Nation-Wide Survey On Perceptions Of Transport

Research shows that lowering the cost of public transport is the public's main transport priority.

Research shows that lowering the cost of public transport is the public's main transport priority.

  • MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 2,003 adults aged 18+ nationwide throughout Great Britain.
  • Fieldwork was conducted face-to-face between 22 June - 24 July 2000.
  • Data were weighted to match the profile of the population.
  • Where results do not sum to 100, this is due to computer rounding.
  • An asterisk (*) represents a value of less than one half of one percent, but not zero.

Q1 Now for some questions on life in this neighbourhood. Which two or three of these most need improving in this neighbourhood?

  1999 2000 Change 99-00
  % % %
Facilities for children/young people 30 33 +3
Road safety/speed of traffic 30 28 -2
Jobs and employment 23 23 0
Safety/low crime rate 21 26 +4
Good public transport 20 22 +2
Good leisure facilities 19 20 +1
Uncongested roads 19 17 -2
A clean environment 15 14 -1
Affordable housing 13 18 +5
Quality of the air 11 5 -6
Traffic noise 9 6 -3
Good schools 8 9 +1
Good facilities for pedestrians and cyclists 7 8 +1
Access to facilities for the community 7 7 0
Peaceful area 6 7 +1
Access to health centres and chemists 5 5 0
Other 3 2 -1
None of these/don't know 4 6 +2

Q2 How satisfied or dissatisfied would you say you are with the road system in this area?

  %
Very satisfied 5
Fairly satisfied 45
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied 15
Fairly dissatisfied 23
Very dissatisfied 11
 
Satisfied 50
Dissatisfied 35
Don't know *

Q3 How satisfied or dissatisfied would you say you are with road maintenance in this area?

  1991 1995 2000 Change 95-00
  % % % 177 %
Very satisfied 3 4 3 -1
Fairly satisfied 27 39 38 -1
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied 9 11 17 +6
Fairly dissatisfied 29 25 25 0
Very dissatisfied 26 19 16 -3
 
Satisfied 29 43 41 -2
Dissatisfied 55 44 41 -3
Net satisfied -25 -1 0  
Don't know 6 3 * -2

Q4 During peak times, how much of a problem would you say road congestion is in the area 5 miles around where you live? Is it ...

  1991 1995 2000 Change 97-00
Base: Car drivers/Car in household (1,163) (1,167) (1,305)  
  % % % 177 %
A very bad problem 37 29 28 -1
A fairly bad problem 33 35 35 0
A minor problem 17 24 25 +1
No problem at all 12 11 10 -1
 
Very/fairly bad problem 70 64 63 -1
Don't know 1 2 2 +1

Q5 I am going to read out a number of modes of transport, for each one could you tell me whether you think that they have improved, stayed the same or got worse over the last five years?

  Improved Stayedthe same Got worse Don't know
  % % % %
Bus services (All) 26 28 26 20
Bus services (Bus users-1,311) 33 31 26 9
 
Train services (All) 15 30 18 37
Train service (Train users-843) 26 40 22 12
 
The roads system 19 35 40 6
The Roads system (car owners-1,534) 20 33 42 5

Q6 If the government were to invest extra money on transport, in which two or three of the following areas would you most like to see greater investment made?

  %
Reducing the cost of public transport 56
Improving the reliability and frequency of bus services 40
Improving road and pavement maintenance 35
Building new roads in congestion 'hot spots' 35
Improving road safety 34
Improving the railway network 30
Improving personal safety when using public transport 19
Other 1
None of these 1
Don't know 2

Q7 And have you used either buses or trains at all in the last twelve months? If yes, which?

Yes %
Buses 65
Trains 43
No/neither 25
Don't know *

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