Statistical Bulletin Transport Series Scottish Household Survey: Travel Diary 2009/2010

Table 2: [Main Mode] Main mode of travel 2000-20101
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

"1 Prior to 2007 only journeys over 1/4 mile or 5 minutes on foot were recorded. Since 2007 all journeys are recorded.
This creates a discontinuity in the time series between 2006 and 2007."