Travel patterns : Household travel

TP009 Percentage of short trips of less than 2 kilometres on foot

Series Data

Percentage of road-based trip chains of less than 2 kilometres on foot
2003-072004-082005-09
%trip chains under 2km that were walked37%38%38%
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Regional percentage of road-based trip chains of less than 2 kilometres carried out on foot
%trip chains under 2km that were walked
Northland33%
Auckland40%
Waikato29%
Bay of Plenty34%
Gisborne25%
Hawke's Bay31%
Taranaki30%
Manawatu-Wanganui34%
Wellington43%
Nelson-Marlborough-Tasman31%
West Coast26%
Canterbury46%
Otago40%
Southland32%
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Metadata

Key reference number TP009
Definition of indicator Percentage of short trips of less than 2 kilometres on foot
Export date 3/02/2010 14:46
Core indicator information
Nature of data Quantitative, survey-based.
Data source Ongoing New Zealand Household Travel Survey, Ministry of Transport. Sample survey of 2200 households per year (4600 households per year from June 08), running throughout the year. Respondents report all travel in specified two-day period. See www.transport.govt.nz/ongoing-travel-survey-index/ for more information.
Definition A trip chain is a single trip leg, or a series of trip legs which terminates when the person reaches home, work, or stays at a destination for 30 minutes or more.
Frequency From 2003, updated annually with four year moving average. Periods run from July to June so 2003-2007 means July 2003 - June 2007.
Disaggregation Regional
Timeliness Updated in November each year
Quality of the data Survey based. Household Travel Surveys exclude commercial travel, and tend to somewhat underestimate total personal travel. Response rate (households with full responses from all members): 1989/90=75%; 1997/98=75%; Ongoing survey: 65%-70%.
Availability of forecast data No