Scottish Transport Statistics No 29: 2010 Edition

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Table S3 Summary of Scottish Household Survey results 1

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Travel to work 2

percentages

Walking

13.7

13.7

13.1

13.2

12.6

12.7

12.7

13.8

11.9

12.5

12.3

Car or Van

66.4

67.0

68.4

67.7

68.5

67.0

67.4

66.8

68.0

66.0

67.0

Driver

54.6

56.5

57.9

56.6

59.8

58.9

59.8

59.8

61.3

59.9

60.7

Passenger

11.8

10.5

10.4

11.0

8.7

8.1

7.5

7.0

6.7

6.1

6.4

Bicycle

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.8

1.9

1.6

2.0

1.7

2.3

2.4

Bus

12.1

12.5

12.2

12.2

11.6

12.7

12.1

11.8

12.7

12.1

12.1

Rail

3

2.3

2.3

3.1

2.9

3.5

3.9

3.6

3.5

4.3

3.9

Other

3

2.8

2.4

2.3

2.6

2.3

2.3

2.0

2.3

2.7

2.3

Sample size (=100%)

6,020

6,253

6,276

5,973

6,033

6,359

6,044

6,068

5,175

5,437

5,371

Travel to school

Walking

53.9

53.8

51.9

55.5

52.4

51.2

52.5

51.1

52.8

48.8

50.0

Car or Van

18.3

19.7

20.8

18.9

21.7

21.6

21.0

21.7

21.9

23.6

24.4

Bicycle

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.7

1.1

1.0

0.6

0.9

0.8

1.5

1.0

Bus (school or service)

24.8

23.5

24.5

22.4

22.4

23.6

23.6

23.7

21.9

23.9

22.0

Rail

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.9

0.7

1.2

0.9

0.7

0.7

Other

1.7

1.7

1.7

2.1

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.3

1.7

1.5

1.8

Sample size (=100%)

2,636

3,475

3,463

3,295

3,250

3,347

3,272

3,240

2,517

2,750

2,881

Household access to car/bike

No car

37.2

35.8

35.3

34.8

32.7

33.7

31.7

32.0

30.3

30.2

30.7

One car

45.1

45.5

45.6

44.4

44.5

43.0

44.5

43.6

44.3

43.9

43.7

Two Cars

15.4

16.4

16.6

18.2

19.8

19.9

20.5

20.5

21.4

21.8

21.5

Three or more cars

2.4

2.3

2.6

2.5

3.0

3.4

3.3

3.8

4.0

4.0

4.2

One or more cars

62.8

64.2

64.7

65.2

67.3

66.3

68.3

68.0

69.7

69.7

69.3

Two or more cars

17.7

18.6

19.1

20.8

22.8

23.3

23.8

24.4

25.3

25.8

25.6

1+ Bicycles which can be used by adults

31.8

34.2

N/A

34.9

34.4

35.0

35.0

35.3

36.9

36.8

35.4

Sample size

14,679

15,547

15,566

15,073

14,880

15,942

15,392

15,616

13,414

13,821

14,190

Driving (aged 17+)

Those with a full driving licence

Men

76.9

76.2

75.6

76.7

76.5

75.8

75.7

75.5

75.8

76.0

76.2

Women

51.5

53.0

55.0

53.8

56.0

56.9

56.4

58.0

59.2

59.9

60.6

All

63.5

64.0

64.7

64.6

65.8

65.8

65.6

66.4

67.0

67.6

68.0

Frequency of driving

Every day

44.2

44.7

45.8

45.5

43.3

41.4

41.8

40.9

45.2

44.9

43.4

At least three times a week

7.6

7.9

8.0

8.0

10.2

11.2

11.2

11.6

10.0

10.4

11.9

Once or twice a week

4.5

4.2

3.9

4.2

5.5

5.7

5.8

6.7

5.1

5.6

5.6

At least 2-3 times a month

1

0.9

1.0

0.9

0.7

0.8

0.8

1.0

0.9

1.0

0.9

At least once a month

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.4

Less than once a month

1.7

1.8

1.9

2.1

1.7

1.6

1.4

1.4

1.7

1.3

1.6

Holds full licence, never drives

4

4.0

3.5

3.5

4.1

4.5

4.1

4.4

3.5

4.0

4.2

Does not have a full driving licence

36.5

36.0

35.3

35.4

34.2

34.2

34.4

33.6

33.0

32.4

32.0

Sample size (=100%)

13,660

14,440

14,527

13,936

13,850

14,660

13,968

14,075

12,152

12,263

12,447

Walking in the past seven days (aged 16+) 3

Walking as a means of transport

Walking just for pleasure or to keep fit

39.7

41.4

42.9

40.7

43.9

43.9

46.1

46.7

46.9

45.1

48.4

Sample size

13,757

14,516

14,643

14,041

13,925

14,713

6,993

7,111

6,121

6,209

6,119

Household access to bus service

Up to 6 minutes walk to the nearest stop

84.7

84.6

84.8

86.3

85.4

86.6

85.4

84.9

84.8

85.7

84.3

At least one bus every 13 mins

19.6

19.4

18.5

21.6

23.4

24.2

24.8

22.5

24.3

25.0

25.4

Sample size

14,671

15,547

15,561

15,072

14,879

15,941

15,392

15,616

9,274

6,846

14,190

Frequency of use of local bus/train service (aged 16+)

Bus service

Every day or almost every day

..

..

11.0

10.5

11.1

11.9

12.0

12.3

12.6

11.3

2 or 3 times per week

..

..

11.6

11.5

11.2

11.6

11.7

11.7

12.2

11.8

About once a week

..

..

7.9

7.6

7.5

7.7

7.9

7.7

7.8

8.4

Once or twice a month

..

..

10.9

10.6

10.6

12.1

12.2

13.9

13.9

14.1

Not used in the past month

..

..

58.6

59.7

59.5

56.7

56.2

54.4

53.6

54.5

Train service

Every day or almost every day

..

..

1.6

1.7

1.8

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.3

2.1

2 or 3 times per week

..

..

1.0

1.3

1.6

1.5

1.6

1.8

2.0

2.1

About once a week

..

..

2.0

2.5

2.7

2.6

2.8

3.2

3.2

3.7

Once or twice a month

..

..

10.4

11.4

12.3

14.3

13.7

16.3

16.4

15.9

Not used in the past month

..

..

84.9

83.1

81.6

79.5

79.8

76.6

76.1

76.2

Sample size (=100%)

..

..

14,037

13,960

14,774

14,063

14,183

12,188

12,298

12,517

1. The apparent year-to-year fluctuations in some of the figures may be due to sampling variability.
2. Employed adults (aged 16+) not working from home
3. Those who had made a trip of more than quarter of a mile for the specified purpose on at least one of the previous seven days

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