Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition

Table 11.8 Average duration of travel per trip by purpose
Scottish residents: average per head of population *
1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2009
/ 1999 /  2001 /  2003 /  2005 /  2007 /  2009 /  2010
minutes
Commuting  22.5  25.7 23.3 25.0 25.6 25.4 25.3
Business  36.2  39.7 35.1 41.4 37.7 36.9 40.0
Education  20.4  17.9 17.9 19.4 19.8 18.6 19.1
Escort education  12.7  12.3 11.1 11.4 11.3 11.4 11.5
Shopping  16.2  16.0 17.4 17.8 18.1 18.2 17.9
Other escort  15.0  15.4 16.5 16.7 16.6 16.6 16.8
Other personal business  16.9  17.4 17.0 18.0 18.0 19.2 18.7
Visting friends at home  20.7  19.6 23.3 24.0 24.0 25.0 24.7
Visiting friends elsewhere  17.6  17.8 19.2 20.0 21.3 20.5 20.5
Sport / entertainment  21.0  21.4 18.6 16.1 21.6 20.8 20.4
Holiday / day trip  64.5  53.5 52.4 52.4 52.1 53.6 54.9
Other (including just walk)  21.1  20.4 23.2 23.3 22.3 22.4 23.4
All purposes  20.4  20.3 21.9 21.9 22.2 22.5 22.4

* See footnotes for table 11.1