Time of travel

On weekdays a slightly greater proportion of disabled people’s journeys are in the middle of the day, and fewer before 9:30am and after 4:30pm. For those whose disability limits activities a lot, there is an even greater proportion of travel between 9:30 and 4:30. [shown in Figure 17 below]

Figure 17: Percentage of journeys made on weekdays by start time of journey, by whether adult is disabled, 2017 to 2021 (combined)

For people working full-time, there was less difference, although disabled people were still slightly less likely to travel at the 7-9:30 am and 4:30 to 6 peak times. [shown in Figure 18 below]

Figure 18: Percentage of journeys on weekdays by start time of journey for people working full-time, by whether they have a long-term condition, 2017 to 2021