Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition

Table 11.1 Trips per person per year by main mode
Scottish residents: average per head of population *
1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2009
/  1999 /  2001 /  2003 /  2005 /  2007 /  2009 /  2010
trips
Walk 1  316  326  289  242  230 233  216
Bicycle  15  11  9  10  7 10  9
Driver of car, van or lorry  433  414  395  407  394 402  399
Passenger in car, van or lorry  228  230  214  229  209 211  201
Other private transport (eg motorcycle, private hire bus)  13  13  12  10  11 10  12
Local bus  92  73  83  81  83 80  87
Surface Rail  11  16  12  16  15 14  14
Taxi / minicab  19  18  16  16  17 14  15
Other public transport (eg air, ferry, non-local bus)  5  4  4  2  4 3  3
All modes  1,133  1,106  1,035  1,014  969 978  957
Sample size (number of people)  1,224  1,395  3,396  3,766  3,618  3,270  3,214

* Some of the results are based upon a small number of trips in the sample, and so may be subject to large percentage sampling errors. As a result, there may be some apparently large, and potentially misleading, percentage changes between periods. As mentioned in the text, NTS results for Scotland should be regarded as broad indicators rather than precise measures. The figures for 1995/97 onwards are based on weighted data, so are not directly comparable with earlier results (which are based on unweighted data) which can be found in the previous edition or in the Travel by Scottish residents bulletin.
1. Short walks are believed to be under-recorded in 2002/03 and short trips in 2007-08 compared with earlier years.