Xander VeitchMar 18
Patrick Rérat

❓ How often do Europeans use public transport? Switzerland ranks first:
➡️ 19% use it daily (vs 11% in the EU)
➡️ 25% at least once a week (vs 12%)
➡️ 18% at least once a month (vs 10%)
➡️ 23% less often (vs 17%)
➡️ 15% never in the last 12 months (vs 51%)

But trains, buses and metro (2 lines) are not part of our DNA! Why do Swiss inhabitants use public transport much more than average?
➡️ Reliability
➡️ Dense network all over the country
➡️ Coordinated timetable
➡️ At least one connection in each direction every hour (at the same minute) from early morning till late evening
➡️ Price integration (one (season) ticket is enough, no matter how many companies)
➡️ No reservation needed

(but expensive as everything in Switzerland!)

Data: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_atst01$defaultview/bookmark/table?lang=en&bookmarkId=31a36d86-093d-4a0d-841e-ebc86ebb8f0a&c=1772447346000

Mar 18 at 4:17pmWeb
Show threadLinus GasserMar 20

@PatrickRerat I love Switzerland and use public transport nearly exclusively, and we don't own a car. We did sign up to "Mobility" car sharing, which covers the use-cases which are difficult with public transports.

One thing I think makes this possible in Switzerland is the density: in France you have wide swaths of land with nearly nobody living there. Putting busses in these places is very expensive.

Show threadPatrick RératMar 20
@ligasser Indeed! But not only. Last year I took more the car in 3 days in Marseille than in a whole year in Switzerland (including to go in the Alps)...