BSIP Post-pandemic bus travel: journey types

Summary:

• Recreation and leisure journeys are consistently the most popular type of journey either currently being made by bus users (58%) or that non-bus users would consider making by bus (60%)
• Bus users are more likely to be using the bus for shopping (+10 percentage points), health or medical appointments (+10 percentage points) and visiting friends and family (+12 percentage points)
• Over a fifth of non-bus users will not consider using the bus for any type of journey post-pandemic (21%)
• Males are more likely to be travelling, or to consider travelling by bus, for recreation and leisure (+8 percentage points)
• Females are more likely to be making journeys, or to consider making journeys by bus, for shopping (+12 percentage points), health or medical appointments (+6 percentage points), or visiting friends and family (+10 percentage points)
• Unlike pre-pandemic behaviour, females are not more likely to be commuting
• Respondents with a disability are more likely to make some types of journey by bus post-pandemic than those with no disability; recreation and leisure (+12 percentage points), shopping (+9 percentage points), health or medical appointments (+24 percentage points), and visiting friends or family (+7 percentage points)
• Respondents with no disability are more likely to be commuting by bus, or considering doing so, post-pandemic (+7 percentage points)

Base: Total sample (1,032) | Bus user (775) | Non-bus user (257)

This chart shows that recreation and leisure journeys are consistently the most popular type of journey either currently being made by bus users (58%) or that non-bus users would consider making by bus (60%).
The chart also shows that bus users are more likely to be using the bus for shopping (+10 percentage points), health or medical appointments (+10 percentage points) and visiting friends and family (+12 percentage points) and that over a fifth of non-bus users will not consider using the bus for any type of journey post-pandemic (21%).

Base: Male (353) | Female (541)

This chart shows that males are more likely to be travelling, or to consider travelling by bus, for recreation and leisure (+8 percentage points). The chart also shows that females are more likely to be making journeys, or to consider making journeys by bus, for shopping (+12 percentage points), health or medical appointments (+6 percentage points), or visiting friends and family (+10 percentage points). Notably, unlike pre-pandemic behaviour, females are not more likely to be commuting.

Base: Disability (155) | No disability (727)

This chart shows that respondents with a disability are more likely to make some types of journey by bus post-pandemic than those with no disability; recreation and leisure (+12 percentage points), shopping (+9 percentage points), health or medical appointments (+24 percentage points), and visiting friends or family (+7 percentage points). The chart also shows that respondents with no disability are more likely to be commuting by bus, or considering doing so, post-pandemic (+7 percentage points).