Public awareness about the effects of transport on the environment

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Both the residents of the EU-27 countries and the residents of Slovenia are only partially aware of the problem of increasing transport and its consequences for the environment and health. Public awareness of the impact of transport on the environment is still relatively low, although the differences between European countries are considerable. People's awareness of the environmental problems of transport does not automatically lead to changing their travel habits, even though this would contribute to their better health.

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Figure PR06-1: How often do you travel regionally (i.e., between 50 - 300 km) and long-distance (i.e., 300 km or more) …? For leisure (2024)

Sources:

Evropska komisija, Flash Eurobarometer FL551 : Multimodal Digital Mobility Service. 2025. https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/s3178_fl551_eng?locale=en (22.8.2025)

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	Don’t know[%]	Never[%]	Once every few years[%]	Once or twice a year[%]	About every two or three months[%]	About once a month, or more frequently[%]
Cyprus	0.10	0.10	4.40	10.80	26.40	58.10
Slovenia	0.40	1	2.70	13.30	29.40	53.30
Czech republik	0.70	2.60	4	19	27.30	46.40
Bulgaria	0.70	1.60	4.60	19.90	28.80	44.40
Slovakia	1	3.50	8.10	19.50	25.80	42
Netherlands	1.20	5.40	3.80	22.20	29.20	38.20
Denmark	2.50	3.50	7.10	23.20	26.30	37.30
Estonia	0.70	2.90	6.60	25.20	29.10	35.50
Austria	3.20	5.30	5.30	22.60	29	34.50
Greece	0.30	0.80	4.20	25.50	35.90	33.30
Croatia	0.50	1.90	6.90	28.20	29.60	32.90
Sweden	1.10	4.40	6.70	26.50	28.90	32.40
Finland	1.50	2.30	6.80	25.80	31.90	31.90
Italy	0.80	4.40	7.40	25.40	30.30	31.70
Ireland	0.90	3.40	6.20	26.10	31.80	31.60
Portugal	0.80	2.40	4.90	33.30	27.40	31.30
Lithuania	0.50	3.70	7.80	27.10	30.20	30.70
Hungary	0.20	6.20	11.50	28.30	23.30	30.60
Latvia	0.90	5.50	12.90	27.30	23.40	30.20
EU-27	1	4.70	7.60	29.40	30.70	26.50
Romania	1.80	3.10	7	31.20	31.10	25.80
Belgium	1	8.80	6.70	33.40	24.30	25.70
Germany	1.40	6.40	9.70	27.10	32.20	23.20
Malta	2.20	4.30	13.90	29.30	28.80	21.60
Luxembourg	0.70	1.60	6	32.70	37.50	21.50
Poland	1.20	2.80	12	36	27.40	20.50
Spain	0.80	3.40	6.80	36.70	32.90	19.40
France	0.60	7.10	6.80	34.50	33.80	17.40

Figure PR06-2: How often do you travel regionally (i.e., between 50 - 300 km) and long-distance (i.e., 300 km or more) …? For work (2024)

Sources:

Evropska komisija, Flash Eurobarometer FL551 : Multimodal Digital Mobility Service. 2025. https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/s3178_fl551_eng?locale=en (22.8.2025)

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	Don’t know[%]	Never[%]	Once every few years[%]	Once or twice a year[%]	About every two or three months[%]	About once a month, or more frequently[%]
Cyprus	2	29.60	8.80	16.70	13.10	29.80
Bulgaria	3.50	15.40	10.40	22.70	21.80	26.20
Slovenia	2	40.10	6.20	14.50	13.90	23.30
Slovakia	2.40	47.20	6.30	12	9.40	22.80
Czech republik	0.90	45	5.70	14.50	12.20	21.60
Greece	1.20	29.80	10.10	19.10	19.20	20.60
Netherlands	0.90	55.30	3	12.30	8.80	19.70
Estonia	1.80	39.90	11.80	18.80	9.60	18.10
Austria	2.70	47	8.30	13	11	17.90
Ireland	1.80	52.60	5.10	11.70	11.80	16.90
Malta	1.70	38.60	9.70	18.40	14.60	16.90
Sweden	3.10	47.40	7.30	16.40	9.20	16.70
Hungary	2.20	49.10	8.90	12.20	10.90	16.60
Croatia	2.30	39.40	8.30	19.90	14	16.10
Denmark	3.40	50.90	6.80	13.50	10.30	15.10
Germany	0.70	55.10	7.80	11.90	10.10	14.50
Latvia	1.40	41.90	13.10	18.40	10.80	14.40
Italy	0.90	60.30	5.90	10	8.60	14.30
Portugal	2.10	45.90	10.50	17.20	10.40	14
Finland	3.70	50.60	8	14.80	9.50	13.40
EU-27	1.40	56.30	7.10	12.20	9.70	13.30
Romania	3.20	48.70	8.40	14.70	12	12.90
Belgium	1.30	65.70	4.10	9.50	6.90	12.50
Lithuania	2.10	48.50	12.70	15.50	10.20	11
Poland	2.50	55.50	10.50	13.80	7.60	10.20
Luxembourg	1	59.50	8.90	14.40	7.30	9
Spain	0.80	63.60	7.60	11.20	8.20	8.60
France	0.90	70.30	4.60	8.70	8.10	7.40

