Active Travel

Active Travel

In 2019, 48% of journeys under 2 miles were made on foot, an increase from 43% in 2018.

Just under 2% of journeys under five miles were made by bicycle, consistent with previous years.

The National Performance Framework (NPF) sets out a vision of improved wellbeing and quality of life for the people of Scotland.

The framework includes a National Indicator on 'Journeys by active travel', which monitors the proportion of short journeys that are made by the two main active travel modes: walking and cycling.

44% of journeys under five miles where made by driving a car or van, while 36% of journeys under two miles were made this way.

Journeys Under Two Miles by Walking

• The rise in the proportion of walking journeys means that the National Indicator status is determined as Performance Improving