Table 1: [Main mode] Main mode of travel, 1999 - 2008*
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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column percentages |
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Walking | 19.5 | 18.1 | 18.2 | 17.0 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 22.0 | 22.2 |
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Driver car/van | 49.4 | 50.7 | 50.8 | 51.8 | 53.7 | 52.7 | 54.6 | 54.5 | 50.2 | 49.8 |
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Passenger car/van | 16.0 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 15.5 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 13.4 | 13.6 |
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Other | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
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Bicycle | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
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Bus | 9.4 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 11.2 | 9.3 | 9.2 |
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Taxi/minicab | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
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Rail | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
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Sample size (=100%) | 28,389 | 28,557 | 28,524 | 26,944 | 26,790 | 27,122 | 24,658 | 25,215 | 20,519 | 19,921 |
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* Prior to 2007 only journeys over 1/4 mile or 5 minutes on foot were recorded. Since 2007 all journey lengths are recorded.
This creates a discontinuity in the time series between 2006 and 2007.