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Table 3: Average distance travelled per person per year by mode of travel
Scottish residents	Miles
Scottish residents	1985/1986	1989/1991	1992/1994	1995/1997	1998/2000	2002/2003	2004/2005	2006/2007	2008/2009	2009/2010
Walk¹	286	272	205	216	220	223	196	190	196	179
Driver of car, van or lorry	1,926	2,735	2,772	3,320	3,740	3,295	3,557	3,368	3,581	3,497
Passenger in car, van or lorry	1,312	1,960	1,780	2,006	2,005	2,071	2,102	1,945	1,976	1,836
Other private transport	191	201	186	184	221	209	198	193	204	259
Bicycle²	18	19	17	26	31	28	26	25	30	35
Other private transport (eg m/cycle, private hire bus)	173	182	169	158	191	181	172	168	173	224
Local bus	409	378	425	429	442	378	436	437	483	485
Other Public transport	527	786	454	743	921	756	843	863	793	755
Surface Rail	266	440	150	249	495	310	420	429	410	364
Other public transport (eg taxi, non-local bus, air, ferry, Glasgow U/ground)	261	346	304	493	426	446	423	434	383	392
All modes	4,652	6,333	5,823	6,896	7,550	6,933	7,332	6,997	7,233	7,010
Sample size (number of people)	2,560	2,480	2,092	2,024	1,926	3,396	3,766	3,618	3,270	3,214

Source: National Travel Survey
1 There is an apparent under recording of short walks in 2002-03 and short trips in 2007-08 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.