Palmerston Road visitors: main mode of travel

Summary

• Walking was by far the most popular main mode of travel to or through Palmerston Road for visitors before the temporary closure (55%)
• After the temporary road closure walking had increased to 67% and car and van travel had decreased by 14 percentage points (for main mode of travel)
• Visitors travelling by car or van before the closure are mostly now either walking (44%) or still driving (38%) to Palmerston Road after the closure
• Cycling was the main mode of travel for a similar proportion of visitors both before (14%) and after (16%) the closure

Base: Total visitors (974)

This chart shows visitors main mode of travel to or through Palmerston Road before the road closure was introduced. The most popular mode of transport to or through the area was walking (55%).

Base: Total visitors (957) | Usual mode before closure was car or van (226)

This chart shows visitors main mode of travel to or through Palmerston Road after the road closure. It also shows the main mode of travel currently for visitors who were car or van users before the road closure. The majority of visitors are walking to or through Palmerston Road (67%) and previous car or van users are either, walking (44%) or still driving (38%) to or through Palmerston Road. After the temporary road closure walking had increased by 12 percentage points and car and van travel had decreased by 14 percentage points.