Attitudes towards transport

Understanding the public's attitudes, perceptions and knowledge in relation to transport measures is important for the formulation and monitoring of transport policies. The Department regualrly uses high quality Omnibus Surveys run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to provide detailed findings on what the public think about various transport issues and their experiences of different forms of transport. In addition, the Department uses the British Social Attitudes Survey to monitor public attitudes over the long term. Articles arising from the various attitude surveys are listed below.

The public attitude survey data is complemented by the extensive data collected on travel behaviour through the National Travel Survey and various social research projects undertaken by the Department's Social Research and Evaluation Division.

Email attitudes.stats@dft.gov.uk for more information on attitudes towards transport.

2010 British Social Attitudes Survey: Attitudes to transport

This report discusses results for the transport questions asked on the 2010 British Social Attitudes survey and trend changes since 2009. Please note that these are not Official Statistics.

Published:: 17 March 2011

Public attitudes towards climate change and the impact on transport (January 2011 report)

Published:: 27 January 2011

Trends in Attitudes to Transport 1990–2009 (1 Mb)

This report examines time-series changes in attitudes towards transport among the general public. DfT have funded a module of questions on the NatCen British Social Attitudes survey since 1996 and some of these questions were asked by other funders as early as 1990. Please note that these statistics are not Official Statistics.

Published:: 14 December 2010

Public attitudes towards road congestion

This report discusses the combined results for questions included in the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Opinions Omnibus Survey.

Published:: 26 August 2010

Public experiences of and attitudes towards air travel

This report covers frequency of air travel; passenger satisfaction at UK airports and attitudes towards air travel in relation to environmental impacts and airport expansion.

Published:: 29 July 2010

Air passenger experience: Results from CAA survey module (2009)

This report summarises passengers’ experiences at seven UK airports. It is based on a module of questions included in the CAA Passenger Survey during 2009.

Published:: 29 July 2010

Public attitudes towards mobility scooters, January and March 2010

This report discusses results from the ONS Opinions omnibus survey on public attitudes towards whether those wanting to use mobility scooter need training and testing before being allowed to use one, and whether users or scooters need licensing and insuring. It also estimates how many people use or know someone who uses a mobility scooter, and how many people have been injured or know someone who has been injured by a mobility scooter.

Published:: 22 July 2010

Public attitudes towards climate change and the impact on transport (January 2010 report)

This report provides the latest information on people’s attitudes towards climate change in relation to transport, and to what extent attitudes have changed over time.

Published:: 28 January 2010

Air passenger experience: Results from CAA survey module Quarter 1 and 2 2009

This report summarises the provisional results of passengers’ experiences at six surveyed airports (Heathrow, Stansted, Manchester, Gatwick, Luton and Edinburgh). It is based on a module of questions included in the CAA Passenger Survey during the first two quarters of 2009 (January to June)

Published:: 17 December 2009

Public experiences of and attitudes towards rail travel

This article summarises people's experiences of and attitudes towards rail travel.

Published:: 24 September 2009

Air passenger experience: Results from CAA survey module 2008

This report summarises passengers’ experiences at four surveyed airports (Heathrow, Stansted, Manchester and Bristol). It is based on a module of questions included in the CAA Passenger Survey during 2008.

Published:: 16 July 2009
Last update:: 26 November 2009

Public attitudes to road network performance

Introduction and complete pdf downloads, including data tables and questionnaire.

Published:: 25 June 2009
Last update:: 26 November 2009

Public experiences of and attitudes towards bus travel

Introduction and complete pdf downloads, including data tables and questionnaire.

Published:: 18 June 2009
Last update:: 27 November 2009

Public experiences of and attitudes towards parking

Statistics on exeperiences of and attitudes towards parking based on results from the December 2008 Opinions (Omnibus) Survey. Introduction and complete pdf downloads.

Published:: 21 May 2009

Public Attitudes towards climate change and the impact of transport

Updated survey. Introduction and complete pdf downloads, including data tables and questionnaire.

Published:: 26 February 2009

Public experiences of home working and internet shopping

This article summarises people's experiences of home working and internet shopping based on the 2008 National Centre for Social Research Omnibus Survey and the National Travel Survey.

Published:: 22 January 2009
Last update:: 24 March 2009

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