Traffic – Munich – Study on the 9-euro ticket: More public transport and a little less car – Bavaria
Munich (dpa) – The first results of a large-scale study on the 9-euro ticket attest to the possible effect of the offer. 35 percent of the study participants from the Munich area took the bus and train, as the research group at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) announced on Thursday. In addition, 3 percent used their own vehicle less often and 22 percent of the participants used the bus and train again, although they had not previously done so.
The researchers also observed an effect on traffic in Munich: the flow of vehicles there in June fell by around three percent compared to May – although it normally increases by around the same amount from May to June.
A special feature of the Munich study is that it not only relies on surveys, but also measures actual mobility behavior using smartphones. Data from around 700 to 750 participants flowed in every day, as study leader Klaus Bogenberger, professor at the Chair of Traffic Engineering at TUM, explains. A total of around 1000 people take part.
“It was not to be expected that daily behavior would change radically because of a new offer,” Bogenberger classifies the first data and emphasizes: “The proportion of people who use alternatives to their own car for the first time is all the higher.” At the beginning, many people tested the bus and train, he says. You can now see a slight fading of curiosity. Nevertheless, the professor draws a positive interim conclusion: “The important result is that many have integrated public transport into their everyday lives.”
As a follow-up offer for the 9-euro ticket, Bogenberger has several options in mind: a local 365-euro ticket, a 69-euro ticket for Bavaria or an offer where you buy a monthly kilometer budget – the data volume of a mobile phone contract.
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