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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| 11H average distance travelled by mode of travel |
| Table 11H1 Average distance travelled per person per year by mode of travel, average number of journeys per person per year by main mode used for journey, and average length of journey by main mode used for journey, 1985/86, 1989/92 and 1993/96 |
Mode of travel |
Distance travelled per person per year (by mode of travel) |
Distance travelled per person per year (by mode of travel) |
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1985/86 |
1989/92 |
1993/96 |
1985/86 |
1989/92 |
1993/96 |
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miles |
Percentages |
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| All modes | 4,652 |
6,096 |
6,361 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| Walk | 286 |
254 |
209 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
| Bicycle | 18 |
18 |
22 |
- |
- |
- |
| Car/van/lorry: driver | 1,926 |
2,695 |
2,980 |
41 |
44 |
47 |
| Car/van/lorry: passenger | 1,312 |
1,868 |
1,924 |
28 |
31 |
30 |
| Motorcycle/moped | 21 |
12 |
13 |
- |
- |
- |
| Other private transport (incl. private hire bus) | 153 |
172 |
149 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
| Local bus | 409 |
394 |
425 |
9 |
6 |
7 |
| Non-local bus | 171 |
131 |
114 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| Surface Rail | 266 |
367 |
221 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
| Taxi/minicab | 44 |
52 |
37 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Other public transport (incl. Air, Glas. U/grd) | 47 |
133 |
268 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
| Sample size | 2,560 |
3,181 |
2,845 |
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Journeys per person per year by main mode of travel1 |
Average journey length by main mode of travel1 |
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number |
miles |
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| All modes | 972 |
1,090 |
1,046 |
4.8 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
| Walk | 420 |
365 |
339 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
| Bicycle | 12 |
8 |
9 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
| Car/van/lorry: driver | 228 |
342 |
361 |
8.4 |
7.9 |
8.3 |
| Car/van/lorry: passenger | 156 |
216 |
214 |
8.4 |
8.6 |
8.9 |
| Motorcycle/moped | 3 |
2 |
1 |
7.1 |
4.8 |
10.7 |
| Other private transport (incl. private hire bus) | 16 |
16 |
11 |
9.8 |
11.3 |
14.1 |
| Local bus | 112 |
105 |
89 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
4.9 |
| Non-local bus | 2 |
1 |
2 |
115.4 |
94.4 |
64.5 |
| Surface Rail | 9 |
13 |
7 |
31.6 |
30.7 |
33.5 |
| Taxi/minicab | 13 |
18 |
11 |
4.9 |
2.6 |
3.0 |
| Other public transport (incl. Air, Glas. U/grd) | 2 |
2 |
4 |
13.3 |
75.8 |
75.7 |
| Sample size | 2,560 |
3,181 |
2,845 |
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Source: EAST:SODD |
| 1 Some journeys involve a number of stages (eg walk to bus-stop, take bus to railway station, etc). In such cases, the "main" mode of travel is the one that was used for the longest stage of the journey. |
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