Table 16: [Travel to school reasons] Reasons for transport choice to children's full time education establishment, 2012-2016
26 September 2017 - Transport and Travel in Scotland 2016
Table 16: [Travel to school reasons] Reasons for transport choice to children's full time education establishment, 2012-2016
| Usual method of travel to school | ||||
| Walking | Car or van | School bus | Service bus | |
| Cell percentages | ||||
| Close / Nearby / Not far away | 89.0 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 7.8 |
| Most convenient | 8.3 | 39.4 | 42.5 | 39.3 |
| Travel with friends | 3.8 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 5.0 |
| Safest method | 1.0 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 6.3 |
| Quickest method | 2.7 | 14.5 | 6.8 | 13.0 |
| Only method available | 1.7 | 10.8 | 20.4 | 19.8 |
| Too far to walk | . | 15.7 | 20.4 | 23.9 |
| No public transport | 0.4 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 0.5 |
| Publ transp unsuitable (eg too infreq.) | 0.1 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 0.2 |
| Good exercise / fresh air | 5.8 | . | . | 0.7 |
| No car / transport | 0.6 | . | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| Cheapest method | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| It is free | 0.6 | 0.2 | 15.6 | 1.8 |
| On way to work | 0.1 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Too young to travel any other way | 0.1 | 6.8 | 1.8 | 0.6 |
| Relative meets child | . | 0.9 | . | . |
| Other reason(s) | 0.4 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Sample size (=100%) | 4,800 | 2,360 | 1,480 | 580 |
*Percentages may total to more than 100% as respondents can give multiple answers. Table only includes those who have given a reason (question asked only of a sub-sample).