Annex A: Tables 2a, 4, 4a,5 and 5a calculated using straight line distance

Annex A: Tables 2a, 4, 4a,5 and 5a calculated using straight line distance

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Table TD2a - SL: [Main mode by distance] Percentage of journeys by main mode by straight line distance, 20191
Main Mode of Transport Sample size
Walking Driver car/van Passenger car/van Bicycle Bus Taxi/ minicab Rail Other
              row percentages
All 22.1 52.9 12.3 1.2 7.0 1.2 2.3 1.0 18,450
by distance:
Under 1 km 64 26 6 1 1 1 0 1 4,670
1 to under 2km 31 47 12 2 6 1 0 0 2,860
2 to under 3km 15 55 15 2 10 2 0 1 1,730
3 to under 5km 6 60 15 1 12 2 3 2 2,240
5 to under 10km 2 68 15 1 10 1 2 1 2,760
10 to under 15km 1 69 15 0 10 1 4 1 1,380
15 to 20km 0 69 13 1 9 0 6 1 780
20 to 40km 0 69 14 0 6 1 9 1 1,290
40km and over 0 65 17 0 4 0 8 6 750

1. Distances are calculated as a straight line between the start and end points of each stage / journey.  A version of this table using the road network distance is included in the publication.

More details on the differences between the straight line and road network distance can be found in TATIS Appendix A.

Table TD4 - SL: [Distance] Percentage of journeys made by straight line distance travelled, 2012-20191,3
20122 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
column percentages
Under 1 km 25.9 24.6 25.4 22.7 24.1 22.7 21.4 23.4
1 to under 2km 15.6 15.2 14.9 15.3 15.5 15.5 15.8 14.8
2 to under 3km 10.6 10.1 9.8 10.0 9.7 10.6 9.2 9.7
3 to under 5km 11.9 12.3 12.6 13.1 12.2 12.3 13.0 12.7
5 to under 10km 14.7 16.0 15.3 16.2 15.0 15.6 16.3 15.4
10 to under 15km 7.2 7.2 7.5 7.2 7.3 7.2 7.6 7.5
15 to 20km 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.6
20 to 40km 6.6 6.6 6.8 7.2 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.3
40km and over 3.5 3.8 3.4 4.1 3.8 3.7 4.2 4.5
Sample size (=100%) 19,740 20,180 19,930 18,710 19,050 18,320 17,780 18,440

1. Distances are calculated as a straight line between the start and end points of each stage / journey.  A version of this table using the road network distance is included in the publication.  

More details on the differences between the straight line and road network distance can be found in TATIS Appendix A. 

2. The questionnnaire was changed in 2012,and as a result more walking journeys were recorded, so there is a break in the time series between 2011 and 2012.

3. 2003 to 2012 results can be viewed by unhiding columns B to J.

Table TD4a - SL: [Distance by main mode] Percentage of journeys by straight line distance by main mode, 20191
Under 1 km 1 to under 2km 2 to under 3km 3 to under 5km 5 to under 10km 10 to under 15km 15 to 20km 20 to 40km 40km and over Sample size
All row percentages
by mainmode: 23.4 14.8 9.7 12.7 15.4 7.5 4.6 7.3 4.5 18,440
Walking 68 21 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 4,230
Driver car 12 13 10 14 20 10 6 9 6 9,460
Driver van 8 5 12 13 18 12 7 19 5 300
Passenger car 10 14 12 15 19 9 5 8 6 2,050
Passenger van 24 4 2 25 15 9 4 13 4 70
Bicycle 25 30 14 15 10 2 3 1 0 220
Bus 4 13 14 21 22 10 6 7 3 1,370
Taxi/minicab 15 18 16 22 15 9 1 3 1 230
Rail 1 1 1 14 15 13 12 27 16 320
Other 14 6 9 22 17 5 5 5 18 190

** denotes cells with values supressed as they contain fewer than 5 respondents.

1. Distances are calculated as a straight line between the start and end points of each stage / journey.  A version of this table using the road network distance is included in the publication.  

More details on the differences between the straight line and road network distance can be found in TATIS Appendix A. 

Table TD5 - SL: [Distance] Distance in km (straight line) summary statistics 2012-20191,4
2012 3 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Kilometres
Lower Decile 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Lower Quartile 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1
Median 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.5 3.3
Upper Quartile 8.3 8.7 8.5 9.0 9.2 9.1 9.6 9.6
Upper Decile 20.2 20.8 20.2 21.8 22.3 22.1 23.0 22.7
Mean 8.2 8.5 8.3 8.8 8.8 8.9 9.5 9.6
Sample size 19,740 20,180 19,930 18,710 19,050 18,320 17,780 18,440

1. Distances are calculated as a straight line between the start and end points of each stage / journey.  A version of this table using the road network distance is included in the publication.  

More details on the differences between the straight line and road network distance can be found in TATIS Appendix A. 

2 Prior to 2007 only journeys over 1/4 mile or 5 minutes on foot were recorded.  Since 2007 all journeys are recorded.  This creates a distcontinuity in the time series between 2006 and 2007.

3. Due to a small number of missing distances not having been excluded in the past, some of the mean distances are slightly modified from past published values.

4. 2003 to 2012 results can be viewed by unhiding columns B to J.

Table TD5a - SL: [Distance] Distance (straight line) summary statistics by mode of transport, 20191
Main Mode of Transport All modes
Walking Driver car/van Passenger car/van Bicycle Bus Taxi/ minicab Rail Other
Kilometres
Lower Decile 0.2 0.9 1.0 0.4 1.4 0.8 3.6 0.7 0.5
Lower Quartile 0.3 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.4 1.5 7.8 2.4 1.1
Median 0.7 5.2 4.7 1.9 4.7 3.1 18.1 5.0 3.3
Upper Quartile 1.3 12.8 11.6 3.6 10.2 6.3 29.8 17.9 9.6
Upper Decile 2.2 27.4 28.2 7.9 19.3 11.2 51.2 280.0 22.7
Mean 1.0 11.3 11.2 3.5 9.2 5.3 28.7 67.5 9.6
Sample size 4,230 9,760 2,130 220 1,370 230 320 190 18,440

1. Distances are calculated as a straight line between the start and end points of each stage / journey.  A version of this table using the road network distance is included in the publication. 

More details on the differences between the straight line and road network distance can be found in TATIS Appendix A. 

Notes

The 2019 data travel diary includes 9,780 respondents, and 18,450 journeys. Throughout these tables, sample size may differ depending on the unit of analysis.

In most tables, percentages for the whole sample are given to the nearest tenth, and for sub-samples they are given to the nearest whole number.

In tables where percentages are rounded to the nearest tenth, values less than 0.05 become 0.0. In tables where percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number, values less than 0.5 become 0.

Sample sizes are rounded to the nearest 10.

** values based a sample of fewer than 50 responses are suppressed. 

Revisions

In previous years a small number of journeys had been incorrectly recorded as very long distances. These were corrected for 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 in the Transport and Travel in Scotland 2017 publication and for 2015 data in the 2018 publication. The tables affected by the revisions are TD4 and TD5. The impact on values in table TD4 has been small. In table TD5, some upper decile and mean distance values are lower than previously published. In particular, the mean value for 2016 reduced substantially from the previously published figure.

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