Content of the self-administered
surveys / year of study
Location /
base population
Sample sizec Response burden
(old)
Response burden
(updated)
Response rated (%) Cooperation ratee (%)
No prior recruitment With recruitment
No motivation call Motivation call No incentive With incentive
N = 22 N = 8 N = 19 N = 19
1. National SP survey on railway services (2004) Residents of French- and German-speaking part of Switzerland 1,561 84 120 67.7 43.9
2. Regional mode and route choice SP (2006) Residents of Canton Zürich 1,229 84 120 70.9
3. National SP on value of travel time savings (2007) Residents of Switzerland 2,317 153 303 52.7
4. Regional SR on value of statistical life (2004) Residents of Canton Ticino 500 197 440 41.0
5. Regional SR on value of statistical life (2006) Residents of German-speaking part of Switzerland 2,000 224 526 33.9
6. Home ownership and use of local facilities (2005) Residents in a quota sample of municipalities in the Zürich region 9,330 231 36.1
7. National SP on the impacts of road pricing (2007) Residents of French- and German-speaking part of Switzerland 2,249 265 524 46.7
8. Mobility biographies and regular travel behavior (2005) Residents of Cantons Basel, Bern, and Zürich 3,500 521 8.4
9. Mobility biographies (2005) Residents of Canton Zürich 1,763 + 1,537 529 14.7 30.9 21.7
10. Mobility biographies and home ownership (2005) Residents of Canton Zürich 300 655 19.9
11. Social networks and mobility biographies (2006) Residents of Canton Zürich 4,200 992 11.3
12. Mobility plan: University of Zürich (2008) Employees of the university 372 219 19.8
13. Mobility plan: Zürich University Hospital (2008) Visitors to the hospital 1,615 57 25.9
14. Fuel price and rail usage (2009) Residents of Switzerland 1,036 170 327 58.3 18.1
15. Modelling mountaineers’ travel behavior (2009) Members of the Swiss Alpine Club 530 276 46.0
16. Ego-centric social networks: network questionnaire (2009) Residents of Canton Zürich 761 + 91 900 21.8 67.3 23.7
17. Ego-centric social networks: diary (2009) Residents of Canton Zürich 50 + 142 1,480 24.0 57.0
18. Induced traffic (pen-and-paper; 2010) Residents of Canton Zürich 200 800 50.5 24.0
19. Induced traffic (online; 2010) Residents of Canton Zürich 140 800 40.7 14.3
20. 2000 Watt society (pre-test 1: 2010) Residents of Canton Zürich 51 326 76.5 11.3
21. 2000 Watt society (pre-test 2; 2010) Residents of Canton Zürich 49 314 79.6 18.1
22. 2000 Watt society, main study (2010) Residents of Canton Zürich 491 238 80.2 33.8
23. ARE SP (pre-test, mode choice only; 2010) Residents of Switzerland 99 235 68.7
24. ARE SP (pre-test, route choice only; 2010) Residents of Switzerland 29 280 58.6
25. ARE SP (pre-test, mode and route choice; 2010) Residents of Switzerland 484 384 71.9 32.4
26. ARE SP (main study, mode choice only; 2010) Residents of Switzerland 893 235 69.4
27. ARE SP (main study, route choice only; 2010) Residents of Switzerland 215 280 66.5
28. ARE SP (main study, mode and route choice; 2010) Residents of Switzerland 3,994 384 69.3 30.3
29. Residential choice (Otte, no addresses; 2011) Residents of Canton Zürich 1,238 320 24.8
30. Residential choice (Otte, with addresses; 2011) Residents of Canton Zürich 1,238 330 21.3
31. Residential choice (own items, no addresses; 2011) Residents of Canton Zürich 1,239 344 23.5
32. Residential choice (own items, with addresses; 2011) Residents of Canton Zürich 1,238 354 21.8
33. Grimsel user SP (2011) Users of the Grimsel pass 399 180 71.4 43.0
34. Survey on bus and tram use (2011) Residents of Cantons Bern, Lucerne, and Zürich 3,300 310 23.2
