The inhabitants of Slovenia are not ready to change their mobility habits at the expense of a significant deterioration in efficiency and comfort.

A survey on the sustainable mobility of the inhabitants of Slovenia showed that, even if the transition to sustainable mobility is important for as many as 65 percent of the inhabitants of Slovenia, only a small part uses such forms of mobility, while the majority make their journeys by private car.

Once again, the thesis that in order to change mobility habits and reduce the number of vehicles on our roads, the establishment of an efficient and innovative public transport system is necessary in Slovenia. When public passenger transport is a suitable alternative to the private car – so that we can use public transport to complete our journeys at least as quickly, comfortably and more affordably – more citizens will use it.

The ReMOBIL project pursues two goals: the long-term reduction of the negative environmental effects of traffic, caused by the non-use of sustainable forms of mobility both at the local, regional and national level, and the long-term improvement of the management of sustainable mobility. Within the project’s activities, an institute for market and media research, Mediana, conducted a public opinion survey on the topic of sustainable mobility and the use of resources for sustainable mobility.

The aim was to check the mobility habits of the inhabitants of Slovenia, to assess experiences with sustainable means of transport (walking, cycling, scooters, public passenger transport, vehicle sharing) and to check the challenges for greater use of sustainable means of transport.

The research showed that only a small part of the respondents use sustainable forms of mobility, and their use is mainly led by young people, retirees and residents of urban environments who have adequate access to public passenger transport and cannot use a car.

The majority of respondents (65 percent) use a car, almost half say that they drive themselves to errands in their own car (47 percent), and more than a third say the same about going to work or school (36 percent). From the point of view of sustainable mobility, there is a positive share of those who cover manageable distances with sustainable forms of mobility (55 percent).

The most common reason for using public passenger transport is the lack of parking spaces (48 percent), and 43 percent say that they use public transport because they think it is better for the environment.

The leading reasons among non-users are that they travel faster by car than by public transport (63 percent), poor connections between locations (59 percent) and inconvenient schedules (56 percent).

The answer to the question about the importance of mobility factors also indicates the completely expected solution to Slovenian mobility conundrums: the most important thing is to make the journey as quickly as possible (71 percent), followed by autonomy or independence in decision-making and the price of the journey (both 61 percent).

About the research:

• implementation time: October 2022;
• sample size: 804 within Mediana’s online panel;
• representative of the population of Slovenia by gender, age and region
• sample frame: residents of the Republic of Slovenia, general population, 18–70 years

The public opinion survey is part of the activities of the ReMOBIL project, which is co-financed with the funds of the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area (EEA) 2014-2021 and the corresponding Slovenian participation within the framework of the public tender for co-financing projects within the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Program.

The EEA Financial Mechanism represents the contribution of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to a green, competitive and inclusive Europe.

Note: when using the research findings, the source of funding (listed above) must be indicated in addition to the source – the project acronym.