In Munich, the curve steeply upwards – in any case, the traffic curve. The city is catching up powerful as current data show now.

In Munich* had the Corona Lockdown to have a positive effect on traffic for Two months virtually no traffic jam in the city. The times are over. As current data show, it is sometimes even worse.

Munich – commuters who travel by car to Munich, need good nerves. You know. 131 hours they were in the previous year, in a traffic jam. According to the Corona-Lockdown in the middle of March, it was different. The volume of traffic suddenly dropped down rapidly. Until the middle of April, this Trend continued. But then the Numbers increased gradually. And since this week, the curve shows a steep upwards. Munich is back in full throttle!

Corona had a positive effect on the traffic in Munich, but this is over

All of the surveys, the transport specialist TomTom. Expert Ralf-Peter Schäfer: “During the first months after the entry into force of the Corona-measures of automobile traffic came almost to a Standstill. Since mid-may, the traffic approaches the traffic in Munich again significantly year-on-year.“ Outside of the peak periods TomTom currently has even a higher congestion level than usual.

A congestion event, with the announcement in Munich, currently in Trouble, such as tz.de reported. On the Prince Regent road, the city has been cheated at a traffic light.

Public transport in Munich is still far below Pre-Corona-times

Anders, it looks at the public transport. The S-Bahn reports in volume between 50 and 60 percent of the usual numbers of passengers. In the case of MVG, it also moves in the order of 60 percent of the level prior to the Corona. To the high phase of the output limitations, only 20 percent of the average passenger figures were achieved, in mid-may, it was 40 percent.

On the road, the congestion burden in Munich, it is a day-to-day average, now at around 30 percent. That is to say, A journey that would take without traffic, 30 minutes, takes 40 minutes. The Rush Hour of 47 minutes. With the entry into force of the Corona-measures the rate declined for several weeks to about 15 percent.

The road system is overloaded by the hopeless

The number of people Commuting to Munich rose since the year of 2008 of 314,000 to nearly 400.000 . In Munich itself around 150,000 Cars are logged in to more than just 20 years ago. The result is that The road system is overloaded at peak times hopeless. Schäfer: “in the long term, mean staggered working times and Home Office, less traffic and hence less congestion on the roads.” The traffic data showed that “the way we move, the corona as a result of the strongly modified”. Because people shy away from because of the risk of infection in the Bus and train. (Klaus Vick)

the city of Munich is working on a Radl-Offensive with 450 new bike-km. The Munich-based management responding to demands of the citizens desire and expect by 2025, with a cost of over one billion euros.

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