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"Everyone drives, right?" Part 3: how Edinburgh moves around


Part 3: Everyone drives right?


Well, no actually!


Firstly, we started with this chart:


But we were asked a lot of questions about the Edinburgh wide data on social media, so we looked much wider than South West Edinburgh:


How do people in Edinburgh commute?


See below for 2011 data. The 2022 census data will be interesting. Will:

  • COVID have fundamentally changed how many work or study at home?

  • the tram & new rail lines have had any effect?

  • a perceived increase in cycling come through?


But can it change?


Yes! These trends can be very long burn, but policy can rive change - as it did in the early 2000s when Edinburgh invested in bus lanes and bus ridership (aided by a good municipal bus company) dramatically increased.


Image credit to Edinburgh Bus User Group!


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