Mobility replaces 1800 privately owned cars in Bern
18.03.2025
A new report demonstrates the impact of car sharing on traffic. In the city of Bern, the private cars avoided thanks to Mobility would fill Bundesplatz ten times.
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Bern lags behind the other major cities
The avoidance rate in the city of Bern is slightly lower than the Swiss average: Here, each Mobility car replaces 15 private cars. Nevertheless, it still avoids 1,845 cars and parking spaces in the city. This corresponds to an area of 23,000 square metres – or around 10 times the size of the Bundesplatz.
In Geneva and Zurich, the ratio is 21 cars, and in Basel 23 cars. The fact that Bern has a lower value is surprising. Part of the explanation could be the large car sharing offer. After all, nowhere is the density of locations as high as in the federal city. Here, the nearest Mobility station is only 246 metres on average. And to calculate the avoidance rate, the number of vehicles avoided is divided by the number of Mobility cars.
Car sharing reduces private motorised transport
The report also looked at the level of motorisation of households: In the cities studied, the number of cars per 1,000 people in average households is on average at least twice as high as in households with a Mobility subscription. Fabiana Kappeler says: “Thanks to the car sharing scheme, many Mobility customers do without a private car entirely. This has a direct impact on mobility behaviour: People who do not own a car are more likely to travel by public transport, bicycle or on foot. This also means a reduction in individual motorised transport.”
Strong argument for more shared mobility
“For me, the results of the study are a huge incentive for further expanding our offer,” says Mobility CEO Roland Lötscher. “If we want to overcome the mobility challenges in Switzerland, we need a significantly higher proportion of car sharing in the mobility mix.” To achieve this, Mobility wants to work even more closely with cities, cantons, companies and upper-level apartment complexes. In Bern, for example, a pilot project is already under way with the City of Bern and EWB, in which two Mobility locations are being electrified on public land. In the meantime, the adjacent charging points are open to the public.
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