1 Main Points
1.1 Two-thirds (66%) of commuters travelled to work by car/van in 2008 (60% as a driver; 6% as a passenger), 13 per cent walked, 12 per cent by bus, 4 per cent by train, 2 per cent cycled and 3 per cent used other modes of transport.
1.2 In 2008, 49 per cent of pupils walked to school, 24 per cent by bus, 24 per cent by car, 1 per cent cycled, 1 per cent by rail and 2 per cent used other means of transport.
1.3 The number of new vehicles registered in Scotland fell by 14 per cent to 215,000 in 2008 whilst the total number of vehicles on the roads increased by 2 per cent to 2.69 million in 2008 - the highest number ever recorded.
1.4 The volume of traffic on Scotland's roads fell by 0.4 per cent in 2008 to just over 44 billion (thousand million) vehicle kilometres - a 14 per cent increase on 1998.
1.5 271 people were killed on Scotland's roads in 2008, 4 per cent less than in 2007. 2,568 were seriously injured in road accidents in 2008, an increase of 8 per cent. There were a total of 15,591 road casualties in 2008, 4 per cent fewer than in 2007.
1.6 Passenger journeys on ScotRail services increased by 3% in the 2008-09 financial year
1.7 In 2008, 68 per cent of people aged 17 or over had a full driving licence: 76 per cent of men compared to 60 per cent of women.
1.8 There were 24.3 million air terminal passengers in 2008, 0.8 million (3 per cent) less than in the previous year, and but still the third highest level ever recorded.