Transport Landscape 2050: Assumptions
The Transport Outlook 2050 predicts what the transport landscape could look like in the next 30 years, taking into account the important social and economic trends. Important assumptions in the areas illustrated below are explained with a focus on the Basis scenario.
Contents
Developments in freight transport
Results for the development of freight transport in different scenarios and with varying time horizons.
Transport Outlook 2050
Transport use will continue to grow in the future. However, it will grow more slowly than the population due to social and economic trends such as the increase in working from home, continuing urbanisation and population ageing. These are the findings described in the Transport Outlook 2050, a report by the DETEC.
Transport Landscape 2050: Assumptions
Assumptions about developments in population, the economy and spatial structures and in political, technological and social developments affecting transport.
Scenarios and methodology
Description of the four different scenarios and how their underlying assumptions, described in the previous chapter, vary depending on the scenario.
Developments in passenger transport
Results for the development of passenger transport in different scenarios and with varying time horizons.
Glossary
Transport Outlook 2040
