The RWI Climate-Mobility Panel

Abstract This data report describes the first and second wave of the RWI Climate-Mobility Panel, a recurring household survey that aims in particular to investigate individual mobility behavior and preferences with regard to mobility-related policies. It further includes information on attitudes towards environmental protection and climate change of household members in Germany as well as on socio-economic individual and household characteristics. These first two waves, collected via forsa in 2018 and 2019, each comprise responses from over 6,000 households. These waves enable longitudinal analyses of changes in mobility behavior, policy preferences, and environmental attitudes over time, while also offering rich cross-sectional data on additional transportation-related topics. Further, both waves include an assessment of perceived car use costs and selected psychological scales. This uniquely comprehensive data set serves as a basis for novel research and evidence-based policy decisions in the context of the mobility and transport transition. The panel will be extended with additional survey waves conducted in 2022 and 2024, as well as with planned future data collections.