TU Dresden also researches mobility in Chemnitz
Survey of selected households starts in January
This year, the everyday mobility of the population in Chemnitz is the subject of a household survey conducted by the Technical University of Dresden. The survey of selected households will begin in January and run for twelve months. Citizens from all sections of the population will be asked, among other things, whether and with which means of transport they travel in everyday life and what distances they cover.
The survey is part of the "Mobility in Cities - SrV 2023" research project, which is running simultaneously in more than 500 German cities and municipalities. The project provides important findings and data for local and regional transport planning and transport policy.
The City of Chemnitz and TU Dresden are asking all selected households to take part in the survey. Only through the active participation of as many citizens as possible can representative data be obtained, which is essential for needs-based transport planning. The addresses of the selected households were drawn at random from the population register. These households will receive an announcement letter with important information. The questions can be answered via online access. Alternatively, trained interview personnel are available on the telephone. A free telephone hotline (0800 8301830) and a web chat have also been set up.
The aim of analysing the collected data is to gain a picture of city-specific mobility. The overall sample of more than 270,000 people also makes it possible to gain insights into cross-city trends. This includes the development of the choice of means of transport, which plays a major role in the discussion about climate- or pandemic-related changes in mobility. However, the use of car-sharing services and electric bicycles as well as the mobility of children, young people and senior citizens are also being analysed.
TU Dresden has commissioned the Leipzig-based institute O.trend GmbH to conduct the survey. All data is collected there, anonymised and handed over to TU Dresden for evaluation.
The TU Dresden project, conceived as a "System of Representative Transport Surveys" (SrV), has been in existence since 1972 and the regular repetition of this survey every five years has provided insights into transport trends over a period of almost 50 years.
Further information can be found at www.tu-dresden.de/srv.