Key Findings
People are still travelling less than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2023, 64% of people had travelled the day before their survey interview. This is slightly higher than in 2022 (61%), but well below the 2019 figure of 74%.
Travel to work at least one day a week has gone up slightly from 2022.
83% of working people reported travelling to work at least one day a week compared to 80% in 2022. However, this is still lower than before the pandemic; the figure for 2019 was 95%.
Ownership of electric vehicles is steadily increasing. At the same time, the percentage of people saying they wouldn’t consider buying an electric vehicle went up.
4.7% of driving licence holders owned an electric car or van in 2023. This is up from 0.3% in 2016. 54% said they wouldn’t consider buying an electric car or van in the future, up from 42% in 2022.
There has been a slight increase in the proportion of short journeys made by active travel compared with 2022.
50.6% of journeys under two miles were on foot in 2023 compared to 46.2% in 2022. The percentage of journeys under 5 miles made by bicycle remained at 2.1%.