Figure PR06-3: In the past two years, thinking about your regional and long-distance journeys, what modes of transport did you use? [MULTIPLE ANSWERS] (2024)

Sources:

DATUM ZAJEMA PODATKOV: 22.8.2025 ()

Note:

Note to PR06-3: This question was answered only by respondents who traveled more than 300 kilometers in the previous year (N = 18,330).

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	Don’t know[%]	Other[%]	Bicycle[%]	Motorbike[%]	Car[%]	Boat or ferry[%]	Bus or coach[%]	Train[%]	Plane[%]
Austria	0.30	2.10	16.90	5.40	80.50	9	37.40	56.80	45.70
Belgium	0.40	1.10	8.10	3.20	80.10	2.60	16.60	44	41.10
Bulgaria	0.20	0.80	3.60	2.40	85.80	2.10	42.30	27.10	20.80
Czech republik	0.20	2.10	20.40	4.80	82.60	4.80	45.60	63.30	20.90
Cyprus	0	1.50	4.50	4.20	91.30	13.50	32.50	19.50	69.40
Denmark	0.40	1	9	2.10	74.10	17	31.60	46.50	34.50
Estonia	0.30	1.70	12.80	2.80	82.60	30.90	53.60	33.70	49.90
EU-27	0.20	1.60	9.20	3.90	82	8.80	30.50	52.70	36.70
Finland	0.40	2.20	12.50	3.60	84.70	24.70	45	58.20	30.30
France	0	1.60	6.90	4.50	86.50	5.70	19.80	52.60	37.80
Greece	0	0.60	5.60	9.70	81.60	38.40	48.90	28.10	47.90
Croatia	0.10	1.40	9.10	4.30	86.90	17.40	48.10	25.70	22.50
Ireland	0.30	1.70	7	1.20	80.60	8.50	43.70	52.40	46.30
Italy	0.40	1	5.80	4.80	82.80	10.60	25.70	59.40	32.40
Latvia	0.20	1	12.10	2.70	73.80	6	57	38.90	35.50
Lithuania	0.10	1	5.20	1.30	84.80	8	36.20	27.30	38.80
Luxembourg	0	2.40	4.60	3.60	89	6.10	22.80	33.20	61.20
Hungary	0	2.40	13.80	2.50	74.30	6.80	43.70	52.40	22.30
Malta	0.10	2.80	3	5.50	59.20	37.30	33.80	42.60	75.30
Germany	0.10	3.70	14.60	4.60	80.40	10.60	27.80	56.10	40.90
Netherlands	0.10	1.60	13.20	1.80	83.70	5.20	12.40	48.30	34.60
Poland	0.30	0.50	12.30	3.30	80.20	4.30	36.10	58.90	25.10
Portugal	0	0.40	3.10	5	86.40	5.50	35.60	38.90	43.20
Romania	0	1.10	3.60	1.10	84.20	4.70	33.20	41.20	31.20
Slovakia	0.40	0.90	11.90	3.10	73.80	2.50	50.50	56.80	16.90
Slovenia	0.10	2	20.10	7.30	90.80	7	46.40	40	18.50
Spain	0.20	0.50	3.90	2.80	80.40	6.30	33.20	54.80	47.70
Sweden	0.70	1.60	8.40	1.50	75.50	16.20	42.20	63	42.60

Figure PR06-4: Which are the most important factors for you when planning a regional or long-distance journey? (Multiple answers were possible – up to three factors) (2024)

Sources:

