Transport and Travel in Scotland 2014

Table 14: [Travel to work reasons] Reasons why public transport is not used for travel to work, 2014¹
	Car/Van Driver/Passenger
	column percentages
By whether they could use public transport²
Yes	47.5
No	52.5
Sample size (=100%)	2,530
If they could use public transport, reasons for not using it
Takes too long	44.7
Inconvenient	17.0
No direct route	21.4
Prefer to use car	12.6
Need a car for work	9.2
Work unusual hours	5.4
Cost	8.4
Lack of service	5.5
Public transport is unreliable	2.7
Too infrequent	2.7
Too much to carry	2.1
Long walk to bus stop	2.4
Dislike waiting about	1.5
Health reasons	0.7
Prefer to walk	1.0
Other reasons are all less than 1% when rounded
Sample size (=100%)	1,150
If they could not use public transport, reasons why they cannot ²
No direct route	33.5
Lack of service	25.1
Takes too long	12.9
Inconvenient	13.5
Need a car for work	13.5
Work unusual hours	9.0
Prefer to use car	4.4
Too much to carry	8.2
Too infrequent	2.4
Public transport is unreliable	4.6
Long walk to bus stop	1.1
Cost	1.7
Uncomfortable	0.6
Live centrally / within walking distance	1.0
Other reasons are all less than 1% when rounded
Sample size (=100%)	470

1. Question asked every other year from 2012. 2014 data is latest available.
2. Does not include those who answered "Don't know"