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Annex D: Topline results

Traveline Scotland Topline Results
MORI Job Number: J24412
Fieldwork Dates: 4th - 18th April 2005
Respondent Type: SHS respondents
Base is 223 unless otherwise stated

An asterisk (*) indicates a percentage of less that 0.5% but greater than zero. Where percentages do not add up to 100, this may be due to computer rounding, multiple responses, or the exclusion of don't know categories.

Q6. How often, if at all, do you use each of these modes of transport to get around?

Most days

About once a week

Less than weekly

Never/almost never

%

%

%

%

Bus

34

17

15

34

Car as a driver

48

9

4

39

Car as a passenger

18

35

22

25

Train

8

14

42

36

Underground

2

3

11

84

Bicycle

6

6

9

79

Motorbike/Moped/Scooter

*

*

0

99

Taxi

4

22

40

34

Walking for 10 minutes or more

78

16

3

3

Q7. How do you prefer to contact Traveline Scotland?

%

Telephone

35

Internet using a PC or Laptop

56

Mobile phone using SMS text messaging

1

No preferred method

9

Don't know

0

Q8. How many times would you say you have used…to contact Traveline Scotland in the last 12 months?

a) Telephone service

%

Once

13

Two or three times

28

Four to 10 times

22

More than 10 times

4

None

32

Don't know

0

b) Website

%

Once

9

Two or three times

20

Four to 10 times

22

More than 10 times

15

None

34

Don't know

1

c) SMS/text messaging

%

Once

1

Two or three times

0

Four to 10 times

*

More than 10 times

2

None

96

Don't know

0

Q9. What type of journey(s), if any, did you use Traveline Scotland for?

Base: All except those who have not used the telephone, website and SMS services to contact Traveline Scotland in the last 12 months (213)

%

Going to place of work, education or learning

29

Going to the shops in the town centre

15

Going to the supermarket

2

Take children to/from school

0

Visiting family and friends

27

Going to a sports centre/leisure centre

1

Going out in the evening for leisure purposes

14

Going away for the weekend

12

Other

13

None of these

3

Don't know

*

Q10. Before contacting Traveline Scotland, how would you normally have made this type of journey?

Base: All who have used Traveline Scotland for each type of journey

Going to place of work, education or learning

Going to the shops in the town centre

Going to the supermarket

Take children to/from school

Visiting family and friends

Going to a sports centre/leisure centre

Going out in the evening for leisure purposes

Going away for the weekend

(61)

(33)

(4)

(0)

(57)

(3)

(29)

(26)

Bus

43

42

25

0

33

33

45

19

Car as a driver

26

36

50

0

18

67

17

31

Car as a passenger

8

15

0

0

5

0

14

15

Train

48

30

25

0

58

0

41

50

Underground

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bicycle

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Motorbike/Moped/Scooter

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Taxi

2

0

0

0

2

0

10

4

Walking for 10 minutes or more

2

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

First time making this type of journey

2

0

0

0

2

0

3

0

Q11. Have you actually made any journeys of this type since contacting Traveline Scotland?

Base: All who have used Traveline Scotland for each type of journey ()

Going to place of work, education or learning

Going to the shops in the town centre

Going to the supermarket

Take children to/from school

Visiting family and friends

Going to a sports centre/leisure centre

Going out in the evening for leisure purposes

Going away for the weekend

(61)

(33)

(4)

(0)

(57)

(3)

(29)

(26)

Yes

90

94

75

0

70

67

90

65

No

10

6

25

0

30

33

10

35

Q12. Why did you not make this journey after contacting Traveline Scotland?

Base: All who did not make the journey after contacting Traveline Scotland ()

%

(46)

No need to make journey

30

Easier/decided to use own transport (car)

13

Too busy/no time

9

No specific reason/just haven't

15

Other

22

None

7

Don't know

4

Q13. Have you made this journey once or more than once?

Base: All who did make the journey after contacting Traveline Scotland for each type of journey ()

Going to place of work, education or learning

Going to the shops in the town centre

Going to the supermarket

Take children to/from school

Visiting family and friends

Going to a sports centre/leisure centre

Going out in the evening for leisure purposes

Going away for the weekend

(55)

(31)

(3)

(0)

(40)

(2)

(26)

(17)

Once

15

10

0

0

20

50

19

35

More than once

85

90

100

0

80

50

81

65

Q14. Since contacting Traveline Scotland, how did you actually make this journey?

Base: All who did make the journey after contacting Traveline Scotland for each type of journey ()

Going to place of work, education or learning

Going to the shops in the town centre

Going to the supermarket

Take children to/from school

Visiting family and friends

Going to a sports centre/leisure centre

Going out in the evening for leisure purposes

Going away for the weekend

(55)

(31)

(3)

(0)

(40)

(2)

(26)

(17)

Bus

51

55

33

0

55

50

46

29

Car as a driver

15

13

0

0

8

50

12

6

Car as a passenger

4

13

0

0

3

0

12

6

Train

58

45

67

0

68

50

62

53

Underground

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bicycle

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Motorbike/Moped/Scooter

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Taxi

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

Walking for 10 minutes or more

4

0

0

0

5

0

0

0

Q15. Did you continue to use…for this type of journey?

