Scottish Transport Statistics No 29: 2010 Edition

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Table 11.8 Average duration of travel per trip by purpose

Scottish residents: average per head of population *

1998 / 1999

2000 / 2001

2002 / 2003

2004 / 2005

2006 / 2007

2008 / 2009

minutes

Commuting

22.5

25.7

23.3

25.0

25.6

25.4

Business

36.2

39.7

35.1

41.4

37.7

36.9

Education

20.4

17.9

17.9

19.4

19.8

18.6

Escort education

12.7

12.3

11.1

11.4

11.3

11.4

Shopping

16.2

16.0

17.4

17.8

18.1

18.2

Other escort

15.0

15.4

16.5

16.7

16.6

16.6

Other personal business

16.9

17.4

17.0

18.0

18.0

19.2

Visting friends at home

20.7

19.6

23.3

24.0

24.0

25.0

Visiting friends elsewhere

17.6

17.8

19.2

20.0

21.3

20.5

Sport / entertainment

21.0

21.4

18.6

16.1

21.6

20.8

Holiday / day trip

64.5

53.5

52.4

52.4

52.1

53.6

Other (including just walk)

21.1

20.4

23.2

23.3

22.3

22.4

All purposes

20.4

20.3

21.9

21.9

22.2

22.5

* See footnotes for table 11.1

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