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Greater Dublin Area Draft Transport Strategy 2011-2030

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4.6 Journey purposesPurpose by time of dayThe busiest time for travel is the morning peakperiod from 7am to 10am, with a lower eveningpeak from 4pm to 7pm. Work and education tripsdominate the morning peak (82% of all trips),however the evening peak also includes a largeshare of shopping and leisure travel (40% of trips).Purpose and distance travelledJourneys to work/business are much longer onaverage than other journey purposes. Nearly threequarter of trips for education or shopping purposesare less than 5km in length.Figure 4.7: Journey purpose and time of travel 181,400,0001,200,000Leisure/OtherShoppingEducationWork/BusinessNumbers of journeys1,000,000800,000600,000400,000200,0000Before 7am 7am - 10am 10am - 1pm 1pm - 4pm 4pm - 7pm After 7pmTime of Travel140000018 DTO Household Survey 2006 (average weekday)1200000Chapter 4: page 10 www.<strong>2030</strong>vision.ie

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