Prior to the last survey made in 2012, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office last assessed the "travel performance" of Hungarians in 2009. Between the two surveys, the number of one day trips by transport means fell by 8 percent, i.e. to 2.7 billion trips. The use of both public transportation and passenger cars decreased, while the number of bicycle users has increased. In terms of the distance travelled by transport means, passenger car use declined more, by 13 percent, while public transport use decreased significantly less, by 3 percent.

Between 2010 and 2014, the Hungarian bicycle path network has been expanded by more than 530 kilometres. The length of the Hungarian cycle route network is about 6,200 kilometres. In the period 2004 to 2012, there were a number of tenders providing financial resources for the construction of bicycle paths, including 4594 million HUF from domestic funds and 41,741 million HUF from EU funds. By the first six months of 2012, a total of 708.5 km of cycle routs were built using 19,542 million HUF. From EU funds, the construction of a single kilometre long bicycle path section cost an average of 34.8 million HUF, which increased to as high as 110 million HUF, which was publicly justified by costs related to strengthening the flood protection embankment. In 2005, the Ministry for National Development announced plans to construct a further 1000 to 1500 kms of bicycle routes by 2020, potentially increasing the proportion of cyclists in transportation from 19 per cent to 22 per cent. The number of bicycle accidents is quite high, without showing substantial change. 

The state spends less and less on promoting community transport, the expenditure in this sector decreased by HUF 16 billion in 2012 relative to 2011 levels. The state achieves decreasing expenditures by diminishing consumer price completion. The support provided for bus and railway tickets decreased but the support for travel passes valid for community transport in the capital and other major towns did not change in 2012. It is a serious problem that the state – the primary procurer of community transport services – does not pay the price of the ordered services, thus fails to fulfil its contractual obligations and the service providers make up for the accrued loss by neglecting developments. Parallel to this, great service providers (Volán companies, BKK) continuously conclude agreements with external service providers which on the one hand makes it possible to renew the vehicle park, while on the other hand creates a disadvantageous market position for companies of the local authorities and enhances capital extraction from the sector. 

The energy use and environmental impact of transportation could not be meaningfully reduced in recent decades, and this is also true of the reference countries. The share of renewables is increasing, but is still very low.