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Scottish Transport Statistics: No 26 - 2007 Edition

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Table 12.6 Average length of trip by purpose

Scottish residents *

1995
/ 1997

1998
/ 2000

2002
/ 2003

2004
/ 2005

2005
/ 2006

Commuting

7.9

8.3

7.6

8.1

8.2

Business

17.7

22.4

23.1

23.6

22.4

Education

2.5

3.3

2.5

3.4

3.6

Escort education

2.1

2.5

1.8

2.2

2.1

Shopping

4.2

4.5

4.7

4.9

4.8

Other escort

5.7

5.8

5.2

5.6

5.5

Other personal business

4.6

5.2

4.7

5.0

5.0

Visting friends at home

8.2

7.6

8.6

9.7

9.2

Visiting friends elsewhere

5.1

5.3

5.2

6.0

6.5

Sport / entertainment

7.1

8.0

7.2

6.7

6.8

Holiday / day trip

37.1

32.0

30.4

27.8

29.3

Other (including "just walk")

1.0

1.2

1.0

1.1

0.9

All purposes

6.5

6.9

6.7

7.2

7.3

* See footnotes for table 12.1

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