Table 8 Adults (16+) - methods used to plan journeys, or to get travel information or advice, in the past month: April 2003 to December 2004
| All | by sex | by age-group | by frequency
of driving |
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Men | Wo-
men | 16 -
29 | 30 -
49 | 50 -
69 | 70 + | every
day | less
often 1 | never
drives 2 |
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column percentages |
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3journeys by car/van, motorcycle or bicycle |
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4methods used to plan journeys |
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Looked at a road map | 20.0 | 24.3 | 16.7 | 18.8 | 26.7 | 19.5 | 7.5 | 31.0 | 27.4 | 5.3 |
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Asked a friend | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 12.3 | 8.9 | 4.1 |
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Telephoned the AA or RAC | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
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Contacted the venue / attraction you are visiting | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 0.9 |
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Route planning software or Internet journey planner | 8.6 | 10.8 | 6.9 | 9.1 | 13.5 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 14.6 | 10.4 | 1.6 |
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Used Transport Direct internet portal # | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
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Checked Teletext/Ceefax for roadworks/congestion | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
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5did not use any methods of journey planning |
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Never planned ahead - relied on road signs | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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Never go out / housebound | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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None - never go to unfamiliar places | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
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None - someone else plans the route for me | 11 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 23 |
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I haven't made journeys by car/van/motorcycle/bicycle | 22 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 12 | 42 |
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None - know the route | 32 | 35 | 29 | 26 | 33 | 35 | 27 | 41 | 40 | 18 |
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6Another (possibly additional) answer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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sample size ( = 100% ) | 25,185 | 10,730 | 14,455 | 3,626 | 8,786 | 7,759 | 5,014 | 9,645 | 4,808 | 10,732 |
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7journeys by bus, train or underground |
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4methods used to get travel information / advice |
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Asked a friend | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 12.4 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 9.3 |
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Telephoned Traveline | 4.4 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
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Timetable delivered through door / picked up at station | 6.2 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 8.3 |
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Timetable displayed at station or stops | 12.0 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 20.2 | 11.4 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 12.0 | 16.2 |
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Contacted the venue / attraction you are visiting | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
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Used Transport Direct internet portal # | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
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Teletext / Ceefax | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
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Digital TV interactive service | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
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Electronic kiosks / terminals | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
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Intenet access | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 8.6 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 3.6 |
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5did not get any travel information or advice |
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None - someone else finds out for me | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
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I haven't made any journeys by bus, train or underground | 56 | 59 | 53 | 42 | 58 | 58 | 59 | 69 | 57 | 41 |
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6Another (possibly additional) answer | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
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sample size ( = 100% ) | 24,973 | 10,653 | 14,320 | 3,611 | 8,747 | 7,667 | 4,948 | 9,588 | 4,782 | 10,603 |
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1 The person said that he/she drives nowadays, but does not drive "every day"
2 People who do not have a full driving licence, and those people who have a licence but who said that they "never" drive nowadays
3 The interviewer says "I would like you to think about the journeys you have made by car/van or motorcycle or bicycle in the last month or so. Which, if any, of these have you done to plan a journey before setting out?". The interviewer shows the respondent a card listing the answers given in the table.
4 Respondents who had used more than one method could give more than one of these answers - so the percentages may total more than 100%
5 Respondents who had not used any methods of journey planning, or getting travel information/advice, would give only one of these answers These figures are rounded to the nearest whole number, as additional decimal places are of less interest here than in the figures for methods used.
6 The interviewer recorded that the person gave an answer other than those listed above. The "other" answer could have been in addition to saying that he/she had used one or more of the methods of journey planning, or of getting travel information / advice, but the nature of the "other" answer is not recorded in the statistical database So, some of the people who are counted under "other" may also have used some of the above methods of planning journeys or getting travel information / advice; others may not have used any of those methods.
7 The interviewer says "I would like you to think about the journeys you make by bus or train or underground. Which, if any, of these have you used to get travel information or advice about your journey in the last month?" This question is not asked of those who said that they "never go out / are housebound" in response to the previous question The interviewer shows the respondent a card which lists the answers which appear in the table.
# This has been on the "showcard" since the question was first asked. However, the Transport Direct internet portal was not available to the public until July 2004. Therefore, people who picked this answer before then may have done so because they had used another internet site which provided information about Transport.