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Scottish Transport Statistics: No 26 - 2007 Edition

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Table 12.8 Average duration of travel per trip by purpose

Scottish residents: average per head of population *

1995 / 1997

1998 / 2000

2002 / 2003

2004 / 2005

2005 / 2006

Commuting

23.1

24.0

22.3

22.9

24.8

Business

32.1

36.0

33.6

37.9

38.8

Education

17.5

19.0

17.2

17.8

19.6

Escort education

11.6

11.6

10.6

10.4

11.4

Shopping

17.6

16.7

16.6

16.3

17.6

Other escort

16.0

15.7

15.8

15.3

16.4

Other personal business

16.6

17.8

16.3

16.5

17.9

Visting friends at home

22.5

21.6

22.3

21.9

23.1

Visiting friends elsewhere

17.9

18.6

18.4

18.3

20.8

Sport / entertainment

21.3

21.7

20.1

19.0

20.3

Holiday / day trip

70.4

63.0

54.3

47.9

51.1

Other (including "just walk")

24.4

21.6

22.2

21.3

21.3

All purposes

20.9

21.0

20.0

20.1

21.6

* See footnotes for table 12.1

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