Compare Public Transport Network Connectivity In 10 European Countries [OC]Submitted by TravelTime_LKB t3_123rl5v in dataisbeautiful
TravelTime_LKB OP t1_jdw9g3t wrote
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That's my bad with the zoom levels, although I had a look using the same scale for each country and Germany 'appears' to have better coverage to Switzerland still - I use inverted commas as obviously Switzerland's geography obviously has a big part to play in this!
Sophroniskos t1_jdwmdg1 wrote
it probably looks like this because, in Switzerland, the density in the dense parts is "denser" than in Germany
LordElend t1_jdx98c1 wrote
Switzerland Germany
Population: 8,703,000 83,196,000
Inhabitants/km²: 210.8 232.7
rosszboss t1_jdxik45 wrote
They said dense parts, compare Berlin to zurich
LordElend t1_jdxkr0w wrote
Population density Source: Wikipedia, 2023.
3900 people/km² Berlin
4092 people/km² Zürich
SuperSMT t1_jdzrxzo wrote
Still not directly comparable, especially using arbitrary city boundaries
It would be hard to do but the most apt comparison is between all of the swiss lowlands in the north vs an equivalent size area of germany
LordElend t1_jdzy3v3 wrote
swiss lowlands 10'062,05 km²
Inhabitants/km²: 380
Which region of Germany should I use so it can be comparable?
Sophroniskos t1_je6b83x wrote
The Saarland has a population density of 382. However, regardless of the actual density, every dense region will look completely red. It's just that Germany has no large uninhabited areas whereas the Alps in Switzerland are almost uninhabitable.
TLDR: Switzerland's network is denser, it just has bigger holes
LordElend t1_je6ydgi wrote
Swiss train service is a lot better though we can agree on that. Without looking down on the Deutsche Bahn.
Elibu t1_je53dbh wrote
That's arbitrary as well.
EmpereurAuguste t1_je43zor wrote
You cannot tell the efficiency of a countries public transport just by looking at the dots, maybe more busses/trains go through them and more people use it.
Daaaaaaaavidmit8a t1_jdz8xlm wrote
I think this has a lot to do with the Alps that cover more than half of Switzerland. Actually Mountains cover 69% of Switzerland.
Daaaaaaaavidmit8a t1_jdz9r1d wrote
I don't know if you looked at rail only or at all methods of public transport, but here's what I found about rail only.
Germany has 461 km of rail per one million inhabitants. Switzerland has 609 km of rail per one million inhabitants.
Germany has 109 meters of rail per square kilometre. Switzerland has 128 meters of rail per square kilometre.
So the Railway network of Switzerland is indeed denser than germanys.
Random_Effecks t1_jdxy8uy wrote
Inverted commas are called scare quotes!
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