Statistical Bulletin - National Travel Survey 2011/2012: Scotland Results

**Table 5: Average distance travelled per person per year by main mode**
Scottish residents															Miles
	1985/1986	1989/1991	1992/1994	1995/1997	1998/2000	2002/2003	2003/2004	2004/2005	2005/2006	2006/2007	2007/2008	2008/2009	2009/2010	2010/2011	2011/2012
Walk¹	251	229	182	183	186	199	181	169	168	165	171	169	153	154	155
Driver of car, van or lorry	1,921	2,731	2,771	3,316	3,738	3,275	3,355	3,539	3,580	3,360	3,397	3,572	3,488	3,504	3,585
Passenger in car, van or lorry	1,306	1,949	1,772	1,999	2,001	2,058	2,179	2,081	2,054	1,934	1,849	1,946	1,819	1,724	1,730
Other private transport	195	206	187	186	222	211	208	197	194	195	197	207	259	232	165
Bicycle²	17	18	17	26	30	28	29	25	22	25	30	30	34	33	35
Other private transport (e.g. m/cycle, private hire bus)	177	188	170	160	192	183	180	172	171	171	167	177	225	199	130
Local bus	427	390	438	435	447	380	439	441	409	440	478	485	491	443	405
Other Public transport	553	828	472	778	956	810	852	905	970	904	966	856	800	974	1,122
Surface Rail	285	468	154	268	525	339	377	465	446	460	540	446	389	423	483
Other public transport (e.g. taxi, non-local bus, air, ferry, Glasgow U/ground)	268	360	318	510	431	471	475	440	525	444	426	410	411	551	639
All modes	4,652	6,333	5,823	6,896	7,550	6,933	7,214	7,332	7,376	6,997	7,057	7,235	7,011	7,032	7,161

1 There is an apparent under recording of short walks in 2002/2003 and short trips in 2007/2008 compared to other years. See notes.
2 Sample size of bicycle trips is small so treat these figures with caution.
Note: The results for average distance in Table 3 differ from those in Table 5. Table 3 is based on stage mode distance while table 5 is based on main mode trip distance.