Costs and funding of transport

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In 2015, transport in Switzerland generated total costs of CHF 89.7 billion. This was 4% more than in 2010.

Expenditure on means of transport was the largest cost item at 59%. The maintenance and expansion of the transport infrastructure accounted for 17% of the total costs in 2015, while transport accidents made up 12% and transport-related damage to the environment and health 13%.

Key figures on costs and funding of transport, 2015

Total costs1, in CHF bn	89.7
Change2 since 2010	+4%
Passenger transport share	77%
Goods transport share	23%
Total costs1 by transport mode, in CHF bn
Road transport3	72.0
Rail transport	11.0
Air transport4	6.4
Inland waterways transport5	0.3

1) Incl. non-material costs due to damage to environment and health as well as accidents
2) Excluding inland waterways
3) Excluding walking and cycling, incl. public road transport
4) Scheduled and charter traffic incl. freight in the form of “belly cargo”
5) Public passenger vessels on lakes and rivers and freight shipping on the Rhine
Source: FSO – Statistics on the cost an funding of transport (CFT)

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