Travel time to educational, service and cultural facilities
This indicator measures how long people in Germany have to travel by public transport or private car to reach their nearest regional or major regional centre.
It provides a way of measuring mobility.
A regional centre (Mittelzentrum) typically features the following: department store, hospital, doctor, hotel, nursing home, theatre, museum, youth centre, secondary school, library, large sports facility, train station.
A major regional centre (Oberzentrum) typically offers the following: specialist shops, major banks and financial institutions, vocational school/university, specialist hospital, research library, stadium, long-distance train station.
The indicator is calculated based on infrastructure and timetable data provided by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung, BBSR).