Covid-19 TRANSAS Chapter 5 figures

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Figure 24: Percentage of people using each mode at least three times a week at each time-point

Transport mode	Before Lockdown	During Lockdown	October
Car as a driver	48%	17%	34%
Car as a passenger	12%	4%	9%
Van	3%	2%	3%
Bus	16%	2%	6%
Train	5%	1%	2%
Cycling	5%	5%	4%
Walking	36%	41%	56%
Taxi	1%	0%	1%

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Figure 25: Proportion of the sample in each walking frequency segment and their movement between these at each time point

Walking frequency level	Before lockdown
High – more than 3 days per week	36.8%
Medium – 1 to 2 days per week	9.6%
Low – few times per month or less	9.6%
None	44.0%

Walking frequency level	During lockdown
High – more than 3 days per week	41.3%
Medium – 1 to 2 days per week	16.3%
Low – few times per month or less	5.3%
None	37.2%

Walking frequency level	October 2020
High – more than 3 days per week	56.8%
Medium – 1 to 2 days per week	21.9%
Low – few times per month or less	9.1%
None	12.1%

Walking frequency level before lockdown	Change in frequency level from before to during lockdown	Percentage
High – more than 3 days per week	High	63%
	Medium	17%
	Low	4%
	None	16%
Medium – 1 to 2 days per week	High	31%
	Medium	29%
	Low	8%
	None	32%
Low – few times per month or less	High	22%
	Medium	16%
	Low	11%
	None	51%
None	High	30%
	Medium	13%
	Low	4%
	None	53%

Walking frequency level during lockdown	Change in frequency level from during lockdown to October 2020	Percentage
High – more than 3 days per week	High	79%
	Medium	14%
	Low	3%
	None	4%
Medium – 1 to 2 days per week	High	49%
	Medium	34%
	Low	10%
	None	7%
Low – few times per month or less	High	34%
	Medium	32%
	Low	23%
	None	11%
None	High	39%
	Medium	24%
	Low	14%
	None	24%

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Figure 26: Mode shift on the journey to school among those with children at the same schools in both W1 and W2

Transport mode	Before lockdown
Multimodal	33%
Car	18%
School bus / bus	10%
Walking	38%
Cycling	1%

Transport mode before lockdown	Mode	Shift
Multimodal	Multimodal	63%
	Car	19%
	School bus / bus	13%
	Walking	3%
Car	Multimodal	26%
	Car	68%
	School bus / bus	1%
	Walking	5%
	Cycling	1%
School bus / bus	Multimodal	24%
	Car	9%
	School bus / bus	64%
	Walking	2%
	Cycling	1%
Walking	Multimodal	33%
	Car	4%
	School bus / bus	4%
	Walking	62%
Cycling	Multimodal	17%
	Car	17%
	Cycling	1%

Transport mode	October 2020
Multimodal	40%
Car	21%
School bus / bus	8%
Walking	29%
Cycling	1%

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Figure 27: Mode shift on the journey to school among those with children at the same schools in both W1 and W2

Journey to school	No WFH	Some WFH	100% WFH	100% Furloughed	Not in paid work
I/my partner enjoy the time with my children on the journey to/from school/childcare	50%	54%	59%	55%	48%
I/my partner have had more time lately to take my child(ren) to/from school/childcare	16%	31%	44%	36%	14%
I/my partner currently often drop-off or pick up my child(ren) as part of my journey to or from work	30%	31%	11%	15%	5%
I/my partner used to drop-off or pick up my child(ren) as part of my journey to or from work, but not at the moment	6%	12%	28%	13%	9%

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Figure 28: The average level of restrictions (Tier level) experienced between June and October in each survey location

Location	Mean Tier Level (1=Low, 2=Medium, 3=High), June to October
Aberdeen	1.07
Edinburgh	1.63
Glasgow	1.79
Ayrshire	1.79
Bristol	1.07
Lancashire	1.29
Liverpool	1.79
Manchester	1.79
Newcastle	1.57
London	1.43

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Figure 29: The association between changes in frequency of mode use and average level of tier restrictions

Transport mode	Mean change in days per week used
Transport mode	Low	Medium
Car driving	-0.49	-0.6
Car Passenger	-0.15	-0.23
Bus	-0.62	-0.53
Train	-0.28	-0.38
Cycling	-0.1	0
Walking	1.1	1
Taxi	-0.12	-0.18

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Figure 30: Shift in individual levels of concern about Covid-19 by participants in both waves

