| Strengths | Weaknesses |
| • Overall increase of population • In recent years implementatio of concentration and densification strategies in urbanized areas (Salzbug city and surrounding municipalities) • Good accessibility of public transport along transport axes in the pilot region, but the farther away à decrease • Regional railway lines (S-Bahn and Lokalbahn) plan extensions, cross-border connections and shorter departure intervals • Centralized employment structure (Salzburg city) may support effective public transport or commuter ride-sharing • Change in travel behaviour towards bike and walk will lead to more traffic-securit • e-mobility services in pilot region “Electro drive Salzburg” | • General ageing of the population • Settlement development often dissects landscape • Dispersed settlement structures cause long travel times, far distances, and high infrastructure costs • Partly decrease of public transport in unprofitable areas • The city of Salzburg and adjacent municipalities are strongly affected by transit-traffic • High costs for building land, apartments and real estate esp. in the city centre • Problems in concentrating the residential construction on central regions and agglomerations • Very extensive settlement area in Salzburg-Umgebung necessitates branched traffic network • More than half of the ways by car are shorter than 5 km • Maintenance of infrastructure is cost-intensive because of disperse settlements |
| Opportunities | Threats |
| • Strong rise in population yet until 2030 • Efficient land management to reduce the rise of sealed land • Several initiatives, e.g. building land designation in the vicinity of public transport axes • Rising motorization costs and travel time (traffic jam) force people to use public transport (acceptance) • Enhanced steering towards qualitative and sustainable development • Cross-border (Salzburg-Bavaria) commuters force to can enhance cooperation and common strategies • High settlement density and compactness reduces demand for streets and cars, supports people to walk • Focus of settlement development in areas where a sufficient social infrastructure is already existing | • Spatially differentiated population development (rise in cities, decline in peripheral areas) • Lack of building areas • High prices of (building) land force settlement development in peripheral regions • Decentralized settlement development causes a rise in motorization • Negative cost, environment, and quality of life-effects due to an intense urban sprawl and suburbanization processes • Negative effects of an insufficient mix of workplaces and habitations in the old town of Salzburg • Main direction of commuters is mainly the city of Salzburg and 3 - 4 adjacent municipalities • The upcoming elderly generation has grown up with a car oriented traffic à strong habits |