Traffic: Munich finally brings up the rear: very few people with private cars
Munich often occupies a top position. Why the city can exceptionally be happy about a last place in the table.
The Bavarian state capital Munich is used to being at the top of the rankings – which in many cases is far less creditable than the (continuous) top spot in the Bundesliga. In any case, the city is one of the most expensive, one of the busiest in terms of traffic and congestion, and one of those with the dirtiest air. How pleasant it is to read that Munich is in last place in a statistic these days – and can even boast that it is a pioneer in terms of climate protection: In no other city in the Free State do fewer people have a private car.
This is shown by an evaluation of German press agency, who has read the books of the Federal Motor Transport Authority for this purpose. Accordingly, there is the highest private car density in districts in the north and east of Bavaria, the lowest, however, in the cities. Of course, this news does not come entirely, as it is well known that people in cities can surprisingly do without their own car than in the country.
Evaluation includes only private cars
In concrete terms, this means: Statistically, 550 out of 1,000 people in Bavaria own a private car. In the district of Schweinfurt (leader) there are 658. In Munich (last) there are 353. Swabia is just above the Bavarian average with 570 cars per 1000 inhabitants. The fewest cars in this country are owned by people in Augsburg (408), most people in the district of Unterallgäu (640).
The evaluation only includes private cars – cars registered for companies are not included. If you add these, the districts of Dingolfing-Landau and the city of Ingolstadt jump to the top of the ranking list, which is probably due to the local locations of the car giants BMW and Audi.
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