Travel to Work Report 2013

The number of people who travel to work in England and Wales has surpassed 25 million for the first time. This is a staggering 12,000 million commutes per year¹.

The number of people who travel to work in England and Wales has surpassed 25 million for the first time. This is a staggering 12,000 million commutes per year¹.

The total population of England and Wales increased by +7% in the past decade but the rate of growth in the number of commuters is more than double this at +17%.

This has resulted in the highest ever proportion of the population commuting. According to Census 2011 data, 44.7% of the population travel to work against 41.0% in 2001, an increase of 3.6m people.

So not only are there more of us, there are also more of us commuting to work and at a higher proportion of the total population. This is perhaps a reflection on the current economic climate.

In Part I of the full report, we look at how each Region is affected in England and Wales.

Part II looks at Travel to Work by Method and discovers some significant trends over the past 10 years.

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The full report is available at the following URLs.

PART I:    http://www.bikes.org.uk/travel-to-work-report-2013

PART II:    http://www.bikes.org.uk/travel-to-work-by-method-of-transportation-2013

PART III:    Yet to be published. In Part III, we specifically look at Travel to Work by Bicycle and how each Region in England and Wales is evolving in these austere times.

This report was produced by cycling website, Bikes.org.uk, as part of their analysis of UK Cycling habits with regard to commuting and how this compares to other forms of transport. The report uses data from the Office for National Statistics as provided by the Nomis website.

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