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2. Overall travel trends in London
2.5 Mode shares in London
Journey stage based mode shares
In 2014, 45 per cent of journey stages in London were made by public
transport, compared with 32 per cent by private transport. This reflects and
continues a now well-established trend of a net shift in London away from
private motorised transport to the public transport modes. Since 2000 the
public transport mode share has increased by 11.0 percentage points. Over the
term of the current MTS since 2008 the increase has been 2.9 per cent. In the
latest year, the public transport mode share increased by a further 0.4
percentage points while the private transport mode share fell by a
corresponding 0.4 percentage points, despite a small absolute growth in private
transport volumes. Cycling and walking mode shares remained at around 2 and
21 per cent respectively.
Table 2.3 Percentage shares of journey stages by type of transport, 1994 to
2014.
Year
Public
transport
Percentage of journey stages
Private
Cycle
transport
Walk
1994 30% 46% 1% 22%
1995 31% 46% 1% 22%
1996 31% 46% 1% 22%
1997 32% 45% 1% 22%
1998 33% 45% 1% 22%
1999 33% 44% 1% 22%
2000 34% 43% 1% 21%
2001 35% 43% 1% 22%
2002 35% 42% 1% 21%
2003 37% 41% 1% 21%
2004 38% 39% 1% 21%
2005 38% 39% 2% 21%
2006 39% 39% 2% 21%
2007 41% 37% 2% 20%
2008 42% 36% 2% 21%
2009 42% 35% 2% 21%
2010 43% 35% 2% 21%
2011 43% 34% 2% 21%
2012 44% 33% 2% 21%
2013 45% 33% 2% 21%
2014 45% 32% 2% 21%
Source: TfL Planning, Strategic Analysis.
Note: Mode shares are calculated from the consistent series for journey stages given in table 2.1. Totals may not add up
to 100 per cent due to rounding. Walks are counted only when they form complete trips (ie walking all the way), not
when they are part of trips using other modes of transport.
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