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Transport and Travel in Scotland

Organisation:
Transport Scotland

Media type:
Statistics

Topic:
Active Travel

Setting:
Employees / workplace, Pupils & students / education, Leisure & recreation / tourism

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Covers a wide range of topics including personal and cross-modal travel (walking and cycling).

Key statistics

12%

of adults usually walked to work (TATIS 2021)

30%

of all journeys had walking as the main mode (TATIS 2021)

73%

of journeys under 1 km were made by walking (TATIS 2021)

54%

of journeys to school were on foot (TATIS 2021)

had used the bus in the past month (TATIS 2021)

1.1 km

was the distance of the average walking journey (TATIS 2021)

Scottish Transport Statistics is an annual publication which presents a comprehensive statistical picture of transport activity (National and Official). It covers a wide range of topics including personal and cross-modal travel (walking and cycling). It contains information from the Scottish Household Survey and the 2011 Census.

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Transport and Travel in Scotland

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Key statistics

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