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Indicator: Passenger travel by mode G1
Journeys per person per year by mode of transport: 1985-6 to 2002  
Indicator Chart
Note: * Provisional data.
Change since
cross 1970
cross 1990
cross 1996-8

Coverage: Great Britain

Source: DfT

Objective: Improve choice in transport; improve access to education, jobs, leisure and services; and reduce the need to travel
  • Between 1985-6 and 2002, the number of trips that were mainly on foot fell by 31 per cent and the number of bicycle trips fell by 40 per cent.
  • The number of trips per person per year by car increased by 20 per cent in the second half of the 1980s, but by only a further 5 per cent in the last decade.
  • The percentage of journeys per person per year by car increased from 61 per cent in 1996-8 to 64 per cent in 2002.


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