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The population in Switzerland has been growing since the 1960s and a demographic change has started taking place. By 2010 the younger age groups had lost some of their shares to the seniors and the baby boomers became middle-aged. The life expectancy has been continuously increasing and the elderly are becoming healthier and more active, […]
The development of driving licence possessions according to age groups in Switzerland can be seen in the following figure.The shares of younger driving licence holders decreased between 2005 and 2010 and at the same time the amount of elderly drivers increased. Especially the share of 65-79 year old drivers grew significantly, with 10%, which is […]
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, […]