BSIP: Summary of bus travel

Summary:

• Respondents are travelling by bus less frequently post-pandemic; 24% of respondents ‘never’ currently travel by bus – a nine percentage point increase from pre-pandemic bus travel (15%)
• Before the pandemic, 53% of respondents were travelling by bus at least weekly. This figure is now at 40% post pandemic
• Before the pandemic ‘recreation and leisure’ (71%) and ‘shopping’ (62%) were the main types of journey being made by bus; these are still the most popular types of journey in the post-pandemic but are now at a lower level, with recreation and leisure having dropped to 58% and shopping having dropped to 52%

This chart shows that respondents are travelling by bus less frequently post-pandemic, with those never travelling by bus now at 24% compared to 15% of respondents pre-pandemic. It also shows that before the pandemic, 53% of respondents were travelling by bus at least weekly, with this figure now being at 40% post-pandemic

Base: Pre-Pandemic (1,116) | Post-Pandemic (1,066)

This chart shows that before the pandemic, ‘recreation and leisure’ (71%) and ‘shopping’ (62%) were the main types of journey being made by bus. The chart also shows that these are still the most popular types of journey in the post-pandemic, but are now at a lower level; with recreation and leisure having dropped to 58% and shopping having dropped to 52%

Base: Pre Pandemic (937) | Post Pandemic (775)