The Scottish Government

Table 16

Employed ¹ adults (16+) not working from home who usually travel to work by car or van - reasons for not using Public Transport: 1999 / 2000

July 1999 to December 2000 interviews only

If it is possible to use public transport - reasons for not using it ^#*

If it is not possible to use public transport - why it is not possible ^#*

Driver of car / van

Passenger

All

Driver of car / van

Passenger

All

column percentages

Takes too long

37

30

35

17

10

16

Inconvenient

52

59

54

32

28

31

No direct route

25

15

24

36

38

36

Use my own car

35

14

31

18

5

16

Need a car for, at work

14

2

12

22

6

20

Cost

9

16

10

3

3

3

Work unsociable hours

9

7

9

20

19

20

Public transport unreliable

6

6

6

6

4

5

Lack of service

10

9

9

32

40

33

Too infrequent

8

6

7

7

8

7

Health reasons

0

0

0

0

0

0

Difficult access, on-off steps

0

0

0

1

0

1

Too much to carry, awkward

4

1

4

6

5

6

Uncomfortable

2

1

2

1

0

1

No need

1

3

1

1

2

1

Dislike waiting about

3

1

2

1

1

1

Long walk to bus stop

1

2

1

1

1

1

All for whom a reason is available

100

100

100

100

100

100

sample size ( = 100% ) n =

2,233

491

2,724

3,167

428

3,595