Statistical Bulletin: Transport Series: Trn / 2013/ 2: Scottish Household Survey: Travel Diary 2012

6. When are people travelling?

• Half of journeys start before 2pm. On weekdays the peak travel time is between 7 and 9:30am with 19% of journeys starting at this time. At weekends the peak travel time is between 12 and 2pm with 24 per cent of journeys starting in this period. [Table 7]

• The overwhelming majority of travel was undertaken during daytime hours, with 82 per cent of journeys beginning between 7am and 6:30pm
• Travel was more likely on weekdays than on Saturday or Sunday

Time of Travel

6.1 Half of journeys start before 2pm. Twenty-two per cent of journeys are before 9:30am on weekdays compared to less than ten per cent at weekends. On weekdays the peak travel time is between 7 and 9:30am with 19% of journeys starting at this time. At weekends the peak travel time is between 12 and 2pm with 24 per cent of journeys starting in this period. [Table 7]

6.2 Saturday and Sunday accounted for the lowest proportion of all journeys made. [Figure 4] [Table 8]

6.3 Day of Travel analysis should be taken with an element of caution. The weighting process which ensures a weighted number of interviews spread across the week may not ensure that the weighted number of journeys are evenly spread across the week. More information is provided in the Appendix.

Figure 4: Journeys by day of travel, 2012