Commuting and travel choices

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Commuting and travel choices
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Cars and commuters
74 of households have cars
68 of commuters travel by car
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Women and cars
60 of women have driving licences
44 of the working population are women
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Working at home
of all people aged 16-74 in employment who
work at home
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Method of going to work
11
9
11
46
39
72
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Use of public transport for commuting
27
26
20
68
37
53
28
37
4
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The car journey to work regular car drivers
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Commuting by bus by place of habitation
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National Rail journeys by purpose
53 of London SE journeys are commuting
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Distance travelled by railby household income
quintile
Miles per year
49
of rail distance
9
9
13
20
Household income
11
Cycling to workby place of habitation
12
Walking to workby place of habitation
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Method of travel into Central London and Isle of
Dogs
Thousands of commuters per day (AM peak)
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London car commuting and journey time
1992100
Car journey time
Numbers commuting by car
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Commuting time in Europe
Minutes per day
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Reasons for living in the area
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Reasons for not living closer to work
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How long will people commute?
Maximum time prepared to commute (mins)
Current commuting time (mins)
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Main reasons for driving to work

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Impact of commuting time doublinge.g. through
congestion
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Ease of Parking
Very easy
Quite easy
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Company provision of parking assistance
Dont know
None
Free parking at workplace
Free/subsidised parking elsewhere
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How would travel to work if had to pay for parking
Dont know
Other
Cycle
Bus
Still drive
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Support for taxing employers who provide
employees with parking spaces
Strongly support
Support
Strongly oppose
Neither/dont know
Oppose
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Opposition towards the levying of taxes on
parking spaces (fleet managers)
Support
Neutral
Oppose
Dont know
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Impact of 5 a day charge by employer to park at
work
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Effect of giving cash for parking
spaceExperience of US company
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Alternatives to car for commuters -1If you were
unable to use your car to get to and from work
for a long time what would you do?

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Alternatives to car for commuters -2What other
means of transport would you use?

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Telecommuting

• Motors and modems
• By 2005 teleworking could cut commuter traffic by
  up to 10
• 15 by 2015
• Halcrow study for DfT
• Additional 10 of car commuters involved in some
  form of telecommuting by 2015
• Would reduce their road traffic by 6
• RAC Report on Motoring 2002
• 8 of motorists work at home 12 more say they
  could at least for a few days each week

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Take up of travel plans in UK
Saving of 0.6 in commuting passenger kms
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Requirements for effective travel plans
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Barriers to travel plans

• No advantage to company except green
  credentials/PR
• No regulatory requirement (contrast California)
• Personal taxation, e.g. on cash for parking (but
  barriers being removed)
• Public transport deregulated outside London,
  bus companies not interested in increasing peak
  hour usage
• Novelty

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What can be done?

• Work place travel plans
• Individualised travel plans
• Teleworking/video conferencing
• Business parks linked to public transport
• Better road access to business parks
• Car sharing, HOV lanes
• Park and ride
• Better cycling/motorcycling facilities at work
• Better interchanges
• Better, interactive information

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