Traffic in Switzerland

In this country, we estimate that each passenger produces approximately 691.88kg of CO2 annually as a result of commuting to work or school. To counterbalance this carbon emission, it would require approximately 31.78 trees per passenger to produce enough oxygen. The following formulas are used to make these estimations.

Main Means of Transportation to Work or School

Working from Home 4.05%
Walking 17.22%
Car 25.32%
Bicycle 12.66%
Motorcycle 2.78%
Bus/Trolleybus 13.92%
Tram/Streetcar 6.84%
Train/Metro 17.22%

Overall Average One-Way Commute Time and Distance to Work or School

Average Distance 16.44 km
Average Travel Time 33.58 min

Average when primarily using Walking

Distance 3.84 km
Walking 15.51 min
Waiting 1.47 min
Driving Car 0.07 min
Bicycle 0.98 min
Motorcycle 0.12 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 1.50 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.57 min
Train/Metro Ride 1.75 min
Overall 22.64 min

Average when primarily using Car

Distance 26.21 km
Walking 2.76 min
Driving Car 33.59 min
Overall 36.35 min

Average when primarily using Bicycle

Distance 5.29 km
Walking 1.20 min
Bicycle 16.53 min
Overall 17.87 min

Average when primarily using Motorcycle

Distance 35.82 km
Walking 5.18 min
Motorcycle 37.27 min
Overall 42.45 min

Average when primarily using Bus/Trolleybus

Distance 12.57 km
Walking 6.20 min
Waiting 4.22 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 22.09 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 1.05 min
Train/Metro Ride 1.84 min
Overall 37.11 min

Average when primarily using Tram/Streetcar

Distance 7.34 km
Walking 5.44 min
Waiting 4.78 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 1.78 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 19.11 min
Train/Metro Ride 1.04 min
Overall 33.11 min

Average when primarily using Train/Metro

Distance 26.57 km
Walking 8.72 min
Waiting 4.79 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 3.06 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 1.32 min
Train/Metro Ride 28.63 min
Overall 47.67 min

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Last update: 20 May 2025

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.

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

By City in Switzerland

Rank
City
Traffic Index
Time Index
(in minutes)
Time Exp. Index
Inefficiency Index
CO2 Emission Index
Zurich 133.9 37.2 926.1 190.2 2760.5
Geneva 130.4 33.0 314.5 140.9 4595.0
Bern 128.3 34.5 489.2 259.5 3092.4
Basel 112.6 32.2 243.1 151.0 2761.7
Lausanne 91.3 30.7 145.3 95.2 1502.5
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