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SCOTTISH TRANSPORT STATISTICS No 20

PREFACE

Introduction and Years Covered

This is the 2001 edition of "Scottish Transport Statistics", and is the twentieth publication in the series. In most cases, this volume provides figures for the years up to 2000, or up to the 1999-00 financial year. However, in some cases, the latest statistics available at the time of going to press were for an earlier year. In cases where figures for two years have become available since the previous edition was published, they are given for both years.

Where tables cover a run of years, the aim is that they should provide figures for eleven years (eg for each year from 1990 to 2000, inclusive) to enable the reader to see how the latest year’s figure compares with that of ten years earlier. However, this is not always possible.

The Structure of the Publication

First comes a Summary section, containing information about all modes of transport, which provides a compact view of the trends over the past 10-or-so years, and some comparisons with the figures for Great Britain (or the UK) as a whole.

This is followed by 12 chapters, each on a specific topic, and each of which starts with the following sections:

1. Introduction;
2. Main Points;
3. Notes and Definitions;
4. Sources;
5. Further Information.

The "Main Points" aim to summarise the key statistics and bring out the more interesting and significant points. Readers are recommended to look at the "Notes and Definitions", when using the tables, as these provide insight and qualifications on the statistics. The "Sources" sections provide information about the sources of the statistics, and the "Further Information" sections indicate where further information about the statistics can be found.

Finally, the Historical Series section shows the longer-term trends (in some cases, as far back as 1960) in some key statistics.

Main Changes in this Edition

Some new tables and charts have been added, and several of the existing tables and charts have been changed, usually to provide additional information. Details of changes made in this edition are given at the start of each chapter. Lists of the new tables and charts, and of the tables and charts which now contain additional information, appear overleaf. The main improvements include:

• statistics of vehicles by method of propulsion, and of the number of licensed taxis and private hire cars in each council area, appear for the first time in chapter 1;
• chapter 6 now includes statistics of pollutants and of petrol and diesel deliveries;
• detailed rail passenger figures are provided in chapter 8 for the first time in many years;
• the most popular destinations for flights from Scotland are identified in chapter 9;
• Scottish Household Survey data are used to provide more detailed breakdowns of travel to work and travel to school patterns in chapter 12; and
• the historical series tables have been extended back to 1960, where possible, to show the longer-term trends in some of the key transport statistics for Scotland.

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