Types of car journey

• ‘Shopping’ is the most common type of journey that respondents are making by car within Portsmouth currently, followed by ‘recreation and leisure’ and ‘visiting family and friends’
• The types of journey being made by car within Portsmouth are set to remain consistent over the next year; the majority of journeys are for ‘shopping’, ‘recreation and leisure’ and ‘visiting family and friends’
• Respondents are currently travelling outside of Portsmouth by car to ‘visit family and friends’ most often followed by ‘recreation and leisure’, and at a lower level ‘shopping’
• In the next year the same journeys outside of Portsmouth are again the most popular, however at an even higher level; visiting family and friends (+4 percentage points), recreation and leisure (+10 percentage points) and shopping (+11 percentage points)

Base: Current (803) | In the next year (801)

This chart shows that respondents are making the following journeys by car within Portsmouth:
73% of current journeys are to go shopping and 75% of respondents expect to do this in the next year
59% of current journeys are for recreation and leisure purposes, and 65% of respondents expect to do this within the next year
45% of current journeys are to visit family and friends, and 49% of respondents expect to do this within the next year
32% of current journeys are to travel to and from work and 31% of respondents expect to do this within the next year
15% of current journeys are part of their working day and 16% of respondents expect to do this within the next year
8% of current journeys are to travel for educational purposes such as school, college and university, and 7% of respondents expect to do this within the next year
13% of current journeys are for other reasons and 10% of respondents expect to do this within the next year

Base: Current (818) | In the future (812)

This chart shows that respondents are making the following journeys by car outside of Portsmouth:
74% of current journeys are to visit family and friends, and 78% of respondents expect to do this in the future
63% of current journeys are for recreation and leisure purposes, and 73% of respondents expect to do this in the future
41% of current journeys are to go shopping and 52% of respondents expect to do this in the future
22% of current journeys are to travel to and from work, and the same proportion of respondents expect to do this in the future
14% of current journeys are as part of their working day and 16% of respondents expect to do this in the future
2% of current journeys are to access education (school, college, university) and 4% of respondents expect to do this in the future
7% of current journeys are for other reasons and the same proportion of respondents expect to do this in the future