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Table 34: Trips to and from school 1 by main mode
	1985/1986	1989/1991	1992/1994	1995/1997	1998/2000	2002/2003	2004/2005	2006/2007	2008/2009	2009/2010
Scottish residents: pupils aged 5 to 16
	*column percentages*
Walking	69	64	64	53	52	52	54	47	45	42
Bus	23	21	22	20	25	26	20	23	26	28
Car	6	13	12	25	21	19	23	27	25	25
Other	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5
Bicycle	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Other	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	4
All	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Average Trip Length	miles
Aged 5-10 years						1.3	1.7	1.1	1.3	1.8
Aged 11-16 years						2.9	2.5	3.4	3.2	2.9
Sample size (number of pupils)²	310	254	218	331	285	559	625	532	445	413

Source: National Travel Survey
1 Trips of under 50 miles only
2 Sample size of pupils is small so treat these figures with caution

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Travel to school
	Column percentages
Walking	53.8	51.9	55.5	52.4	51.2	52.5	51.1	52.8	48.8	50.0	49.7
Car or Van	19.7	20.8	19.0	21.7	21.6	21.0	21.7	21.9	23.6	24.4	23.0
Bicycle	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.9	0.8	1.5	1.0	1.4
Bus (school or service)	23.5	24.5	22.4	22.4	23.6	23.6	23.7	21.9	23.9	22.0	23.9
School bus	16.9	17.7	15.1	16.9	16.9	16.5	17.0	14.8	16.5	16.0	16.1
Service bus	6.6	6.8	7.3	5.5	6.7	7.1	6.7	7.1	7.3	5.9	7.8
Rail, including underground	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.7	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.3
Other	1.7	1.7	2.1	1.8	1.8	1.6	1.3	1.7	1.5	1.8	1.7
Sample size (=100%)	3,475	3,463	3,295	3,250	3,347	3,272	3,240	2,517	2,750	2,881	2,676

Source: Scottish Household Survey, Published in Transport and Travel in Scotland 2010, Table S3