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Table 2.3
Trips and miles per person and average trip length by main mode in 2006 and change from
1995/97 (source: NTS Tables 3.1 and 3.2)
Trips per
person per
year 2006
Change
from
1995/97
Miles per
person per
year 2006
Change
from
1995/97
Average
trip length
miles
Change
from
1995/97
Walk
249
-15%
201
0
0.7
+17%
Bicycle
16
-12%
39
-9%
2.4
+3%
Taxi/minicab
10
-9%
52
+13%
4.6
+22%
Local bus (exc.
London)
49
-8%
233
+3%
4.8
+11%
Car/van driver
430
+1%
3660
+1%
8.5
0
Car/van
passenger
228
+5%
2033
-2%
9.9
+2%
Motorcycle
3
-23%
34
-1%
11.3
+28%
National rail
16
+40%
466
+45%
31.8
+3%
All
1037
-5%
7113
+2%
6.9
+7%
Note: Other modes including modes unique to London are not shown
Table 2.4
Miles per person, average trip length and speed by purpose in 2006 and change from
1995/97 (source: NTS Tables 4.1 and 4.2)
Miles per
person
per year
2006
Share
of total
2006
Change
from
1995/97
Average
trip
length
miles
Change
from
1995/97
Average
trip speed
mph
Change
from
1995/97
Commuting and
business
2,073
0.29
-4%
10.6
+5%
21.9
-6%
Education and
escort education
306
0.04
+9%
2.9
+19%
9.9
+3%
Shopping
926
0.13
+1%
4.2
+9%
14.5
+5%
Personal business
and other escort
976
0.14
+11%
4.8
+6%
17.0
-3%
Visiting friends
1,414
0.20
0
8.4
+17%
21.7
+1%
Entertainment/
leisure
1,438
0.20
+7%
9.7
-6%
20.3
-4%
All purposes
7,133
+2%
6.9
+7%
18.6
-2%
Note: In contrast to the preceding table this shows all travel
purposes are relatively long and average speeds relatively high. As a consequence they
contribute almost 30% of overall passenger travel. Conversely trips connected with
education are particularly short and slow. As a result they contribute only 4% of all
travel although they comprise 10% of all trips (Table 2.2).
Overall during the last decade the general pattern is of fewer but longer trips
resulting in little change in total distance travelled. The combination of longer trips but
little change in average speed (except for slower commuting) produces longer average
trip times. However the effect of this is offset by fewer trips so that there is little net
change in total time spent travelling. All these figures, it should be emphasised, are on
a per person basis.
 
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