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11. Spotlight: How has travel by Londoners changed – insights from 10 years of the London Travel
Demand Survey (LTDS)
Figure 11.29
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Temporal profile of London residents’ walk trips by purpose.
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Walk trips per day (thousands)
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Source: TfL Planning, Strategic Analysis.
Walking is the most common mode for shopping trips, for trips to and from school
and escort trips in connection with education (table 11.5).
Table 11.5
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Time of day (hour)
Usual/other work Education Leisure Shopping and personal business Other
Mode shares for selected journey purposes (London residents only).
Journey purpose Walk Cycle
Private motor
vehicle
Public
transport
Usual/other work 14% 5% 35% 45%
Education (including pick-up/drop-off) 44% 2% 28% 26%
Leisure 32% 3% 39% 24%
Shopping and personal business 43% 2% 33% 22%
Other 17% 1% 69% 12%
All 30% 3% 38% 28%
Source: TfL Planning, Strategic Analysis. London Travel Demand Survey 2011/12-2013/14, excluding trips made wholly
outside the GLA and summary shopping trips. If summary shopping trips are included, the walk mode share for shopping &
personal business increases to 43 per cent.
Walk stages made as part of a longer multi-mode trip
Walk stages are almost always needed in order to access public transport modes,
forming part of a longer multi-stage trip. The relative growth in walk stages reflects
the prevailing mode shift for travel more generally in London towards public
transport (figure 11.30).
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