Base: All who made the journey more than once after contacting Traveline Scotland for each type of journey ()

Going to place of work, education or learning

Going to the shops in the town centre

Going to the supermarket

Take children to/from school

Visiting family and friends

Going to a sports centre/leisure centre

Going out in the evening for leisure purposes

Going away for the weekend

(47)

(28)

(3)

(0)

(32)

(1)

(21)

(11)

Yes

98

96

100

0

97

100

86

91

No

2

4

0

0

3

0

0

9

Don't know

0

0

0

0

0

0

14

0

Q16. How likely would you have been to change to this mode of transport without contacting Traveline Scotland?

Base: All who changed mode of transport for each type of journey ()

Going to place of work, education or learning

Going to the shops in the town centre

Going to the supermarket

Take children to/from school

Visiting family and friends

Going to a sports centre/leisure centre

Going out in the evening for leisure purposes

Going away for the weekend

(24)

(18)

(1)

(0)

(18)

(1)

(8)

(8)

Very likely

25

17

0

0

11

0

13

13

Fairly likely

21

39

0

0

39

100

38

50

Neither likely nor unlikely

8

6

0

0

22

0

13

0

Fairly unlikely

17

17

100

0

17

0

25

38

Very unlikely

29

22

0

0

11

0

13

0

Don't know

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Q17. Why have you not changed mode of transport since contacting Traveline Scotland?

Base:All who used a car only both before and after contacting Traveline Scotland (27)

%

Car more convenient/easy

22

Public transport takes too long/my car is quicker

11

Public transport not suitable/good enough

7

Car more flexible/don't need to worry about times

7

Public transport options/service limited/not available

7

Public transport service unreliable

4

Car is cheaper

4

Take into account events/roadworks

4

Difficult to get to train station

4

Other

4

No answer

4

Don't know

0

Q17. Why have you reduced your use of public transport?

Base: All who used a car and public transport before contacting Traveline Scotland but only a car afterwards (8)

%

Car more convenient/easy

0

Public transport takes too long/my car is quicker

0

Public transport not suitable/good enough

0

Car more flexible/don't need to worry about times

13

Public transport options/service limited/not available

13

Public transport service unreliable

0

Car is cheaper

13

Take into account events/roadworks

0

Difficult to get to train station

0

Other

0

No answer

0

Don't know

0

Q17. Why have you stopped using public transport?

Base: All those who only used public transport before contacting Traveline Scotland but only use a car after contacting them (12)

%

Car more convenient/easy

17

Public transport takes too long/my car is quicker

0

Public transport not suitable/good enough

8

Car more flexible/don't need to worry about times

8

Public transport options/service limited/not available

33

Public transport service unreliable

0

Car is cheaper

8

Take into account events/roadworks

0

Difficult to get to train station

0

Other

0

No answer

0

Don't know

0

Q18a. What types of information have you contacted Traveline Scotland for?

Q18b. Did you get the information you were looking for?

Base for Q18a: All except those who have not used the telephone, website and SMS service to contact Traveline Scotland in the last 12 months (213)

Base for Q18b. ()

Q18a.Q18b.

Yes

No

Don't know

%

%

%

%

Times for a specific route (188)

88

93

5

2

Information for the cheapest route (8)

4

75

13

13

Information for the quickest route (19)

10

89

11

0

Information for the easiest route (17)

8

82

18

0

Individual and season ticket prices (23)

11

83

13

4

Find out if its possible to make a journey/trip (2)

3

100

0

0

Find out when the first or last service of the day is (1)

1

100

0

0

Find out what combinations of public transport are best for a particular journey (15)

8

93

0

7

Information on public transport delays (1)

*

100

0

0

Other (8)

5

88

13

0

None of these

1

Don't know

*

Q19. I am going to read out a number of statements, for each one, can you tell me how strongly you agree or disagree using the following scale?

Strongly agree

Tend to agree

Neither/nor

Tend to disagree

Strongly disagree

Not applicable

Don't know

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

I could not use public transport anymore than I currently do

32

22

10

20

16

0

*

I would like to reduce my car use but do not know of any practical alternatives

24

10

9

12

19

25

2

I would travel more often by public transport if I had reliable information about the services on offer

32

17

13

24

13

1

0

It would be easy for me to reduce my car use

15

10

5

16

24

29

*

I will always use my car regardless

9

8

4

20

27

31

*

Q20. How important are the following factors in encouraging you to use public transport more, on a scale of very important to not important at all.

Very important

Fairly important

Neither/nor

Fairly unimportant

Not at all important

Don't know

%

%

%

%

%

%

Good travel information

69

30

*

*

0

0

Cost of journey

52

33

7

4

2

1

Overall journey time

40

44

7

7

2

*

Personal safety

60

24

6

8

2

*

Direct routes

52

39

4

3

*

0

Ease of access on/off vehicles

35

27

14

13

9

0

Comfort/cleanliness

52

40

5

1

1

0

Q21. Would you be willing to participate in a focus group or one-to-one interview to discuss the findings of this survey in more detail?

%

Yes

88

No

12

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