Local public transport (ÖPNV), which in this study always includes ÖSPV as road-based local public transport and SPNV as rail-based local public transport under this term ÖPNV, is a central component of regional mobility in the MVV area. This is also underlined by the latest BEG figures on the use of regional and suburban trains: According to these figures, 1.3 million passengers now travel on the trains every day throughout Bavaria. However, the social and economic value is often underestimated. Against this background, the task was to systematically quantify the added value generated by public transport in the MVV - both directly and indirectly - and to compare the benefits with the operating costs incurred. The aim was to provide a comprehensive, data-based picture of the economic significance of public transport for cities and districts in the MVV. This brief analysis is based on the Germany-wide study on the added value of public transport, produced in cooperation between MCube and the Initiative Zukunft Nahverkehr (ZNV).
The analysis is based on a combination of primary and secondary data, in particular region-specific results of the survey Mobility in Germany (MiD 2023), official statistics from the Bavarian State Office for Statistics and scientific publications on external costs. The value added was calculated in three categories: direct and indirect industry value added (category 1), public transport-influenced value added effects in retail, tourism, real estate and commuter traffic (category 2) and avoided external costs (category 3). In addition, a regionalization at district level and a cost analysis were carried out in order to derive a cost-benefit ratio.
The total added value of public transport in the MVV amounts to an average of € 5.7 billion per year. It therefore corresponds to around half of the total gross value added by tourism in the MVV area or around three quarters of the value added by the retail trade in the same area. There are particularly strong effects in the commuting sector, where the MVV is well above the national average. Overall, MVV contributes to just under 8% of Germany's public transport value added, which reflects the region's great importance in the national public transport context. The annual operating costs of €1.6 billion are offset by a cost-benefit ratio of 1:3.6 - Each euro invested therefore generates almost four times the economic benefit. This makes it clear that efficient and well-financed public transport is not only indispensable for mobility in the region, but is also one of the most economically profitable public investments in the MVV area. However, this economic effect is not a matter of course, but the result of continuous investment, reliable financing and strategic further development of the system; without this support, the economic and social leverage effect of public transport would diminish noticeably in the medium to long term.
👉 Click here for the Download the study.
Electric, autonomous, networked: The logistics industry is facing a major transformation. The MCube Speaker Series at the Deutsches Museum discussed how this future can become reality.
The lessons learned from the first MCube funding phase show which factors really drive projects forward - and where typical barriers arise.
Creating transparency, proving impact, sharpening strategies - the new indicator guide supports precisely this.
For the first time in this format, students made their way to three European cities. They went to Stockholm, Tallinn/Helsinki and Barcelona.
This time, mobility in the cities of Ljubljana, Genoa and Utrecht was examined.
How can mobility data and simulations make cities more liveable - and change visible and tangible?
What do Brussels, Lisbon, Milan and Paris have in common?
Where to put cars, bicycles and e-scooters - and how do we organize parking space fairly, efficiently and sustainably?
The Mobi-Score - The hidden costs of mobility at a glance
Resilient change towards sustainable mobility - lessons for a transformative urban mobility policy
What is MOSAIQ?
Imagine something: There is more space for people. The streets have more trees and plants. Everyone can get around better. That's how your Schwabing-West district could be in the future. How would you like your district to be? We want to talk to you about it!
The project is called MOSAIQ. MOSAIQ is a research∙project. MOSAIQ means: Mobility and urban climate in the future city∙part. The Technical University of Munich is leading the project.
What is MOSAIQ about?
MOSAIQ wants to make the streets in the city∙part more beautiful. People should feel comfortable there. There should be more space. For meetings and plants, for example. You can help decide what is tried out in the Stadt∙teil. The ideas come from you. Some ideas will be tried out on the streets for a certain period of time.
The aim of MOSAIQ is to make urban districts good places to live.
At the same time, the climate in the city should improve. And people should be able to move around the city easily.
What is happening in the district?
