There is quite a lot going on on the streets of Taufkirchen - more on some streets, less on others.
And the citizens have certain wishes when it comes to traffic in their town.
The municipality of Taufkirchen has commissioned a traffic report.
The planning company Stadt-Land-Verkehr has now presented an initial analysis to the municipal council.
In places, more than 10,000 vehicles roar through the town every day.
Most of the vehicles - who's no wonder - drive along Münchner Strasse, where a lot of through traffic rushes through between Oberhaching and Unterhaching.
The people of Taufkirchen themselves are also quite sensible and often go on foot or by bike in town.
That was the result of a household survey that was carried out last year.
The planning company Stadt-Land-Verkehr evaluated the survey for the community and created a traffic analysis for the town.
Shareholder Robert Ulzhöfer has now presented the results to the local council.
Polluted streets
In several places in the municipality, traffic was observed and vehicles were counted.
Around 10,000 vehicles per day are on the south of Münchner Strasse, a little more on Tölzer Strasse and around 1200 fewer on northern Münchner Strasse.
There is also a lot going on on the Oberweg, which also reaches the 10,000 mark, with the Waldstrasse just below it - “a lot for such a collecting route,” says Ulzhöfer.
On the Köglweg after the junction from Münchner Straße, the traffic experts counted around 5,500 vehicles a day.
Up to 82 percent through traffic
When asked about their destination, many drivers on the main routes stated that they were only in transit.
According to Ulzhöfer, there are around 6000 vehicles every day during the week that drive from at least Oberhaching to at least Unterhaching.
Many pass Taufkirchen on the way to Neubiberg and Ottobrunn.
Through traffic on Tölzer Strasse is likely to make up around 82 percent, and 67 percent on Münchner Strasse.
The Hohenbrunner Weg, which many choose from the Tölzer Straße in the direction of Brunnthal, is also affected by through traffic.
Much used intersections
From five o'clock in the morning, the traffic in the village increases steadily on weekdays.
The peak is just before eight and in the evening between 5 and 6 p.m.
Many intersections are particularly busy at these times, especially those that lead towards the motorway, but also in urban areas on the main routes.
An example: At the intersection of Münchner Strasse / Waldstrasse / Tegernseer Landstrasse, 429 vehicles came from the south-east with a count between 5 and 6 p.m. 72 of them turned into Münchner Strasse towards Unterhaching, 305 drove straight ahead, 52 turned into Münchner Strasse Taufkirchen off.
The Münchner Straße / Hohenbrunner Weg junctions are well traveled, at Potzham in the direction of the industrial area and Ahornring / Waldstraße.
Hardly anyone without a car
Feedback came from 17 percent of the households in Taufkirchen that were contacted for the traffic survey - according to Ulzhöfer, not a bad rate.
Ten percent said they didn't have a car.
60 percent have a car, 30 percent have two, the rest have more than two.
Only a few (around 20 percent) between the ages of 18 and 30 and over 75 (mainly women in this age group) do not have a driver's license.
But: Many of the boys have a driver's license, but less than half have their own car.
According to Ulzhöfer, the proportion of those who have a season ticket for local public transport is “pleasantly high” - one in four respondents has one.
Lots of cyclists on the way
Even if there is a lot of motorized traffic in Taufkirchen, there are quite a few cyclists, especially in town.
For example, over 400 cyclists were counted on Köglweg and northern Münchner Strasse within 24 hours.
There were 375 in parts on Dorfstrasse. At least one in two of the people from Taufkirchen surveyed owns a bicycle.
A third of the households even have two bicycles.
The proportion of e-bikes is still astonishingly low.
There is not even one in ten percent of households.
Better in town on foot
On average, each of the respondents covers three and a half trips a day.
Every fifth person goes on foot, every sixth takes a bicycle.
40 percent drive by car, eight percent drive with it, and at least 17 percent use local public transport - “that's pretty good,” says Ulzhöfer.
In urban areas, most (40 percent) travel on foot, 25 percent by bike and only a few (20 to 25 percent) drive by car.
In half of the cases it goes from Taufkirchen to a neighboring community.
A third of the traffic takes place in urban areas.
17 percent use local public transport - that's pretty good.
Traffic expert Robert Ulzhöfer
During the survey, the people of Taufkirchen were also allowed to indicate where the shoe pinches.
The following points were often mentioned: too much traffic, dangerous intersections, too high speed, bumpy roads, too few parking spaces, everything is parked, poor connections for pedestrians and cyclists, missing bike and footpaths, too few bus connections, too little public transport Deals.
How it goes on
In a next step, the planning company Stadt-Land-Verkehr will work out a traffic forecast for 2035 - "on the premise that things will continue as before," says Ulzhöfer. In order to then work out different scenarios: What happens if more people ride bicycles, if the S-Bahn frequency becomes denser, what does the population growth mean? “It's also about looking where the community wants to develop,” explained Ulzhöfer. In the end, solutions should be on the table to improve the traffic situation in the town.