Evropska komisija, Flash Eurobarometer FL551 : Multimodal Digital Mobility Service. 2025. https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/s3178_fl551_eng?locale=en (22.8.2025)

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	Don’t know/Not applicable[%]	Other[%]	Passenger rights (in case of delays, cancellations or missed connections)[%]	Easy access to passenger terminals and vehicles, including for passengers with disabilities or reduced mobility[%]	Environmental impact[%]	Number of connections[%]	Ease of booking tickets[%]	Ease of finding travel options[%]	Comfort (seat space, noise, etc.)[%]	Departure or arrival time[%]	Total travel duration[%]	Cost (ticket price, price of fuel, etc.)[%]
Germany	6.40	2.30	9.30	11.30	14.60	11.20	14.20	22.60	27.80	33.80	45.80	58
Austria	4.80	2.70	8.20	10.30	12.70	20.60	12.90	14.30	23.70	33.80	46	60.60
Sweden	4.60	2.40	6.10	8.70	11.80	15.50	16.40	11.70	21.40	39.40	50.80	63.10
France	5.60	1.10	6.70	6.80	11	18	18.10	6.80	22.90	36.90	49.70	65.30
Netherlands	10.30	4.10	4.40	7.20	11	9.40	8.60	13.20	26.80	36.10	55.10	51.90
Italy	3.70	0.70	8.10	8.10	10.90	11.40	18.90	14.20	31	45.30	42.30	61.70
Luxembourg	2.40	2.10	7.80	5.40	10.50	8.90	12.90	14.50	34.30	34.50	57.10	67.70
EU-27	4.90	1.50	7.70	9.40	10.20	13.90	16.40	16.50	29.30	35.70	47.10	60.70
Denmark	8	3.50	6.10	8.20	9.80	11.70	20.60	17.20	26.50	29.80	46.80	51.60
Spain	3.10	1.10	10.90	10.80	9.60	12	17.50	18.30	32.20	33.70	45.60	59.80
Belgium	8	1.40	4.90	7	8.80	14.80	13.50	10.30	27.60	36.60	50.30	58.90
Ireland	3.20	1.20	7.90	13.60	8.70	12.80	25.80	16.60	32.80	39.10	38.90	59.30
Malta	1.20	0.70	20.30	28.50	8.70	17.30	26.90	22.70	23.90	39.50	29.40	50.60
Slovenia	2.80	1.70	3	10.90	8.40	19.80	10.30	21	31.70	47.80	45.90	54.30
Finland	3.80	1.30	5.60	13.60	8.10	8.80	20.60	15.60	37.10	34.60	39.90	64.90
Bulgaria	3.90	2.50	7.80	9.20	7.40	17.20	12.90	23.20	25.10	32.40	44.10	55.50
Poland	4.80	0.20	4.90	8.30	7.30	21.10	17.50	17.80	33.40	27.90	51.80	62.70
Portugal	3	1	8.60	12.10	7.20	9.10	18	20.20	35.90	35.50	41.80	70.30
Hungary	3.90	2.10	6	7.80	6.60	18.80	11.40	17.50	38.70	36.90	46.20	59.90
Greece	1.50	0.80	13.40	18.30	6.10	8.60	16.60	18.30	27.90	27.80	40.70	73.40
Czech republik	4.20	1.40	4.40	8.50	5.90	18.60	13.50	22.20	34.50	36.20	54.20	51.90
Romania	2.80	0.90	7.20	8.40	5.90	8.20	19.60	21.90	33.20	35.30	52.10	58.10
Slovakia	5.80	1.30	5.90	9	5.50	22.60	10.70	14.90	37.90	34.20	47.70	44.20
Croatia	2.10	1.50	9.30	9.90	3.20	14.30	12.10	23.80	33.90	31.90	52	66.70
Lithuania	5.80	1.60	3.90	6.70	2.90	18.20	16.60	17.90	25.50	33.70	46.40	61.60
Estonia	2.50	1.30	5.80	11.10	2.50	22.20	19.70	14.90	39.70	36.40	38.60	71.60
Cyprus	1.30	1.60	12.30	10.20	2.40	5.70	15.30	26.10	28.20	37.70	38.50	78.70
Latvia	3.90	1.30	4.60	12	2	16.60	16.50	15.50	35.70	30.80	49.90	66.70

Figure PR06-5: How important is environmental impact to you when planning a regional or long-distance journey? (2024)

