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Regional Transport Provider - Travel Demand Data

Anonymised individual responses (microdata) to two travel demand surveys carried out by the data provider, in 2014 (3700 passengers, 26 questions) and 2022 (3900 passengers, 41 questions). These surveys ask bus passengers various questions, such as how long they would normally wait for a bus, where they are going, why they are doing the journey, and why they had chosen to use the bus service. A copy of the questionnaire is included (for 2022) as well as a summary document containing various aggregations.

Questions include (for 2022): Interview time/location, travelling within/outside region, travelling with child, main purpose, journey is outward or return, weekend use of buses, start and end location for journey, travel mode to/from bus stop, wait time, peak/off-peak user, extra time allowance, frequency of other modes of transport, ticket type, payment method, payment vendor type, reason for choosing bus, how long having been using buses, changes since COVID-19 pandemic, how journeys are planned and how passengers keeps themselves updated during journey, whether car is an option, driving licence held, availability of cars in household, use of smartphone, social networks used, demographics (age, occupation, ethnicity, gender, visible disability or frailty, number of people accompanying passenger.

The dataset covers one region of the UK only, in central England.

Controller: 
University College London (UCL)
FieldValue
Modified
2024-08-15
Release Date
2024-06-25
Rights
Safeguarded
Frequency
Irregularly
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location
Central England
Temporal Coverage
May 2014 to May 2022
Granularity
Person
Author
Regional Transport Provider
Contact Name
Oliver O'Brien
Contact Email
Public Access Level
Private
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