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Scottish Transport Statistics: No 26 - 2007 Edition

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Table 12.1 Trips per person per year by main mode

Scottish residents: average per head of population *

1995 / 1997

1998 / 2000

2002 / 2003

2004 / 2005

2005 / 2006

Walk (1)

301

302

289

242

248

Bicycle

9

14

9

10

8

Driver of car, van or lorry

388

433

395

407

408

Passenger in car, van or lorry

230

219

214

229

225

Other private transport (eg motorcycle, private hire bus)

12

11

12

10

11

Local bus

86

83

83

81

80

Surface Rail

9

15

12

16

15

Taxi / minicab

13

19

16

16

16

Other public transport (eg air, ferry, non-local bus)

6

5

4

2

2

All modes

1,054

1,102

1,035

1,014

1,014

Sample size (number of people)

2,024

1,926

3,396

3,766

3,723

* Some of the results are based upon a small number of trips in the sample, and so may be subject to large percentage sampling errors.
As a result, there may be some apparently large, and potentially misleading, percentage changes between periods.
As mentioned in the text, NTS results for Scotland should be regarded as broad indicators rather than precise measures.
The figures for 1995/97 onwards are based on weighted data, so are not directly comparable with earlier results (which are based onunweighted data) which can be found in the previous edition or in the "Travel by Scottish residents" bulletin.
(1) Short walks are believed to be under-recorded in 2002/03 compared with earlier years.

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