Transport and Travel in Scotland 2014
Table 16: [Travel to school reasons] Reasons for transport choice to children's full time education establishment, 2014
| Usual method of travel to school | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walking | Car or van | School bus | Service bus | |
| Cell percentages | ||||
| Close / Nearby / Not far away | 91.5 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 12.4 |
| Most convenient | 6.1 | 32.5 | 40.2 | 37.2 |
| Travel with friends | 2.9 | 1.6 | 5.1 | 7.4 |
| Safest method | 1.5 | 14.3 | 11.6 | 8.5 |
| Quickest method | 1.9 | 18.6 | 8.0 | 16.0 |
| Only method available | 1.3 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 12.1 |
| Too far to walk | 0.0 | 16.4 | 17.7 | 16.9 |
| No public transport | 0.5 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 |
| Publ transp unsuitable (eg too infreq.) | 0.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| Good exercise / fresh air | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| No car / transport | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Cheapest method | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| It is free | 0.5 | 0.0 | 16.2 | 1.7 |
| On way to work | 0.3 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Too young to travel any other way | 0.1 | 6.9 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Relative meets child | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Other reason(s) | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Sample size (=100%) | 1,010 | 460 | 300 | 110 |
1 Percentages may total to more than 100% as respondents can give multiple answers. Table only includes those who have given a reason (question asked only of a sub-sample from 2005).