Table 41: In general, What discourages you from using buses more often than you do? (2012-2016)
26 September 2017 - Transport and Travel in Scotland 2016
Table 41: In general, What discourages you from using buses more often than you do? (2012-2016)
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2016 | |
Nothing discourages | 14.4 | 14.2 | 16.3 | 17.6 |
Takes too long | 16.5 | 13.2 | 15.6 | 19.0 |
Inconvenient | 10.8 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 9.9 |
No direct route | 12.4 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 11.5 |
Use my own car | 23.8 | 20.6 | 18.9 | 19.3 |
Need a car for / at work | 6.2 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
Cost | 9.4 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 7.6 |
Work unsocial /unusual hours | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
Public transport unreliable | 2.9 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
Lack of service | 11.3 | 11.6 | 10.1 | 9.7 |
Too infrequent | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
Health reasons | 9.4 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 7.9 |
Difficult access,on-off steps | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
Too much to carry,awkward | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
Uncomfortable | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
No need | 16.0 | 19.0 | 20.2 | 19.9 |
Prefer to walk/cycle | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
Dislike waiting about | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
Long walk to bus stop | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
Lives centrally,within walking distance | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.4 |
Sample size (=100%) | 7,900 | 7,700 | 7,759 | 7,700 |
* response options that account for less than 1% have been suppressed