Trend towards bus and train

One in four people are now regular public transport users

Buses and trains are becoming increasingly popular with more and more Tyroleans.(Bild: Christof Birbaumer)

The number of public transport users is increasing. The Verkehrsverbund Tirol (VVT) is recording more and more regular passengers. The best sellers are the various versions of the Tyrolean climate ticket.

"If the ticket price, the offer and the quality are right and the mobility chain works, then more and more Tyroleans are getting out of their cars and onto public transport," sums up René Zumtobel (SPÖ), Tyrolean State Councillor for Mobility. The VVT now reports 180,000 regular users in Tyrol. Last year, an increase of 13 percent was recorded: "Every fourth person is now a regular public transport user."

Climate tickets particularly popular
The different versions of the climate ticket for Tirol are particularly popular: as of June 2024, 44,000 regular tickets had been sold, and almost as many school and teaching tickets had been sold. The Tyrolean variants for senior citizens and for people under 26 are also very popular. A further 16,780 people with their main place of residence in Tyrol are currently even using the Climate Ticket for the whole of Austria.

Over the past seven years, an impressive 58 percent more annual tickets have been sold, meaning that more people in Tyrol are using public transport than ever before.

Mobilitätslandesrat René Zumtobel

"Real alternative to the private car"
"Public transport is becoming a real alternative to the private car for more and more people in Tyrol," says VVT Managing Director Alexander Jug.

It is important for passengers that frequencies are increased and connections optimized. This will also be done again with the next timetable change in December, promised Provincial Councillor Zumtobel.