Household Transport in 2007

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Table 13: [Travel to school] Pupils in full-time education at school - usual method of travel to school, 1999 - 2007

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

column percentages

Walking

54.7

53.7

52.5

56.2

52.6

51.1

52.6

51.3

53.4

Car or Van

18.3

19.9

20.8

18.7

21.6

21.7

20.8

21.5

21.8

Bicycle

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.7

1.0

0.9

0.6

0.9

0.8

Bus*

24.0

23.5

24.0

22.0

22.4

23.5

23.7

23.8

21.4

School bus

16.3

16.3

16.6

14.2

16.5

16.5

16.5

17.0

14.5

Service bus

7.8

7.2

7.3

7.8

5.9

7.0

7.2

6.8

6.9

Rail, including underground

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.3

0.6

0.9

0.7

1.2

0.9

Other

1.6

1.7

1.6

2.1

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.7

Sample size (=100%)

2,636

3,475

3,463

3,295

3,250

3,347

3,272

3,240

2,517

*Bus includes those who travel by private bus and works bus

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