Level of concern	Wave 1
Extremely	9.5%
Very	15.0%
Moderately	27.0%
Slightly	35.0%
Not at tall	12.0%

Level of concern Wave 1	Shift in level of concern from Wave 1 to Wave 2	Percentage change
Extremely	Extremely	69%
	Very	19%
	Moderately	6%
	Slightly	6%
Very	Extremely	25%
	Very	36%
	Moderately	22%
	Slightly	14%
Moderately	Very	15%
	Moderately	43%
	Slightly	34%
Slightly	Very	6%
	Moderately	23%
	Slightly	55%
	Not at tall	14%
Not at tall	Moderately	6%
	Slightly	22%
	Not at tall	72%

Level of concern	Wave 2
Extremely	12.0%
Very	14.0%
Moderately	25.0%
Slightly	35.0%
Not at tall	14%
Not at tall	15.0%

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Figure 31: Relationship between the change in mode use between before lockdown and October and the averaged W1/W2 ‘Covid-19 Concern’ score

Transport mode	Mean Covid-19 concern score
Transport mode	Large REDUCTION in mode use	Modest REDUCTION	Modest INCREASE	Large INCREASE
Car as a driver	2.9	2.7	2.6	2.4
Car as a passenger	3	2.7	2.7	2.7
Bus	2.8	2.7	2.5	2.8
Train	2.7	2.7	2.5	2.4
Cycling	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.4
Walking	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.6
Taxi	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.7

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Figure 32: Shift in individual agreement with being more worried about getting CV19 from visiting places rather than from the travelling itself by participants in both waves

Wave 1
Level	N	Percentage
Strongly agree	442	7%
Agree	1320	21%
Neither / nor	2624	42%
Disagree	1368	22%
Strongly disagree	455	7%

Shift in agreement
Level in Wave 1	Level	Percentage change from Wave to Wave 2
Strongly agree	Strongly agree	23%
	Agree	24%
	Neither / nor	33%
	Disagree	13%
	Strongly disagree	7%
Agree	Strongly agree	7%
	Agree	37%
	Neither / nor	36%
	Disagree	20%
Neither / nor	Agree	17%
	Neither / nor	52%
	Disagree	21%
	Strongly disagree	6%
Disagree	Strongly agree	16%
	Neither / nor	32%
	Disagree	41%
	Strongly disagree	9%
Strongly disagree	Strongly agree	7%
	Agree	12%
	Neither / nor	28%
	Disagree	22%
	Strongly disagree	32%

Wave 2
Level	N	Percentage
Strongly agree	371	6%
Agree	1244	20%
Neither / nor	2549	41%
Disagree	1521	24%
Strongly disagree	524	8%

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Figure 33: Agreement with Covid-19 safety statements of bus users and non-users

Concern	Agreement	Bus Users	Non Users
There is good compliance of face coverings by others	Agree	59%	28%
There is good compliance of face coverings by others	Disagree	-25%	-15%
Buses were being kept santised to product against C19	Agree	47%	26%
Buses were being kept santised to product against C19	Disagree	-19%	-9%
Sometimes buses were too crowded to allow social distancing	Agree	45%	25%
Sometimes buses were too crowded to allow social distancing	Disagree	-34%	-14%
Worried about catching or spreading C19 on the bus	Agree	55%	50%
Worried about catching or spreading C19 on the bus	Disagree	-22%	-15%

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Figure 34: Agreement with Covid-19 safety statements of rail users and non-users

Concern	Agreement	Train Users	Non Users
There is good compliance of face coverings by others	Agree	58%	21%
There is good compliance of face coverings by others	Disagree	-19%	-8%
Trains were being kept santised to product against C19	Agree	53%	25%
Trains were being kept santised to product against C19	Disagree	-11%	-6%
Sometimes Trains were too crowded to allow social distancing	Agree	33%	17%
	Disagree	-37%	-10%
Worried about catching or spreading C19 on the Train	Agree	46%	38%
Worried about catching or spreading C19 on the Train	Disagree	-25%	-15%

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Figure 35: Comparison of users and non-users of buses and trains as to their concerns about catching Covid-19 on each mode

Options	Worried about catching Covid19 on the bus/train	Not worried
No Choice but to use the bus (N=1026)	61%	-19%
Non-bus user (N=4522)	50%	-15%
No Choice but to use the train (N=487)	55%	-35%
Non-train user (N=5334)	38%	-15%

[Figure 35 ends]

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