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Table 5: Average distance travelled per person per year by main mode
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	251	229	182	183	186	199	169	165	169	153
Driver of car, van or lorry	1,921	2,731	2,771	3,316	3,738	3,275	3,539	3,360	3,565	3,484
Passenger in car, van or lorry	1,306	1,949	1,772	1,999	2,001	2,058	2,081	1,934	1,953	1,822
Other private	195	206	187	186	222	211	197	195	207	261
Bicycle²	17	18	17	26	30	28	25	25	30	34
Other private transport (eg m/cycle, private hire bus)	177	188	170	160	192	183	172	171	176	227
Local bus	427	390	438	435	447	380	441	440	485	489
Other public	553	828	472	778	956	810	905	904	854	802
Surface Rail	285	468	154	268	525	339	465	460	446	391
Other public transport (eg taxi, non-local bus, air, ferry, Glasgow U/ground)	268	360	318	510	431	471	440	444	407	411
All modes	4,652	6,333	5,823	6,896	7,550	6,933	7,332	6,997	7,233	7,010

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.