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:

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/scienceresearch/social/socialresearchandevaluation

E-mail attitudes.stats@dft.gov.uk for more information on attitudes towards transport.

Earlier Attitudes Reports

Attitudes survey reports from 2001 to 2004.

Experiences and perceptions of anti-social behaviour and crime on public transport

Introduction and complete PDF download, with Excel tables

Published:

18 September 2008

Awareness and use of bus concessionary fares

Introduction and complete PDF downloads, including data tables.

Published:

28 August 2008

Public Attitudes towards climate change and the impact of transport

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

Published:

29 May 2008

Public attitudes to congestion and road pricing

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

Published:

08 May 2008

Public experiences of car sharing

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

Published:

24 January 2008

Public Attitudes towards climate change and the impact of transport

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

Published:

23 January 2008

Public attitudes to congestion and road pricing

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

Published:

25 October 2007

Last update:

05 November 2007

Public experiences of and attitudes towards bus travel

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

Published:

06 September 2007

Public Attitudes towards climate change and the impact of transport

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

Published:

22 March 2007

Public experiences of and attitudes to air travel

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

Published:

26 October 2006

Last update:

06 September 2007

Public experiences of and attitudes towards rail travel

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

Published:

14 September 2006

Last update:

25 February 2007

Experiences of congestion and attitudes to road pricing

This article summarises people's experiences of and attitudes towards congestion and road pricing.

Published:

14 September 2006

Last update:

26 February 2008

Attitudes to car use

This article summarises people's attitudes to car use.

Published:

09 March 2006

Last update:

27 February 2008

Attitudes to climate change and the impact of transport

This article summarises people's attitudes to climate change and the impact of transport.

Published:

24 January 2006

Last update:

27 February 2008

Results from the ONS Omnibus Survey, March 2005

Published:

11 August 2005

Last update:

27 February 2008

Attitudes to congestion on motorways and other roads

Published:

10 August 2005

Last update:

27 February 2008

Attitudes to streetscape and street uses

Published:

13 January 2005

Last update:

29 February 2008