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National Household Travel Survey 2010. Introduction NHTS provides very valuable information for Transport Malta and other entities involved in transport and land-use planning very clear picture of the travel patterns of the Maltese population
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National Household Travel Survey 2010 Introduction • NHTS provides very valuable information for Transport Malta and other entities involved in transport and land-use planning • very clear picture of the travel patterns of the Maltese population • allows for the better planning of transport infrastructure, both in terms of road and public transport services. • since two previous such surveys were carried out (1989 & 1998), the NHTS2010 gives us a third point to plot on our graph of changing traffic trends.
National Household Travel Survey 2010 Methodology • The NHTS2010 survey methodology was consistent with previous NHTSs • also corrected the few inefficiencies and anomalies noted in previous surveys. • The whole project was allocated to external consultants • coordination committee was set up between TM, MITC and PwC. • Marketing the survey during the lead up to Survey Day was a crucial part of the project. Sample • The sample selection was taken from the local council electoral register and proportioned to a statistically representative number of households at a district level. Feedback • 6,666 households answered – exceeding target of 6,000 • 16,952 persons • 41,771 trips covered by NHTS.
National Household Travel Survey 2010General Results • Origin-destination matrix of trips is the most useful result of the NHTS. • Multi-dimensional matrix, with the 41,771 trips distributed according to origin, destination, mode of transport, time of trip, purpose of trip etc..
National Household Travel Survey 2010General Results • The most important result of a National Household Travel Survey is the “Modal Split”, which shows the means of transport used for the different trips. • Loss of patronage in Public Transport when compared to the private car. • Unscheduled service dropped from 6.2% to 3.7%. (outside Valletta) • Walking dropped from 10.9% to 7.6% • Cycling remained negligible at 0.3% of all trips Modal Split
National Household Travel Survey 2010General Results Occupants per car • The average number of occupants per car rose slightly from 1.245 in 1998 to 1.255 in 2010, but remains well below the 1989 figure
National Household Travel Survey 2010General Results • Little change in journey time since 1998 • However, this is mostly a perception of time, as respondents give estimated time departures and arrivals Journey Time
National Household Travel Survey 2010General Results Distribution of Car Trips • Distribution of car trips remained largely the same but with a longer afternoon peak
National Household Travel Survey 2010General Results • Households without a car increased from 13.8% to 15.6%, probably due to increase of households with single older persons • Households with 3 or more cars increased from 15.4% to 19.6% Household Car availability
National Household Travel Survey 2010General Results • availability of car for bus-users is encouraging; 37.6% in 2010 when compared to 20.4% in 1998. • 48.7% of people using bus to enter Valletta had a car available to them, which they could have used • Only 7% of population is dependant on the bus as a means of transport Car availability for bus trips
National Household Travel Survey 2010General Results Purpose of bus trips • Bus is becoming less popular means with which to go to work
National Household Travel Survey 2010General Results Weekend Use of cars • Very little change in weekend travel patterns
National Household Travel Survey 2010General Results • Car is being used for shorter trips • 13.1% of all car trips were made within the boundary of one locality • Bus trips still heavily depend on Valletta
National Household Travel Survey 2010Results unique to NHTS 2010Public Transport • 3 out 10 are not aware of Public Transport reform. • 20% of population use bus regularly. • 36.3% of drivers and 48.1% of passengers claim that they would be willing to perform a journey using an improved public transport system instead of car. • potential rise of Public Transport share from 11.2% to 40%, if public transport is improved Frequency of Bus Use
National Household Travel Survey 2010Results unique to NHTS 2010Public Transport No. of bus trips by user • Regular bus users (who claim to make more than one journey a week) have contributed to 72.8% of total bus users during the Survey Day.
National Household Travel Survey 2010Results unique to NHTS 2010Public Transport • 60% of frequent bus users are female whereas 61% of non-bus-users are male.
National Household Travel Survey 2010Results unique to NHTS 2010Disabled Users • 17.1% disabled peopled stayed at home (c.w. 5.6% of non-disabled people) • 37% of wheelchair-bound persons and 23.4% of persons with restricted mobility stayed at home.
National Household Travel Survey 2010Valletta Results Visitors’ trips to Valletta by reason of trip • actual drop of 1.3% in trips made by visitors to Valletta, from 35,667 in 1998 to 35,214 in 2010 • Increase of over 20% in total number of visitors going to Valletta for shopping, entertainment, medical, religious and other private reasons.
National Household Travel Survey 2010Valletta Results Visitors to Valletta by age and sex • A significant drop in the 18-40yr olds, especially male • Overall increase in arrivals by 60+ • 5% increase in female arrivals