Costs and funding of transport

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In 2018, motorised transport on road, rail and by air generated total costs of CHF 94.9 billion. This was 10% 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 16% of the total costs in 2018, while transport accidents made up 12% and transport-related damage to the environment and health 13%.

Key figures on costs and funding of transport, 2018

Total costs1, in CHF bn	94.9
Change since 2010	+10%
Passenger transport share	77%
Goods transport share	23%
Total costs1 by transport mode, in CHF bn
Road transport2	76.2
Rail transport	11.7
Air transport3	6.9

1) Incl. non-material costs due to damage to environment and health as well as accidents; excluding inland waterways transport (data collected only for 2015: CHF 0.3 bn)
2) Excluding walking and cycling, incl. public road transport
3) Scheduled and charter traffic incl. freight in the form of “belly cargo”
Source: FSO – Statistics on the cost an funding of transport (CFT)

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