Scottish Household Survey: Travel Diary 2011

7. Distance and Duration

• Sixty-one per cent of journeys were less than 5 km in 2011, with almost half being less than 3 km (38% were less than 2km and 24% less than 1 km).
• Sixty-nine per cent of journeys lasted 20 minutes or less

Figure 5: Distance travelled, 2011

7.1 In 2011, the average (mean) journey distance was 10 km, compared to a median of only 3 km, this shows that half of all journeys were 3km or less. [Table 5]

7.2 Previous analysis has suggested that this is because the majority of journeys are undertaken in urban areas, and journeys in these areas cover a shorter distance than those in rural areas^[5].

7.3 The vast majority of journeys (83%) were less than 30 minutes in duration; only 6 per cent were over an hour. Distance and duration are obviously related, dependent on other factors such as travel mode. Therefore, it makes sense that the majority of journeys are short in duration since the majority of journeys are short in distance. [Table 6].