Pedestrian Access Strategy 2010 - Victoria Walks

5 | walking in victoria: a snapshot5. WALKING IN VICTORIAA snapshotSince the early 1970s there has been a marked decline in walkingto work and school and a reduction in walking generally.Walk only trips to work declined from 8 per cent in 1976 to lessthan 4 per cent in 2001 6 . Since then the figure has stabilised witha slight increase to around 4.5 per cent in 2006. Over the sameperiod, public transport trips to work decreased slightly while cartrips increased.Walk only trips are trips in which the entiretrip from origin to destination is walked. Anexample of a walk only trip is when I walk frommy home to the local shopping centre to buymy shopping.Figure 1: Walk only journeys to work in Victoria9%8%Walk only proportion of journeys to work7%6%5%4%3%2%1%0%19761981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census - Journey to work, Victoria 1976-20066Australian Bureau of Statistics.Page 18 of 44 pages | The Pedestrian Access Strategy