TRANSPORT
Table 15(a) - Usual method of travel1 to work by region/country of workplace, autumn 20062
Per cent GO Region/Country of workplace
  United Kingdom North East North West Yorkshire and the Humber East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland
Car, van or minibus 70.8 76.1 75.5 72.9 76.6 77.0 79.2 37.0 76.6 76.2 70.0 81.2 69.0 83.7
Motorcycle 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.8 1.5 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.3
Bicycle 2.7 1.5 1.7 2.7 3.4 2.0 4.1 2.9 3.7 4.0 3.0 1.2 1.2 0.8
Bus, coach 7.7 8.8 8.3 9.1 5.8 7.6 3.5 13.8 4.3 4.7 7.5 4.5 12.2 4.8
National rail 4.3 0.9 2.5 2.1 0.7 2.0 1.6 19.3 2.4 1.3 4.6 1.2 4.1 0.5
Other Rail3 2.5 1.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 16.3 0.1 0.2 2.9 0.5 0.5 NA
Walk 10.6 10.5 10.4 11.3 11.9 9.7 10.0 8.6 11.3 11.9 10.5 10.7 11.5 8.8
Taxi 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.8
Other method 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.3
                             
1 Where more than one method of travel is used table shows main method.
2 The data in this table have been reweighted to reflect post-2001 Census population data and are not seasonally adjusted.
3 Question not included for Northern Ireland.
                             
Source: Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics
                             
Table 15(b) - Average traffic speed on major English roads1
Average speed km/h

GO Region/Country
  England North East North West Yorkshire and the Humber East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West
1998 79.4 81.3 78.3 84.2 83.9 83.7 80.3 41.8 83.3 87.5
2001 82.2 87.8 83.1 87.0 85.0 80.9 83.9 44.3 86.3 92.9
2003 83.1 87.2 81.3 84.5 85.5 78.9 88.2 46.6 87.8 95.2
                             
1 The estimates are for those roads surveyed in all three years.
                             
Source: Transport Statistics, Department for Transport
                             
Table 15(c) - Average daily motor vehicle flows1, all roads2
Thousand vehicles per day GO Region/Country
  Great Britain North East North West Yorkshire and the Humber East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West England Wales Scotland
1993 2.9 2.9 3.5 3.0 2.9 3.5 3.2 5.9 4.1 2.2 3.3 1.9 1.6
1994 3.0 2.9 3.6 3.1 3.0 3.6 3.3 5.9 4.2 2.2 3.4 1.9 1.7
1995 3.0 2.9 3.7 3.1 3.0 3.6 3.4 5.9 4.3 2.3 3.4 1.9 1.7
1996 3.1 3.0 3.7 3.2 3.1 3.7 3.4 5.9 4.4 2.3 3.5 2.0 1.7
1997 3.2 3.1 3.8 3.2 3.2 3.8 3.5 6.0 4.6 2.3 3.6 2.0 1.8
1998 3.2 3.1 3.9 3.3 3.2 3.8 3.6 6.0 4.6 2.4 3.6 2.0 1.8
1999 3.3 3.2 3.9 3.3 3.3 3.9 3.6 6.1 4.7 2.4 3.7 2.1 1.8
2000 3.3 3.1 3.9 3.3 3.3 3.9 3.6 6.1 4.7 2.4 3.7 2.1 1.8
2001 3.3 3.2 4.0 3.4 3.3 3.9 3.7 6.1 4.8 2.5 3.8 2.1 1.8
2002 3.4 3.3 4.1 3.5 3.4 4.0 3.7 6.1 4.9 2.5 3.8 2.2 1.9
2003 3.4 3.3 4.1 3.5 3.5 4.0 3.7 6.1 4.9 2.6 3.9 2.2 1.9
2004 3.5 3.4 4.2 3.6 3.6 4.1 3.8 6.1 5.0 2.6 3.9 2.3 2.0
2005 3.5 3.4 4.2 3.6 3.6 4.1 3.9 6.1 5.0 2.7 4.0 2.2 2.0
                             
1 Average daily flow is estimated by dividing the annual traffic estimate by the road length and the number of days in year.
2 From 1993 the traffic estimates have been estimated using new expansion factors and new methodology for measuring road lengths.
                             
Source: Transport Statistics, Department for Transport