Germans Commute a Little Less Rarely by Car

The car remains the most important means of transport for employees in Germany to reach their workplace, but a competitor is catching up.

For millions of commuters in Germany, the car is still the first choice as a means of transport. In 2024, 65 percent of them reported that they would normally travel by car to work, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported on Monday on the basis of initial results of the microcensus. Public transport, such as bus or train, used only 16 percent of the workers for their journey to work. By bicycle, ten percent regularly went to work, and…

For millions of commuters, the car remains the first choice of transportation. In 2024, 65% of them reported that they usually traveled to work by car. This was reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) based on initial results of the microcensus. In contrast, only 16% of employees used public transport such as buses or trains for their commute. 10% regularly cycled to work, and 7% walked.