Mobility survey: More Leipzig residents are walking

The proportion of car journeys - measured in passenger kilometers ("modal split by transport performance") - is down by a fifth or 11 percentage points compared to 2018. The eco-friendly modes of transport, i.e. cycling, walking and local public transport, increased by 30 percent or 11 percentage points in the same period. This will significantly reduce the CO2 emissions caused by Leipzig's residents in the transport sector.

In terms of the distances traveled ("classic modal split"), the share of public transport will remain slightly lower than in 2018, but there will be a clear trend reversal in the course of 2023. While the use of public transport was still influenced by the effects of coronavirus in the first half of the year, it rose above pre-pandemic levels in the second half of the year. New demand was stimulated, among other things, by the gradual normalization of the timetable after the pandemic and the introduction of the Deutschland-Ticket and corresponding marketing. This positive trend continued in 2024 and, with the gradual implementation of the route network of the future, led to a record number of LVB passengers: 167 million people used the LVB service in 2024.

"With the support of the Leipziger Gruppe and the city of Leipzig, we were able to bring more services to the streets for the people of Leipzig and thus strengthen the environmental network overall," says Sandy Brachmann, Head of Marketing at Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe.

The efforts to promote walking and cycling in the city of Leipzig in recent years are also having an impact. The share of journeys made by both modes of transport has increased since 2018. For walking in particular, there has been a large increase in the city-wide share from 27 to 33 percent.

The system of representative traffic surveys was established at TU Dresden back in 1972. The survey is carried out every five years - the last survey before 2023 was carried out in 2018. As over 500 municipalities with a total of more than 270,000 respondents take part alongside Leipzig, trends can also be identified across cities: For example, how car-sharing services and electric bicycles are used.

Further information is available at www.leipzig.de/verkehrsbefragungen. The results of previous studies on "Mobility in Cities - SrV" are also available there.

+++ In Leipzig, there is a clear trend towards eco-mobility: walking, cycling and public transport are gaining in importance, while car traffic is declining. The Mobility Strategy 2030 is having an impact and bringing Leipzig closer to its environmentally friendly goals. +++