Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

It is simply too individual to offer blanket solutions for [ohne Auto]. There are solutions and they must be tackled. A higher frequency should not lead to ghost buses in Cologne. In rural areas, sometimes yes. Every community has to tackle this itself and look for and find individual solutions. There is also quite a bit happening. The car will not disappear, but reduced kilometers are a big step and yes, maybe we really manage with only 1 car.

I was without a car for half a year and just got one again. My experiences with public transportation were simply terrible (I don't live directly in the city but in a larger town with a train station near the city). Everything you can imagine happened: I stand at the station and a 3-minute delay is shown. After 3 minutes, it changes to 30: "priority train on the same track." Then, when the train is almost at the destination, you have to wait another 30 minutes because the track is not free. For a 20-minute trip, it took 1 hour and 20 minutes. Of course, I missed my appointment and at the destination I immediately got on the next train and went back home. Or "rail replacement service" with a bus. Unfortunately, nowhere does it say where this bus will stop. In the DB app, it still shows track X. But the bus will of course not stop there. How could it be otherwise: bus not found and missed, and back home again. Recently, the online ticket purchase system was unavailable due to maintenance work. One time queue through the station at the only ticket machine. It's such an old touch device that recognizes the "click" about 5 cm next to where you actually press. Simply wonderful to use. Edit: I don't even want to complain about the scheduling of once an hour if the train at least came reliably.

What does that have to do with the construction costs?

Construction prices will not fall. The high energy costs remain, and not only in Germany. The shortage and the high production costs persist.

What does that have to do with construction costs?

The thing has 1337 pages – it has been the regulars' table thread for ages, which occasionally swings back to its original topic like a sine wave, only to drift off in any direction again.

How are construction costs developing in 2023? Who dares to make a forecast?

Just as haydee says. I do not see a decline in costs, as these are driven by material and energy prices, not just by full order books. I see a further decline in construction projects. High interest rates and high costs at the same time are too expensive for many.

I commuted by train to the city (Nürnberg) for 15 years (42 minutes by train, 15 minutes to the station, 15 minutes on foot) and now have been driving a car (company car) again for 1.5 years. By far the largest part would drive by car if it were not significantly more expensive financially.

Packed, stuffy and dirty trains, filthy stations, 0.0 service or customer care, crime and violence, permanent construction work, rail replacement service (anyone who has done this for 2-3 months easily becomes panicked at the word), etc.

As long as the "offer" here does not improve overall, even a general 9€ ticket will not get the majority onto public transport. You could already see this from the studies on the 9€ ticket in the summer. Most people just took cheap trips around in their free time.

In my opinion, construction prices will at most stagnate in the coming years; I do not see a decline in prices. Raw material shortages, the energy issue, high inflation and resulting rising wage and material costs will keep prices high.