Table 26: [Cycling] Reasons why do not cycle to work, 2009-2013

**Table 26:** [Cycling] Reasons why do not cycle to work, 2009-2013 ¹
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Average for 2009-2013
Reasons why do not cycle to work						cell percentages
Too far to cycle	35.6	38.9	34.9	34.3	37.4	36.2
Weather too cold / wet / windy	17.6	18.2	19.3	21.0	19.8	19.0
Do not have a bike	13.8	13.9	12.2	16.4	14.3	13.9
Too many cars on the road	15.7	12.8	11.9	14.8	14.7	13.9
Traffic travels too fast	13.2	11.5	10.1	12.4	11.6	11.7
Prefer to drive	10.2	11.4	9.1	10.6	10.0	10.2
Inconsiderate drivers	10.0	8.5	8.0	9.9	8.9	9.0
Concerns for personal safety on dark / lonely roads	9.9	9.1	9.6	9.1	9.0	9.4
No way to carry luggage / shopping	9.4	10.3	7.9	8.3	7.9	8.9
Nowhere at work to shower / change	7.7	7.8	7.6	7.5	7.3	7.6
Don't have time to cycle	7.9	7.9	7.0	9.2	8.3	7.9
Too hilly	5.8	5.9	7.2	7.6	6.2	6.5
Not fit enough	5.7	6.6	6.0	5.8	4.9	5.9
Can't be bothered	6.4	6.3	6.4	6.8	5.9	6.4
Road surfaces are dangerous	3.9	5.1	6.1	4.9	5.6	5.1
Not enough safe places to lock bike	2.5	2.7	2.7	2.2	4.1	2.8
Can't ride a bike	2.4	1.7	1.8	2.1	2.4	2.1
Health reasons	2.3	1.9	1.4	2.3	1.9	1.9
Difficult taking bike onto other forms of transport ²	..	..	..	1.7	2.0	1.9
Inconsiderate pedestrians in towns\cities	1.0	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.7
Worried about pollution from traffic	1.6	1.6	1.1	1.5	1.3	1.4
Nowhere to keep a bicycle at home	0.6	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.7
Too many bikes stolen	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.6
*Sample size (=100%)*	2,765	2,346	2,575	1,607	1,543	*10,836*

1. The survey routing was updated in 2012 to ensure that only those with at least one bike in their household were asked this question. To ensure comparability, responses from previous years have only been included in this table where the respondent's household had a bike.
2. Asked from 2012 only

Table 27: Households' bus availability
Following changes to the Scottish Household survey data for Table 27 is no longer collected - Please see
TATIS 2011 for the most recently produced version of the table.