Die Grafik zeigt das Logo der Erhebung "Mobilität in Städten – SrV 2018". © IVST

Results

TUD Dresden University of Technology has completed the city-specific analyses of the data collected from the 11th iteration of the SrV time series study. These results have been available to the commissioning institutions since November 2019.

Cross-city results and the Methodology Report of the 2018 survey iteration can be downloaded from this page. Simply click "Learn More" or scroll down.

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Important Topics at a Glance

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Cross-city Results available

The results of "Mobility in Cities – SrV 2018" specific to each city were published by the commissioning institutions on their own. City-independent results, such as the comparison of participating cities or city groups, or presentations of higher-level development trends are published by TU Dresden. These are available for download for the 2018 survey.
Das Foto zeigt Gäste einer SrV-Konferenz an einem langen Tisch sitzend.
Canceled: Final SrV 2018 Conference

The final conference on the project "Mobility in Cities - SrV 2018", originally planned for March 12 and 13, 2020, at the TU Dresden, unfortunately had to be canceled due to the current situation and the unpredictable development of the Sars-CoV-2 virus. The cross-city results of SrV 2018, which are the focus of the conference, were made available for download as of March 13, 2020.
Die Grafik zeigt den Ausschnitt einer Deutschlandkarte, in der die Lage von SrV-Städten markiert und beschriftet ist.
Participat­ing Cities and Municipal­ities

The 2018 SrV survey covered a total of 118 investigation areas, comprising 135 cities, municipalities and administrative communities within the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. Of the examination rooms, 65 are located in the new federal states (including Berlin), 53 are in the old federal territory. For 27 of the examination areas, this is the first SrV survey.

Results of SrV 2018

Cross-city trends and key findings from the 2018 survey are summarized in the following presentation:

SrV 2018 – Presentation of Results

The SrV City Comparison measures and compares the key indicators of travel behavior of the residential population for the participating study areas. This makes the range of variation of the surveyed parameters for the SrV study areas visible. At the same time, the document enables direct comparisons between the participating cities and districts as part of a benchmarking process. In order to properly interpret the findings from these comparisons, the specific local conditions of the compared cities need to be taken into account.

SrV 2018 – City Comparison

The tabulation of the cross-city results makes it possible to analyze combinations of characteristics in a more differentiated way than in the standard tables for individual cities. This, in turn, yields results that would not be statistically reliable for an individual city. Mobility indicators for city groups also provide cities that did not participate in the SrV survey with reference values for typical characteristics of travel behavior in their own municipality.

The first classification scheme is primarily based on modeling-related considerations and represents a cross-sectional analysis of the current survey iteration. Since the composition of these city groups varies depending on the participating municipalities, they are not suitable for analyzing trends over time. Based on the characteristics of centrality according to central place theory (which classifies municipalities according to the services they provide for surrounding areas), population size, and topography, seven city groups were formed:

The second classification scheme is mainly used for the presentation of cross-city results and is suitable for longitudinal analyses. As seen previously in SrV 2013, the following three city groups were formed:

SrV Large Cities East represents the oldest SrV city group. Reflecting the historical division of Germany, this group has formed the basis for analyses of long-term developments in travel behavior in large cities in former East Germany since 1972. SrV Large Cities West comprises large cities in former West Germany that have participated continuously in the SrV survey since at least 2008. SrV Large Cities Combined comprises the cities from both groups, SrV Large Cities East and SrV Large Cities West. Further explanations regarding the city groups can be found in the Tabular Reports.

The SrV 2018 Methodology Report provides a comprehensive description of the survey methods used in this project. The questionnaire is documented in the appendix. The report on non-response analysis and weighting supplements the Methodology Report with key details.

SrV 2018 – Methodology Report

SrV 2018 – Non-Response Analysis and Weighting