1.  Travel patterns in Scotland Frank Dixon and Stephen Hinchliffe, Transport Statistics branch, Scottish Executive

2.  What we will cover  Car availability and frequency of driving  Frequency of walking and cycling, and use of buses  Travel to work  Travel to school  Travel Diary results  Publications

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6. Frequency of use of bus services (% of each age-group)

7.  SHS also asks  Users’ views of aspects of bus services  Infrequent / non-users’ reasons for not using buses more often  Frequency of use of train services  Users’ views of aspects of train services  Frequency of use of evening bus and train services; perception of safety from crime

8.  Travel to work

9.  Travel to work %s for areas with at least 500 commuters in the 2001-02 sample

10.  Travel to work %s by annual net household income

11.  SHS also asks  Reasons for use of mode of travel to work  Whether car commuters could use public transport  If they could, why they don’t  If they couldn’t, why they can’t  Mode of travel to work a year ago  Reason for change of mode of travel to work

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13. Travel to school – %s by urban / rural

14.  Travel to school %s by annual net household income

15.  SHS also asks  Reasons for use of mode of travel to school  Whether pupils who go to school by car could use public transport  If could, why they don’t  If couldn’t, why they cannot

16.  Travel Diary  Asks randomly-chosen adult about any journeys (of over ¼ mile / 5 minutes walk) made on the previous day:  purpose  mode of transport  origin and destination  start and end times  other (e.g. congestion, car occupancy, parking)

17.  Main purposes of adults’ journeys (%) - 2003

18.  Adults’ main modes of transport S.I.M.D. classification of areas: 2003

19.  Adults’ journeys by distance car driver, bus, taxi and rail: 2003 (NB: Travel Diary excludes journeys under ¼ mile / 5 mins walk)

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22. Average car occupancy for drivers’ main purpose of travel: 2003

23.  Publication of SHS Transport results  Transport Statistics bulletins  Other Transport Statistics publications  Available from  Blackwell’s Bookshop  www.scotland.gov.uk/transtat/latest www.scotland.gov.uk/transtat/latest  Also included in SHS publications

24.  Household Transport Main results for Scotland (apart from Travel Diary)  Car availability, possession of driving licences and frequency of driving  Frequency of use of local bus and train services, and users’ views on aspects of them  Frequency of walking and cycling, as means of transport and for pleasure or to keep fit  Travel to work: mode of transport, reasons for use of mode, could car commuters use public transport, and why they don’t / can’t  Travel to school  Other topics, some of which may vary from edition to edition – e.g.  Reported expenditure on fuel for cars  How drivers make particular journeys, and could they use other means of transport  Methods of obtaining journey planning information  Place of work and working pattern  Adults in full-time education - travel to place of study  Whose car used to travel to work, and where parked  Means of travel to work a year ago, and reasons for changes

25.  Transport across Scotland main results for Council areas (apart from Travel Diary) biennial  Car availability, driving licences and frequency of driving  Frequency of walking and cycling  Availability and frequency of bus services  Views on the convenience of public transport  Travel to work  Travel to school  Other topics, some of which may vary from edition to edition – e.g.  Perception of safety from crime when travelling in the evening  Could car/van commuters use public transport  Where commuters usually park

26.  SHS Travel Diary results journeys (over ¼ mile / 5 mins walk) reported by adults  Some results for individual Council areas and/or Council groups  Purpose of journey  Main mode of transport  Distance travelled, and duration of journey  Time of day, and day of the week, of travel  Car occupancy  Other topics, some of which may vary from edition to edition – e.g.:  Journey origins and destinations  Journeys into and within Edinburgh and Glasgow  Estimated trip rates

27.  Other Transport Statistics publications  Bus and Coach Statistics  more detailed analysis of bus-related questions – including:  Availability and frequency of bus services  Views on the quality of public transport  Frequency of use of bus services  Reasons for not using bus services more often  Travel to work  Frequency of evening travel by bus, and perception of safety from crime  Other topics, some of which vary from edition to edition  Scottish Transport Statistics contains some “key” results:  Car availability and driving licences (chapter 1)  Bus passengers’ views (chapter 2)  Drivers’ experience of congestion (chapter 6)  Freq. of driving, walking and cycling; travel to work and school (chapter 12)

28.  Which publication? Which edition? An Annex in Household Transport :  lists all (non-Travel Diary) Transport topics  shows in which years they were included in the SHS questionnaire  identifies which editions of Household Transport, Transport across Scotland and Bus and Coach Statistics analyse them

29.  SHS publications which include Transport results  SHS Annual Report  Frequency of travelling by bus and train in the evening, and perceptions of safety from crime (chapter 4)  Travel to work or adults’ education (chapter 5)  Travel to school (chapter 5)  Cars available to the household (chapter 6)  Convenience of public transport, and other services (chapter 7)  Topic Reports (forthcoming)  Accessibility and Transport  Modal Shift

30.  Any questions ?