Scottish Executive Travel Survey

DescriptionThe Scottish Executive Travel Survey 2006 aims to build upon previous Scottish Executive travel surveys by obtaining information to help monitor and track staff travel patterns to and from work as well as travel for business. The results have been fed into the development of the revised Scottish Executive travel plan.
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Official Print Publication Date
Website Publication DateJanuary 19, 2007

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ISBN 978 0 7559 6421 5 (Web only publication)
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Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1 INTRODUCTION

2 METHODOLOGY
2.1 Survey Content
2.2 Survey Sample
2.3 Survey response rate
2.4 Technical note
2.5 Discussion groups

3 CURRENT COMMUTING PATTERNS
3.1 Modes of transport overall
3.2 Modes of transport by work location
3.3 Travel mode combinations overall
3.4 Lengths of journeys
3.5 Variations in travel
3.6 Trend data

4 CAR USE
4.1 Car users & non users
4.2 Car sharing
4.3 Reasons for travelling to work by car
4.4 Reasons that some car owners travel to work by other means
4.5 Car users/non users and the environment

5 BUSINESS TRAVEL
5.1 Local travel between SE buildings
5.2 Local travel between six SE buildings
5.3 Taxi use between SE buildings
5.4 Booking tickets
5.5 London travel

6 SE TRAVEL INITIATIVES AND FACILITIES
6.1 Awareness of travel plan
6.2 Awareness of SE travel initiatives and facilities

7 TRAVEL PLAN OPPORTUNTIES
7.1 Cutting down car use
7.2 Cutting down taxi use
7.3 Business travel
7.4 Encouraging home-working / remote working
7.5 Encouraging cycling

8 CONCLUSIONS
8.1 Travel to work
8.2 Business travel
8.3 SE Travel Initiatives and Facilities
8.4 Travel plan opportunities

APPENDIX A Questionnaire
APPENDIX B Topline Findings

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