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Scottish Transport Statistics: No 26 - 2007 Edition

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Table S3 Summary of Scottish Household Survey results #

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

percentages

Households with cars available for private use

No car

37.1

35.9

35.6

35.0

33.0

34.0

32.1

32.1

One car

45.1

45.4

45.5

44.4

44.6

43.1

44.4

43.8

Two Cars

15.4

16.4

16.4

18.0

19.5

19.5

20.2

20.3

Three or more cars

2.4

2.3

2.6

2.5

3.0

3.4

3.3

3.8

One or more cars

62.9

64.1

64.4

65.0

67.0

66.0

67.9

67.9

Two or more cars

17.8

18.7

18.9

20.6

22.4

22.8

23.5

24.1

Households' other transport facilites

Bus service

Up to 6 minutes walk to the nearest stop

84.7

84.6

84.7

86.3

85.4

86.5

85.3

84.8

At least one bus every 13 mins

19.7

19.4

18.6

21.7

23.5

24.3

24.9

22.7

1+ Bicycles which can be used by adults

31.6

34.0

..

34.4

33.8

34.3

34.5

34.8

People (aged 17+) with a full driving licence

Men

76.9

76.3

75.8

76.4|

76.7

76.1

76.5

76.5

Women

51.9

53.2

54.9

54.2|

56.0

57.0

56.3

57.9

All

63.2

63.6

64.2

63.9|

65.3

65.4

65.3

66.2

People (aged 17+) - frequency of driving

Every day

43.9

44.3

44.9

44.8|

42.5

40.9

41.2

40.4

At least three times a week

7.7

7.9

8.2

8.0|

10.3

11.3

11.5

11.8

Once or twice a week

4.4

4.1

3.9

4.2|

5.5

5.6

5.8

6.7

At least 2-3 times a month

1.0

0.9

0.9

0.9|

0.7

0.8

0.8

1.0

At least once a month

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.4|

0.4

0.6

0.4

0.5

Less than once a month

1.6

1.8

1.9

2.0|

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.4

Holds full licence, never drives

4.1

4.1

3.7

3.6|

4.2

4.7

4.1

4.5

Does not have a full driving licence

36.8

36.4

35.8

36.1|

34.7

34.6

34.7

33.8

Adults (aged 16+) - walking/cycling in the past seven days 1

Walking as a means of transport

51.8

53.1

54.6

54.3

53.6

53.4

52.9

53.2

Walking just for pleasure or to keep fit

39.7

41.3

42.6

40.7

43.6

43.6

45.9

46.6

Cycling as a means of transport

3.1

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.8

2.6

2.9

2.9

Cycling just for pleasure or to keep fit

3.9

3.4

3.4

2.9

3.8

3.6

4.0

4.2

Travel to work 2

Walking

13.8

13.7

13.1

13.4

12.9

12.7

12.8

13.9

Car or Van

66.5

67.1

68.4

67.8

68.6

67.4

67.8

67.1

Driver

54.7

56.8

58.0

56.7

60.0

59.5

60.2

60.2

Passenger

11.8

10.3

10.4

11.1

8.6

7.9

7.5

7.0

Bicycle

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.4

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.9

Bus

12.2

12.5

12.3

12.2

11.5

12.5

11.9

11.6

Rail

3.0

2.2

2.3

3.0

2.8

3.4

3.7

3.5

Other

2.9

2.7

2.3

2.2

2.5

2.2

2.2

2.0

Travel to school

Walking

54.7

53.7

52.5

56.2

52.6

51.1

52.6

51.3

Car or Van

18.3

19.9

20.8

18.7

21.6

21.7

20.8

21.5

Bicycle

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.7

1.0

0.9

0.6

0.9

Bus (school or service)

24.0

23.5

24.0

22.0

22.4

23.5

23.7

23.8

Rail

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.3

0.6

0.9

0.7

1.2

Other

1.6

1.7

1.6

2.1

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.4

Adults (aged 16+) - frequency of use of local bus service

Every day or almost every day

..

..

..

10.9

10.3

10.9

11.6

11.8

2 or 3 times per week

..

..

..

11.8

11.9

11.6

12.1

12.0

About once a week

..

..

..

7.9

7.8

7.7

7.7

8.1

Once or twice a month

..

..

..

10.8

10.6

10.4

11.9

11.9

Not used in the past month

..

..

..

58.6

59.4

59.5

56.7

56.2

Adults (aged 16+) - frequency of use of train service

Every day or almost every day

..

..

..

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.8

1.9

2 or 3 times per week

..

..

..

1.0

1.3

1.5

1.5

1.5

About once a week

..

..

..

1.9

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.7

Once or twice a month

..

..

..

10.1

11.0

12.0

13.7

13.3

Not used in the past month

..

..

..

85.5

83.8

82.4

80.5

80.7

# The apparent year-to-year fluctuations in some of the figures may be due to sampling variability.
1 Those who had made a trip of more than quarter of a mile for the specified purpose on at least one of the previous seven days
2 Employed adults (aged 16+) not working from home

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