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11. Spotlight: How has travel by Londoners changed – insights from 10 years of the London Travel
Demand Survey (LTDS)
Recent trends for walking in London
Walking is the most common way to get around in London, and the number of walk
trips and stages are expected to grow in line with population growth and increased
public transport usage. Table 11.6 shows how key indicators of walking have
evolved over the period covered by LTDS.
Table 11.6
Trends in walking in London. All people.
Year
Number of
walk trips
(millions)
Number of
trips
(millions)
Walk mode share (%)
Growth in walk
trips (% change
from previous
year)
Growth in all trips
(% change from
previous year)
2006 5.7 23.8 24.1% 1.0% 1.8%
2007 5.8 24.3 23.8% 1.3% 2.3%
2008 5.9 24.6 23.9% 1.5% 1.2%
2009 6 24.8 24.1% 1.7% 0.9%
2010 6.1 25.1 24.2% 1.5% 1.2%
2011 6.2 25.3 24.4% 1.8% 0.9%
2012 6.3 25.8 24.3% 1.3% 1.7%
2013 6.3 26.1 24.3% 1.3% 1.2%
Source: TfL Planning, Strategic Analysis.
Future projections of walking in London
Figure 11.32 shows expected future trends for walking in London. Focusing on the
total London figures (not just London residents), the number of daily walk trips is
expected to increase from 6.2 million in 2011 to 8.0 million in 2041 (an increase of
29 per cent), largely reflecting population growth.
Figure 11.32
Forecast long-term trajectory for walking in London.
50
36 million walk
journeys
41 million walk
journeys
44 million walk
journeys
47 million walk
journeys
45
+ 2.4 million stages
+ 2.5 million stages
+ 0.4 million trips
Number of walk journeys (millions)
40
35
30
25
20
15
29.8 million walk stages
walked during trips by other
main modes
+ 4.1 million stages
+ 0.8 million trips
+14%
from
2011
+ 0.6 million trips
+22%
from
2011
+30%
from
2011
10
-
5
6.2 million walk-all-the-way
trips
2011 2021 2031 2041
Source: TfL Planning, Strategic Analysis.
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