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The number of SUVs and off-road vehicles in Munich is growing rapidly - no trend reversal in sight - small cars are becoming fewer

2021-02-02T06:37:34.811Z


Munich truly seems to be the city of SUVs. The state capital has been experiencing a flood of SUVs for some time - and there is no end in sight. On the contrary.


Munich truly seems to be the city of SUVs.

The state capital has been experiencing a flood of SUVs for some time - and there is no end in sight.

On the contrary.

  • Cars pose a major challenge to cities, especially when they are

    large

    .

  • The latest

    statistics booklet of

    the city of Munich * reveals how

    things are going with car traffic

    .

  • The number of

    SUVs

    and

    off-road vehicles

    continues to grow.

    The mayor calls for action.

Munich - the city of

SUVs

?

This impression is not deceptive.

The proportion of large SUVs and off-road vehicles in the state capital is increasing enormously.

In 2019 alone, 7,000 new luxury cars were registered in Munich.

The total was

67,661

at the end of 2019

.

For comparison: in 2014 there were 38,688 - almost half.

Politicians have long been discussing regulatory measures with regard to

SUVs in Munich

.

Cars in Munich: Fewer small and compact cars - number increased overall

In contrast, the number of compact and mid-range models is falling.

This segment still 213,230 passenger cars were registered in 2010, the end of 2019 only

194,537

.

Overall, the stock in Munich is still not decreasing.

From the end of 2018 to the end of 2019, the number of registered cars increased again from 523,472 to

525,216

.

Lots of cars in Munich: Unfair price development - public transport has to become cheaper

From the point of view of Mayor Katrin Habenschaden (Greens), the figures show “that

local public transport must become

more attractive and cheaper”.

While a

stripe card is

now twice as expensive as it was 20 years ago, “the parking fees in Munich are practically unchanged”.

In Mannheim that changed at the turn of the year:

Quite apart from

climate protection, this is

socially unjust, because most people with low incomes are

dependent

on

public transport

.

The goal must be that the number of cars does not continue to increase every year.

It is therefore important

to invest

massively in the expansion of

public transport

and the

cycle path network

*.

* tz.de is an offer from the Ippen Digital Network

Source: merkur

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