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Table 4: Trips per person per year by main mode
Scottish residents Trips
1985/1986 1989/1991 1992/1994 1995/1997 1998/2000 2002/2003 2004/2005 2006/2007 2008/2009 2009/2010
Walk1 420 383 344 301 302 289 242 230 233 216
Driver of car, van or lorry 228 342 352 388 433 395 406 394 402 399
Passenger in car, van or lorry 156 219 204 230 219 214 230 209 211 201
Other private 31 27 23 21 25 22 20 18 20 21
Bicycle2 12 9 8 9 14 9 10 7 10 9
Other private transport (eg m/cycle, private hire bus) 19 18 14 12 11 12 10 11 10 12
Local bus 112 104 95 86 83 83 81 84 80 87
Other public 25 37 22 28 39 31 34 35 32 32
Surface Rail 9 15 5 9 15 12 16 15 14 14
Other public transport (eg taxi, non-local bus, air, ferry, Glasgow U/ground) 16 22 17 19 25 20 18 20 18 18
All modes 972 1,112 1,040 1,054 1,102 1,035 1,014 969 978 957
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

Percentage of trips
1985/1986 1989/1991 1992/1994 1995/1997 1998/2000 2002/2003 2004/2005 2006/2007 2008/2009 2009/2010
Walk1 43 34 33 29 27 28 24 24 24 23
Driver of car, van or lorry 23 31 34 37 39 38 40 41 41 42
Passenger in car, van or lorry 16 20 20 22 20 21 23 22 22 21
Other private 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Bicycle2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Other private transport (eg m/cycle, private hire bus) 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Local bus 11 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 8 9
Other public 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 4 3 3
Surface Rail 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
Other public transport (eg taxi, non-local bus, air, ferry, Glasgow U/ground) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
All modes 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Source: National Travel Survey

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 20071 2008 2009 2010
column percentages
Walking 18.1 18.2 17.0 15.6 15.3 13.5 13.6 22.0 22.2 21.8 22.0
Drive car/van 50.7 50.8 51.8 53.7 52.7 54.6 54.5 50.2 49.8 51.0 51.1
Passenger car/van 16.6 16.1 15.5 16.2 15.8 15.4 15.4 13.4 13.8 13.3 14.3
Bicycle 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8
Bus 9.8 9.9 10.6 9.7 10.3 10.4 11.2 9.3 9.1 8.6 8.7
Taxi/minicab 1.6 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.9 2.2 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 0.8
Rail 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.4
Other 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0
Sample size (=100%) 28,557 28,524 26,944 26,790 27,122 24,658 25,215 20,519 20,449 18,679 16,296

Source: Scottish Household Survey, Published in Scottish Household Survey: Travel Diary 2009/2010, Table 2
1 Prior to 2007 only journeys over 1/4 mile or 5 minutes on foot were recorded. Since 2007 all journeys are recorded.