High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Journeys by Public or Active Transport
The Scottish Household Survey shows that the percentage of people travelling by car/van has decreased from 68 to 66 per cent with both the number of driver and passenger journeys showing falls in 2008.
The Scottish Government has established a National Indicator to increase the proportion of journeys to work made by public or active transport. The indicator records the mode of transport by which adults say they usually travel to work. This is a proxy measure for 'journeys to work that are not car dependent'. The baseline for the indicator is taken from the 2006 data, where 66.8 per cent of journeys were by car or van.
Results from 1999-2006 are based on a sample of around 6,000 adults per year who travel to work; results from 2007 onwards are based on a sample of around 5200.
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Source: Scottish Household Survey
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