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55. Mobility*
(a) Number of trips per person by mode, 1989-91 to 2005

(b) Distance travelled per person per year by broad trip purpose, 1989-91 to 2005

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Walking and cycling since: 1995-7 1999-01

Public transport since: 1995-7 1999-01

The average number and percentage of total trips made by walking or cycling has declined.
In terms of number the decline was from 311 trips per person (29 per cent of all journeys) in
1995-7 to 256 trips per person (25 per cent of all journeys) in 2005.
There has been little change in the average number of trips made by private motor
vehicles. However owing to declines in trips by other modes, in percentage terms such trips
increased from 62 per cent of trips in 1995-7 to 65 per cent in 2005. The number and
percentage of trips using public transport changed little between 1995-7 and 2005.
In 2005, an average of 7,208 miles were travelled per person, up by 3 per cent since
1995-7. (This is domestic travel by residents in Great Britain. It excludes international travel
and travel by visitors to the UK.) The greatest total distance travelled was for leisure
purposes (2,894 miles), an increase of 5 per cent since 1995-7.
Between 1995-7 and 2005 total distance travelled increased for shopping, personal
business and other escort trips by 5 per cent (due to greater distance travelled for other
escort trips, rather than for shopping and personal business). During the same period there
was a 9 per cent increase in distance travelled for education and escorting children to
education, and little change in distance travelled for commuting and business.
There are other transport-related indicators showing environmental and other impacts on
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