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11. Spotlight: How has travel by Londoners changed – insights from 10 years of the London Travel
Demand Survey (LTDS)
Purpose share
Figures 11.37 and 11.38 show trip purpose shares by origin and destination. On
weekdays, trips to central London are mainly for work purposes – 52 per cent of all
trips between central and inner and 70 per cent of all trips between central and
outer. Trips between other areas of London are more evenly split between work
and non-work purposes, with only 17 per cent of weekday trips in outer London
being for work.
At the weekend, shopping and particularly leisure trips dominate, even for trips to
central London. Some 70 per cent of all trips between central and outer London are
for shopping or leisure purposes at the weekend. However, there is still a large
number of work related trips taking place at the weekend – more than 1 in 5 trips
between central and outer London are work-related.
Figure 11.37
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70%
Purpose share of trips by origin and destination, weekdays.
Mode share
60%
50%
40%
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20%
10%
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All trips Central to inner Central to outer Inner to Outer Within Outer
Usual workplace Other work related Education Shopping and personal business Leisure Other
Source: TfL Planning, Strategic Analysis.
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