The impact of COVID-19 on mobility: people’s use of transport one year after the start of the pandemic
Neuchâtel, 26.10.2021 - At the start of 2021, just under a year after the beginning of the pandemic and roughly in the period of the second lockdown, on average almost a third fewer kilometres were covered per person than immediately before the first wave of infections. A particularly sharp decline was seen in public transport distances with a reduction of 52%. Motorised individual transport fell considerably less at –27%. Distances covered on foot and by bike saw hardly any difference. These figures are from a special analysis of data from the Mobility and Transport Microcensus, produced jointly by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) and the Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE).
This press release and further information on this topic can be found on the FSO website (see link below)
Address for enquiries
Jean-Luc Muralti, FSO, Mobility section, tel.: +41 58 463 67 10, email: mobilita@bfs.admin.ch
Antonin Danalet, ARE, Sektion Grundlagen, tel.: +41 58 467 44 92, email: befragung@are.admin.ch
Publisher
Federal Statistical Office
http://www.statistics.admin.ch
Federal Office for Spatial Development
https://www.are.admin.ch/are/en/home.html
