Table 41: In general, What discourages you from using buses more often than you do? (2012-2013)

**Table 41:** In general, What discourages you from using buses more often than you do? (2012-2013)
	2012	2013
Nothing discourages	14.4	14.2
Takes too long	16.5	13.2
Inconvenient	10.8	9.1
No direct route	12.4	10.6
Use my own car	23.8	20.6
Need a car for,at work	6.2	6.7
Cost	9.4	9.2
Work unsocial,unusual hours	2.1	2.4
Public transport unreliable	2.9	3.6
Lack of service	11.3	11.6
Too infrequent	5.2	4.4
Health reasons	9.4	8.7
Difficult access,on-off steps	1.3	1.6
Too much to carry,awkward	3.2	2.8
Uncomfortable	1.7	1.6
No need	16.0	19.0
Prefer to walk/cycle	4.1	5.0
Dislike waiting about	2.6	2.4
Long walk to bus stop	3.3	2.7
Lives centrally,within walking distance	2.5	2.6
Other choices - trains, taxi etc.	0.8	1.0
Smoking policy	**	.
Dirty/filthy	0.3	0.3
Given lifts	0.3	0.3
Too crowded	0.2	0.1
Don't feel safe	0.2	0.3
Laziness	0.1	0.1
No suitable bus service	.	0.2
Don't know bus times/routes/fares	0.4	0.3
Too ifficult with small children/pushchairs	0.1	0.2
Bus drivers rude/unhelpful/poor drivers	0.2	0.1
Other passengers	0.4	0.5
*Sample size (=100%)*	7,901	7,700

** value supressed as cell contains less than 5 responses