Sources:

DATUM ZAJEMA PODATKOV: 22.8.2025 ()

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	Don’t know/Not applicable [%]	Environmental impact of my journey is not that important to me [%]	Environmental impact is important to me, but I cannot afford more sustainable travel options [%]	Environmental impact of my journey is important, but I find it difficult to find suitable alternatives [%]	Environmental impact of my journey is important, but I find it difficult to change my habits [%]	Environmental impact is important to me and I adapt my journey accordingly [%]
Romania	7.70	8.60	14.10	20.60	16.10	32.80
Bulgaria	5.20	10.60	12.70	20	20.20	31.40
Portugal	3.80	7.30	12.90	27.30	22.10	26.60
Hungary	8.20	12.10	15.30	23.80	14.40	26.10
Italy	6.30	10.40	10.30	23.20	24.40	25.40
Germany	5.60	15.80	8.30	22.80	23.10	24.50
Austria	4.70	17.70	8.10	22.90	22.60	24
Greece	3.60	12.90	17.70	21.80	22.10	21.90
EU-27	7	15.50	11.90	22.20	22.10	21.30
Poland	9.70	15.20	14.80	20.50	19.20	20.70
Slovakia	11.90	16.60	10.40	20.60	19.90	20.50
Cyprus	5.40	12.70	18.40	24.50	18.80	20.10
Spain	6	14.60	14.10	20.90	25	19.40
Slovenia	6.60	15.50	10.30	24.90	23.20	19.40
Malta	3.30	9.40	16.90	24.80	26.80	18.80
Sweden	7.30	19.70	11.50	22.90	19.80	18.80
Croatia	5	15.20	12.20	27.10	22.30	18.10
Ireland	5.80	15.40	13.80	24.50	22.70	17.70
Czech republik	11	21.90	13.40	19.20	17.90	16.60
France	8	17	12.50	22.10	24.10	16.40
Lithuania	11.80	21.30	17.60	19.70	14.90	14.70
Finland	7	20.70	17.10	22.40	18.20	14.60
Luxembourg	4.50	22.10	9.20	28.30	21.50	14.40
Belgium	9	20.60	11.10	23.30	21.80	14.30
Denmark	9.60	24.80	9.50	21.70	20.30	14.20
Netherlands	8.50	27.50	10.30	22.70	18.90	12
Estonia	10.50	31.50	15.50	20.30	11.20	11
Latvia	9.20	32.40	16.50	18.40	15.60	7.80

Figure PR06-6: Which factors, if any, would encourage you to book a more environmentally friendly journey? (Multiple answers were possible – up to three factors) (2024)

Sources:

Evropska komisija, Flash Eurobarometer FL551 : Multimodal Digital Mobility Service. 2025. https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/s3178_fl551_eng?locale=en (22.8.2025)

