News Digest Item
22 Aug 2017

Cars by far most used means of transport for German commuters

Destatis

Most Germans use their car to get to their workplace, according to Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). More than two thirds (68 percent) use the car, while just 14 percent routinely take public transportation services such as buses or trains to get to work, Destatis says in a press release. The car is also Germany’s most used means of transport for short distances below five kilometres: with 40 percent of surveyed commuters using the automobile, whereas 28 percent walk, 23 percent use a bicycle and only 8 percent public transport.

See the press release in German here

For background, see the CLEW dossier The energy transition and Germany’s transport sector.

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