verkehrliche

Verkehrliche is the inflected form of the German adjective verkehrlich, meaning traffic-related or pertaining to transport and mobility. The term is used mainly as an attributive modifier in phrases describing aspects of traffic systems, road networks, or mobility policies. It is not a standalone noun; rather, it forms part of compound expressions such as verkehrliche Infrastruktur (traffic infrastructure), verkehrliche Planung (traffic planning), or verkehrliche Auswirkungen (traffic-related impacts).

German adjectives follow gender, number, and case in their endings, so verkehrliche can appear in different forms depending on the article and syntactic role. Examples include die verkehrliche Situation (the traffic situation, feminine singular), das verkehrliche System (the traffic system, neuter singular), and die verkehrlichen Auswirkungen (the traffic-related effects, plural).

Field of use for the term includes urban planning, transport policy, road safety research, and mobility studies. It helps distinguish between general concepts of movement and specific traffic-related phenomena, such as congestion, emissions, or safety measures. In official documents, verkehrliche Aspekte are often analyzed alongside verkehrsbezogene terms, with the prefix Verkehrs- commonly used in compound nouns (Verkehrsplanung, Verkehrssicherheit).

See also: Verkehr, Verkehrswesen, Verkehrsplanung, Verkehrssicherheit, Infrastruktur. Etymology: from Verkehr (traffic) + -lich.