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. 2015 May;74:42–48. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.02.009

Table 4.

Daily averagea travel times (minutes (% of total travel time)) by mode in E&W and three comparison areas.

England & Wales Switzerland Netherlands California
Male
Walk 10.7 (17.6%) 23.4 (25.4%) 9.3 (12.2%) 7.5 (9.4%)
Cycle 1.4 (2.3%) 4.5 (4.9%) 12.7 (16.6%) 2.0 (2.5%)
Public transport 7.1 (11.7%) 13.9 (15.1%) 8.7 (11.3%) 5.9 (7.4%)
Car 38.1 (62.5%) 44.7 (48.5%) 40.7 (53.2%) 61.8 (77.5%)
Other 3.6 (6.0%) 5.6 (6.1%) 5.1 (6.7%) 2.5 (3.1%)
Total 61.0 (100.0%) 92.1 (100.0%) 76.4 (100.0%) 79.8 (100.0%)



Female
Walk 12.4 (22.3%) 28.5 (36.1%) 10.4 (16.6%) 8.9 (12.1%)
Cycle 0.4 (0.7%) 2.9 (3.7%) 11.7 (18.7%) 0.5 (0.7%)
Public transport 7.8 (14.1%) 14.0 (17.7%) 8.7 (13.9%) 6.3 (8.5%)
Car 34.1 (61.5%) 31.1 (39.4%) 28.6 (45.4%) 56.8 (77.2%)
Other 0.8 (1.4%) 2.4 (3.1%) 3.4 (5.5%) 1.1 (1.5%)
Total 55.4 (100.0%) 78.9 (100.0%) 62.9 (100.0%) 73.6 (100.0%)
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The data is population based including people who did not travel. Communities < 10,000 and subjects < 16 years are excluded.