35. Survey on parking behavior (2011) Residents of French- and German-speaking part of Switzerland 1,243 404 83.9
36. Survey on travel time reliability (2012) Residents of French- and German-speaking part of Switzerland 491 400 72.7
37. Social behavior in evacuation scenarios (2011) Residents of French- and German-speaking part of Switzerland 4,049 330 24.9
38. Mobility Biographies (2013) Residents of Dortmund (Germany) 336 1,600 8.3
39. Potential of carpooling (2012) Employees from the French- and German-speaking part of Switzerland 1,683 350 52.1 16.2
40. Value of time and reliability (pen-and-paper; 2012) Residents of Germany 3,355 600 64.9
41. Value of time and reliability (online; 2012) Residents of Germany 209 600 54.5
42. Value of time and reliability (commercial; 2012) Residents of Germany 925 500 90.9
43. Climate change influence on Swiss transportf (interviews; 2012) Swiss public and private stakeholders in energy, tourism, and transport sectors 16 48 38.0 37.5
44. Climate change influence on Swiss transportg (pen-and-paper; 2013) Swiss public and private stakeholders in energy, tourism, and transport sectors 5 165 80.0
45. Climate change influence on Swiss transport (online; 2014) Swiss public and private stakeholders in energy, tourism, and transport sectors 55 168 18.0
46. Free-floating car sharing: mobility pilot study (2014) Mobility customers in Canton Basle 2,224 173 25.7
47. Free-floating car sharing: mobility pilot study (2014) Catch-a-car customers in Canton Basle 527 178 37.4
48. Social networks and travel behavior (2014) Residents of Switzerland 208 580 51.4
49. Work location choice (pre-test; 2015) Residents of German-speaking part of Switzerland 265 290 69.4
50. Work location choice (cold calling; 2015) Residents of German-speaking part of Switzerland 11 296 90.9 7.3
51. Work location choice (postal invitation; 2015) Residents of German-speaking part of Switzerland 140 296 83.6 31.8
52. ARE SP 2015 (all waves; 2015) Residents of Switzerland 6,099 296 76.9
53. Travel behavior in a post-car worldh (pre-test; 2015) Households of Canton Zürich 67 4,250 52.2 4.9
54. Travel behavior in a post-car worldh (wave 1; 2015) Households of Canton Zürich 133 2,450 54.1 5.1
55. Travel behavior in a post-car worldh (wave 2; 2015) Households of Canton Zürich 191 2,450 60.2 3.8
56. Travel behavior in a post-car worldh (wave 3; 2016) Households of Canton Zürich 118 2,050 63.6 5.3
57. Social networks and mobility behavior (survey 1; pre-test; 2017) Residents of Canton Zürich 500 740 17.0
58. Social networks and mobility behavior (survey 2; pre-test; 2017) Residents of Canton Zürich 57 470 89.5
59. Social networks and mobility behavior (survey 1; main survey; 2017) Residents of Canton Zürich 12,000 553 20.7
60. Social networks and mobility behavior (survey 2; main survey; 2017) Residents of Canton Zürich 1,706 1,588 81.4 55.8
61. Automated vehicles survey (2017) Residents of Canton Zürich 482 1,092 62.2 7.9
62. SVI: influence of soft factors on travel behavior (pre-test, movers, online, and pen-and-paper; 2018) Residents of German-speaking part of Switzerland 241 540 10.8
63. SVI: influence of soft factors on travel behavior (pre-test, non-movers, online, and pen-and-paper; 2018) Residents of German-speaking part of Switzerland 252 378 12.7
64. SVI: influence of soft factors on travel behavior (main survey, movers, online, and pen-and-paper; 2018) Residents of German-speaking part of Switzerland 4,825 568 5.5
65. SVI: influence of soft factors on travel behavior (main survey, non-movers, online, and pen-and-paper; 2018) Residents of German-speaking part of Switzerland 4,601 396 11.5