TSGB 2011: Modal comparisons
| Publisher: | Department for Transport |
| Published date: | 15 December 2011 |
| Type: | Release |
| Series: | Transport Statistics Great Britain |
Summary
This chapter of Transport Statistics Great Britain presents statistics on comparisons between transport modes and expenditure and costs of transport.
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Key points
- Over the long term there has been an increase in the distance travelled by all modes driven mainly by an increase in the distance travelled by road, and in particular by cars, vans and taxis, although there was a fall in 2010.
- In addition, the proportion of travel by cars, vans and taxis rose from just over a quarter from 1952 to a peak of nearly ninety per cent in the early 1990s and has remained almost at those levels since then.
- Total public spending on transport in the United Kingdom, including capital spending by public corporations, in 2010/11 was £22.9 billion.
- Of this about one third was on railways, including tubes, and about a quarter on local roads. This rises to 41 per cent when expenditure on both national and local roads is included.
- The overall cost of motoring (including purchase, petrol, oil, tax and insurance) has only risen slowly, although there was a larger increase in 2010, and more slowly than the increase in the cost of living as measured by the all items Retail Prices Index (RPI). However when the purchase of vehicle is removed, motoring running costs have risen faster than the RPI.
| Table number | Table name | Alternative number |
|---|---|---|
| TSGB0101 |
Passenger Transport by mode |
– |
| TSGB0102 |
Passenger journeys on public transport vehicles |
– |
| TSGB0103 |
Average distance travelled by mode |
NTS0305 |
| TSGB0104 |
Average number of trips by purpose and main mode |
NTS0409 |
| TSGB0105 |
Average distance travelled by purpose and main mode |
NTS0410 |
| TSGB0106 |
People entering central London during the morning peak |
– |
| TSGB0107 |
Passenger casualty rates by mode |
RAS53001 |
| TSGB0108 |
Usual method of travel to work by region of residence, GOR, FMC and country: October to December 2010 |
– |
| TSGB0109 |
Usual method of travel to work by region of workplace, GOR, FMC and Country: October to December 2010 |
– |
| TSGB0110 |
Time taken to travel to work by region of workplace, GOR, FMC and country: October to December 2010 |
– |
| TSGB0111 |
Usual time taken to travel to work by region of workplace, usual method, GOR, FMC and country: October to December 2010 |
– |
| TSGB0112 |
How workers usually travel to work by car by region of workplace, GOR, FMC and country: October to December 2010 |
– |
| TSGB0113 |
Overseas travel: visits to and from the United Kingdom |
– |
| TSGB0114 |
Overseas travel by air: visits to and from the UK: by area and purpose |
– |
| TSGB0115 |
Overseas travel by sea and Channel Tunnel: visits to and from the UK by area, purpose and type of vehicle on board |
– |
| TSGB0116 |
People in employment in transport related occupations |
– |
| TSGB0117 |
Public expenditure on transport by country and spending authority |
– |
| TSGB0118 |
Public expenditure on transport by function |
– |
| TSGB0119 |
Total UK public corporation capital expenditure on transport |
– |
| TSGB0120 |
Public expenditure on specific transport areas: Great Britain |
– |
| TSGB0121 |
Household expenditure on transport |
– |
| TSGB0122 |
Retail and consumer prices indices: motoring costs |
– |
| TSGB0123 |
Retail prices index: transport components |
– |
| TSGB0124 |
Gross domestic produce and retail prices index deflators |
– |
| TSGB0125 |
Fuel and vehicle excise duty |
– |
Technical information
Full guidance on the methods used to compile these statistics and their sources can be found in the Transport Statistics Great Britain 2011 Notes and Definitions:
