Traffic in Germany

We estimate that in this country, due to travelling to work/school, per passenger is produced yearly 587.87kg of CO2. It is needed 27.00 trees for each passenger to produce enough oxygen to cover that. Formulas used for this estimation

Main Means of Transportation to Work or School

Working from Home 4.51%
Walking 15.91%
Car 27.43%
Bike 19.41%
Motorbike 0.56%
Bus/Trolleybus 7.90%
Tram/Streetcar 6.21%
Train/Metro 18.06%

Average when primary using Walking

Distance 4.55 km
Walking 18.69 min
Waiting 2.31 min
Driving Car 0.40 min
Bike 1.02 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 1.14 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.84 min
Train/Metro Ride 3.30 min
Overall 27.91 min

Average when primary using Car

Distance 20.08 km
Walking 1.47 min
Waiting 0.06 min
Driving Car 28.26 min
Train/Metro Ride 0.12 min
Overall 29.95 min

Average when primary using Bike

Distance 5.42 km
Walking 0.51 min
Waiting 0.02 min
Bike 18.24 min
Overall 18.93 min

Average when primary using Motorbike

Distance 20.20 km
Walking 3.80 min
Motor Bike 25.60 min
Overall 29.40 min

Average when primary using Bus/Trolleybus

Distance 8.37 km
Walking 4.17 min
Waiting 5.16 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 19.04 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.50 min
Train/Metro Ride 1.90 min
Overall 31.00 min

Average when primary using Tram/Streetcar

Distance 7.96 km
Walking 5.76 min
Waiting 4.51 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 1.31 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 20.51 min
Train/Metro Ride 1.80 min
Overall 33.98 min

Average when primary using Train/Metro

Distance 20.80 km
Walking 8.71 min
Waiting 6.08 min
Bike 0.04 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 2.20 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.79 min
Train/Metro Ride 27.77 min
Overall 45.97 min

Overall Average Travel Time and Distance to Work (School)

Distance 12.85 km
Overall 30.95 min

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Last update: March 2023

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 3 years.

Our data for each country are based on all entries from all cities in that country.

By City in Germany

Rank
City
Traffic Index
Time Index
(in minutes)
Time Exp. Index
Inefficiency Index
CO2 Emission Index
Cologne 136.8 36.2 751.4 159.6 3668.7
Dusseldorf 118.9 30.8 146.9 141.1 4113.2
Stuttgart 118.9 32.7 289.6 151.1 3232.9
Hamburg 112.3 32.7 293.2 138.6 2562.1
Munich 110.5 32.8 294.2 116.8 2483.4
Berlin 102.7 34.1 442.9 111.9 1367.5
Frankfurt 83.2 25.7 26.1 56.7 2013.5
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