Growth of female travel helps average distance travelled continue to rise

The 2005 edition of the DfT/Office of National Statistics 'Focus on personal travel', which includes a report of the 2002-03 National Travel Survey for the UK, shows that individual travel is still rising. The report contains seven chapters covering: general travel trends; how people travel; why people travel; travel by gender breakdown and age; social inclusion and accessibility; travel by area type and region; and travel costs and expenditure. The number of trips made by women as drivers and the proportion of women who are main drivers of a household car have increased. People in households with a car make approximately 50% more trips than those in households without a car. Fewer younger people are learning to drive. The proportion of car trips that are single occupancy is rising. There has been a decline in walking, cycling and bus use. People are making fewer trips but travelling further.

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• Authors:
  • LEDBURY, M
• Publication Date: 2005-5-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p9
• Serial:
  • LOCAL TRANSPORT TODAY
  • Issue Number: 417
  • Publisher: LOCAL TRANSPORT TODAY
  • ISSN: 0962-6220

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Buses; Costs; Cyclists; Driver training; Drivers; Females; Human beings; Motor vehicles; Ownership; Statistical trends; Statistics; Travel; Walking
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 1243: Car; 224: Cost; 1742: Cyclist; 1772: Driver; 1571: Driver training; 698: Journey; 1787: Man; 6555: Statistics; 6515: Trend (stat); 8119: United Kingdom; 315: Vehicle ownership; 758: Walking; 1788: Woman
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01014144
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 22 2005 1:59PM