuously rising trend in the past decades in Switzerland. The traffic volumes are increasing and people are travelling further and longer. This has been the case for all transport modes and especially for the rail transport (BFS 2010). Schlagwörter: Mobility patterns, Switzerland