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individual transport
Transport carried out by individual people using private vehicles such as cars, motorcycles, or bicycles, as opposed to public passenger transport.
Um die Umwelt zu schonen, sollte der Individualverkehr in den Innenstädten reduziert werden.
To protect the environment, individual transport in city centers should be reduced.
The word is made up of 'Individual' (individual, for one person) and 'Verkehr' (traffic/transport). So it describes transport that individual people organize for themselves.
Der Individualverkehr mit dem Auto belastet die Umwelt stark.
Individual transport by car places a heavy burden on the environment.
'Individualverkehr' (individual transport) is a formal term. You often find it in political discussions, news reports, or specialist texts about urban planning and the environment.
Die Stadt plant neue Maßnahmen zur Regulierung des Individualverkehrs.
The city is planning new measures to regulate individual transport.
This noun is often used with verbs that express reduction or control. Typical combinations are 'den Individualverkehr reduzieren' (to reduce individual transport), 'einschränken' (to restrict), or 'vermeiden' (to avoid).
Viele Städte versuchen, den Individualverkehr in den Zentren einzuschränken.
Many cities are trying to restrict individual transport in their centers.
local transport
'Nahverkehr' and 'Individualverkehr' describe two different ways of getting around. 'Nahverkehr' means public transport over short distances, for example by bus, tram, or regional train. 'Individualverkehr' means trips made with private vehicles, for example by car, motorcycle, or bicycle. The words can be confused because both appear in everyday life and in transport planning. The important difference is: in 'Nahverkehr', many people share a public means of transport. In 'Individualverkehr', one person or a small group travels independently in their own vehicle.
In der Innenstadt soll der Individualverkehr reduziert werden, damit die Luft sauberer wird.
Individual transport is to be reduced in the city center so that the air becomes cleaner.
Für den Weg zum Bahnhof ist der Nahverkehr morgen schneller als das Auto.
To get to the station tomorrow, local transport will be faster than the car.