Mobility time describes the actual time people need to reach their daily destinations. In addition to travel time alone, it also takes into account additional time spent on activities such as parking or locking up a bicycle. Furthermore, for each combination of location, activity, mode of transportation, and profile, multiple possible destinations are included and weighted against one another. This results in a realistic, everyday-life-based time estimate—not for a single route, but for the typical journey to an activity.

Mobility quality classifies this time: It uses an easy-to-understand rating system to show how well the travel time compares to structurally similar regions.

The rating is calculated exponentially—meaning that differences in short travel times carry more weight than those in longer journeys.