4602.0.55.002 - Environmental Issues: Waste Management and Transport Use, Mar 2009 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 20/11/2009  First Issue
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WALKING AND CYCLING

In 2009, the proportion of people who usually walked to their place of work or full-time study was 4%, and 2% of people who usually travel to work or full-time study cycled as their main form of transport (table 4.3).

Proximity of home to place of work or full-time study (64%) and exercise and health (50%) were the two most common reasons reported by people who usually walked or cycled to work or full-time study. Only 7% of people who usually walked or cycled to work or full-time study reported concern for the environment as a reason for doing so (table 4.15).

Distance was by far the most commonly reported reason why people did not usually walk (71%) or cycle (45%) to their place of work or full-time study. This was true for all age groups (table 4.16 and table 4.17).




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