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1. Main points
1.1 Walking journeys continued to show a decline. The percentage of journeys made on foot showed a steady decline, with a significant drop of 6 percentage points since 1999. Conversely the percentage of driver journeys continued to increase but the percentage of journeys as a passenger did not significantly change since 1999. [ Table 1].
1.2 Men were more likely to drive. Around two-thirds of men reported driving on the previous day (64 per cent), compared to just under half for women drivers (48 per cent). Women were also much more likely to be a passenger than their male counterparts (20 per cent and 9 per cent, respectively). [ Table 13]
1.3 The majority of all commuting journeys had only one occupant in the car. Around 62 per cent of all commuting journeys were as a driver of a car or van, compared to only 32 per cent for educational purposes. Of all commuting journeys, 85 per cent had only one occupant in the car/van. [ Table 13, Table 23]
1.4 Across Scotland the average number of occupants in a car/van was 1.6. Commuting journeys had a lower average number of occupants per vehicle (1.2), as did those journeys starting before 7am (1.3). Conversely, journeys at the weekend had a higher average number of occupants per vehicle (1.8). [ Table 23]
1.5 Car usage increased with income; bus usage decreased. 83 percent of journeys reported by high income households (net income over £40,000 p.a.) were by car, compared to around a half of journeys made by those in low income households (up to £10,000 p.a.). Correspondingly, only 3 per cent of journeys made by high income households were by bus, seven times lower than respondents in low income households. [ Table 13]
1.6 The majority of journeys were less than 5 km. In 2005/2006, the average (mean) journey distance was 11 km, compared to a median of only 4 km. [ Table 19]. This showed that half of all journeys were 4 km or less; in fact 31 per cent were less than 2 km. Around two thirds of all driver journeys were less than 10 km. [ Table 17]
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