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600
500
All other modes
(additional)
400
300
Cars, vans and
taxis
200
100
0
Figure 2.5
Travel by car and all other mechanised modes 1952-2006 (source: TSGB Table 1.1)
120
Air (UK)
100
Pedal cycles
80
Motor cycles
60
Rail
40
Buses and
coaches
20
0
Figure 2.6
Travel by non-car modes (excluding walking) 1952-2006. Note that volumes are shown
cumulatively (source TSGB Table 1.1)
Amongst the other modes rail has grown by 57%, bus nationally by 15%, motorcycling
by 39% and domestic air travel by 81%.
Trends in walking, and its relationship to other modes, can be gleaned from NTS
data (Table 2.3). Note however that the NTS generally presents data in terms of travel
per person so this can lead to some discrepancy with the aggregate figures quoted above.
On a per person basis the number of walking trips has fallen by 15% over the last
decade but still represents 24% of the total. In distance terms however the amount of
walking has not altered, although it represents less than 3% of all travel. Average trip
lengths have increased for all modes (by 7% overall) except for car drivers. Remarkably,
according to this data source, travel per person by car (taking drivers and passengers
together) was no greater in 2006 than it was a decade previously.
Average figures about the use of individual modes other than the car or motorcycle
(i.e. those which in theory are available to everyone) mask very large differences
within the population. Local buses are used at least once a week by 27% of people
but 44% use them less than once a year or never. Similar proportions never use rail or
taxis. Almost 70% never cycle.
In terms of distance travelled differences between the main trip purposes are more
marked than their share of trips would imply (Table 2.4). Trips for work and business
 
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