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11. Spotlight: How has travel by Londoners changed – insights from 10 years of the London Travel
Demand Survey (LTDS)
The trend in distance travelled as a car driver has also been downward for residents
of both inner and outer London. The rate of reduction has been faster among inner
London residents, who saw an annual average reduction of 3.5 per cent in distance
travelled as a car driver. Outer London residents saw a smaller average annual
decline of around 2 per cent. In both cases, this meant the average London resident
travelled about 1 kilometre less each day as a car driver in 2014/15 compared to in
2006/07, amounting to a reduction in distance per person of 20 per cent over the
period (figure 11.10).
Figure 11.10
Distance travelled per day as car driver – all London residents.
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Car driver kilometres per person per day
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2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
Source: TfL Planning, Strategic Analysis.
Greater London Inner London Outer London
Linear (Greater London) Linear (Inner London) Linear (Outer London)
Similarly, the trend in time spent travelling as a car driver each day has been on a
declining trajectory over the past ten years. On average, a resident of outer London
now spends 6.5 minutes less per day driving a car compared to 10 years ago,
equating to a reduction of a quarter on the 23.6 minutes spent driving each day in
2005/06. Inner Londoners also saw a reduction of 20 per cent in the average time
spent travelling as a car driver over the 10-year period, down from 10.4 minutes to
8.4 minutes.
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