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Table 6: Average length of trip by main mode
Scottish residents Miles
1985/1986 1989/1991 1992/1994 1995/1997 1998/2000 2002/2003 2004/2005 2006/2007 2008/2009 2009/2010
Walk1 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Driver of car, van or lorry 8.4 8.0 7.9 8.5 8.6 8.3 8.7 8.5 8.9 8.7
Passenger in car, van or lorry 8.4 8.9 8.7 8.7 9.1 9.6 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.1
Other private 6.4 7.6 8.3 8.8 8.9 9.7 9.7 11.0 10.3 12.2
Bicycle2 1.5 2.0 2.1 2.9 2.2 3.0 2.4 3.4 3.1 3.6
Other private transport (eg m/cycle, private hire bus) 9.4 10.4 11.8 12.9 16.9 14.7 17.2 16.2 16.9 19.1
Local bus 3.8 3.7 4.6 5.0 5.4 4.6 5.4 5.3 6.0 5.6
Other public 21.8 22.6 21.3 27.5 24.4 25.8 26.7 25.6 26.6 24.8
Surface Rail 31.6 31.8 30.9 28.7 36.0 28.5 29.2 30.9 31.9 28.0
Other public transport (eg taxi, non-local bus, air, ferry, Glasgow U/ground) 16.4 16.4 18.6 26.9 17.5 24.1 24.5 21.7 22.5 22.4
All modes 4.8 5.7 5.6 6.5 6.9 6.7 7.2 7.2 7.4 7.3

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

2001 2003 2004 2005/2006 2007/2008 2009/2010 Sample size (2009/2010)
Walking 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 7,953
Driver Car/Van 6.8 7.5 7.6 8.0 6.4 7.5 17,835
Passenger Car/Van 7.5 7.8 7.1 8.0 6.9 7.8 4,543
Other (inc m/cycle, U/G, ferry 18.9 65.4 77.4 417
Bicycle 2.0 2.2 3.1 2.4 2.7 2.2 294
Bus 4.4 4.4 4.7 4.6 4.5 5.0 3,078
Taxi/Minicab 2.6 2.7 3.4 3.0 4.0 2.8 386
Rail 17.9 17.6 16.8 18.6 34.7 19.3 469
All modes 5.8 6.3 6.4 6.8 6.1 6.6 34,975

Source: Scottish Household Survey, Published in Scottish Household Survey: Travel Diary (Table 15 in 2009/10)