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The mobility patterns of the different age groups in Switzerland have been investigated in the METPEX project giving as a result the figure below. Modal choice is a crucial mobility pattern that indicates the sustainability in terms of transport. The highest car modal shares are reported in ages between 25-44 as well as 44-64 (both […]
As part of the research of INE for the EU-project METPEX the different mobility patterns of demographic groups have been analysed. Individuals over 65 years old report the lowest daily travel distances, travel times and share of days undertaking a trip. The main reason for this reduced mobility is the retirement of the work market, […]
The Institute for Sustainable Development (INE) participates in the EU-project METPEX that aims to develope a tool to measure passenger satisfaction. Passenger satisfaction may depend on accessibility issues. Therefore, one of the work packages (WP6), leaded by INE, has as a goal to find the association of socio-economic factors and land use with accessibility. The […]
The midterm METPEX Meeting took place from 31st March to 2nd April 2014 in Valencia. The 15 project partners discussed about the progress of the running work packages (WP) and INE, as WP6-leader, coordinated the discussions regarding the factors associated with accessibility that are relevant for the quality of passenger experience.The first task of the […]
The Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS) classifies the municipalities in nine types: centres, suburban, high-income, peri-urban, touristic, industrial, rural, agrarian mix and agrarian municipalities according to employment, population density, income, tourism, population structure and centrality criteria. In the framework of the METPEX project the connection between such land use types and mobility patterns are analyzed. […]