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	If the cost is comparable[%]	If it is as fast[%]	If departure or arrival times are as convenient and adapted to my needs[%]	If it is as easy to find an environmentally friendly alternative[%]	If the comfort of the vehicles equally meets my needs and expectations (e.g. seat space, noise)[%]	If the infrastructure of passenger terminals (e.g. railway stations, bus terminals) is equally adapted to my needs[%]	If it is as easy to book all the tickets for the journey[%]	If it consists of a comparable number of connections to reach my final destination[%]	If it offers me the same level of passenger rights (in case of delays, cancellations or missed connections)[%]	Other[%]	None of these[%]	Don’t know/Not applicable
Austria	54.70	24.60	26.80	20.30	21.70	20.70	18.70	13.60	15.50	0.80	2.20	1
Belgium	47.60	36.90	23.50	17.90	26.80	11.10	15.80	11.40	8.30	0.60	4.80	5.40
Bulgaria	40.90	33.60	29	16.70	22	15.30	15.20	16.50	8.30	1.50	7.10	4.70
Czech republik	39.30	29.10	21.90	24.70	24.20	15.30	13	12.30	10	1.50	2.60	4.70
Cyprus	45.90	29	27.60	22.10	20.90	14.10	13.40	13.30	11.70	1.40	5.40	4.50
Denmark	58.50	27.10	32.70	17.90	26.60	10.30	14.30	27.90	9.70	0.80	5.20	4.20
Estonia	50.80	26.20	27.30	25.10	21.90	12.10	16.60	13.80	14.70	1	3.70	2.60
EU-27	49.20	26.80	23.80	19.30	22.70	9.90	9.60	10.70	6.10	2.50	8.10	9.70
Finland	46.60	23.10	33	23.30	18	12.20	15.40	10.90	11.80	0.80	3.30	4.40
France	49.20	34.70	31.30	20.70	15.60	11.40	14.50	12.10	9.40	2.50	4.90	5.90
Greece	42.10	25.90	26.80	27.70	18.60	15.90	14	11.10	15.80	0.80	3.40	4.10
Croatia	50.40	32.10	28.10	19.60	15.20	9	11.10	15.70	12.80	1.10	7.10	4
Ireland	51.60	36.50	27.90	17.30	24.90	12.20	10.40	7.30	8.20	1.60	6.90	6.80
Italy	67.20	31	31	21.30	19.80	12.80	20.80	11.40	15.40	0.40	2.20	1.10
Latvia	47.20	21.30	33.80	29.30	26.10	23.50	18.90	22.20	19.40	0.60	1	1.30
Lithuania	49.90	40.20	24.70	30.70	25.10	11.80	12	17.50	7.30	1.50	2.40	3.20
Luxembourg	48.80	42.70	38	19.30	22.70	19.90	10.60	10.10	8.70	1.90	3.60	3.80
Hungary	33.60	29.10	36.60	20.60	28.20	17.90	11.30	14.20	11.70	1.90	5.20	4.60
Malta	38.90	31.10	25.10	23.70	26.10	12.80	13.60	11.80	13.50	1.50	3.20	3.50
Germany	56.20	30.20	30.40	26.90	23.30	13.10	18.60	12.30	13.60	0.60	2.10	3.60
Netherlands	42	27.70	25	23.10	23.10	19.80	12	16.30	11.10	2.50	8.20	3.70
Poland	36.40	26.60	31.50	19.60	25.30	22.20	10.40	12.50	8	0.60	4.60	6.70
Portugal	43.60	35.60	26.30	20.70	19.40	9.70	10.70	6.50	8.20	1	8.40	6.60
Romania	47.80	25.80	26.20	28.60	20.20	16.20	13.10	16	14.40	1.70	4.70	2.90
Slovakia	44.70	32.60	25.70	18.60	17.90	13.90	12.80	12.10	9.90	1.70	6.30	8.80
Slovenia	52.40	32.50	23	18.90	19.70	10.20	10.10	11.60	8.40	0.80	5.80	7.80
Spain	52.50	25.90	33.30	21	18.50	10.70	15.50	10.80	11.30	1.70	4.30	5.20
Sweden	52.60	32.90	32.90	13.40	34.60	15.70	17.30	9.40	14.40	1.60	3.60	3.60

Goals

To enhance public information provision, awareness and education on environmental policy.

(General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’)

To raise awareness and inform various target groups on sustainable mobility and awareness raising about available alternatives to conventional modes of individual passenger transport

(Resolution on the transport policy of the Republic of Slovenia [REPPRS] [Intermodality: time for synergy], White Paper, Operational Programme for the Implementation of the EU Cohesion Policy in the period 2014 – 2020)

To raise people's environmental awareness and change travel habits in cities through measures to promote walking, cycling and the use of public transport and by promoting sustainable multi-modal urban mobility.

(Resolution on the transport policy of the Republic of Slovenia [REPPRS] [Intermodality: time for synergy], Operational Programme for the Implementation of the EU Cohesion Policy in the period 2014 – 2020)

To increase mobility by including service users in integral public transport, whose attractive prices and quality of service will stimulate passengers to switch from private to public passenger transport

(Resolution on the transport policy of the Republic of Slovenia [REPPRS] [Intermodality: time for synergy])

To establish an efficient system of rail and bus public passenger transport

(Resolution on the transport policy of the Republic of Slovenia [REPPRS] [Intermodality: time for synergy])

To carry out financially undemanding measures to increase mobility, with particular focus on the initiative to develop a network of cycling infrastructure.

(Resolution on the transport policy of the Republic of Slovenia [REPPRS] [Intermodality: time for synergy])

Transport policy measures in the fields of increasing mobility and promoting the development of the cycling and pedestrian infrastructure network should result in an increase in the length of uninterrupted cycling trails, an increased number of users of public passenger transport and reduced air pollution in city centres.

(Resolution on the transport policy of the Republic of Slovenia [REPPRS] [Intermodality: time for synergy])