Written answers
Thursday, 22 June 2023
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Departmental Data
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has data on the modal split in Dublin since Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30112/23]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
The Department of Transport do not hold such information directly, however analysis of surveys conducted by other agencies and the Central Statistics Office provides useful information.
Figures from the National Travel Survey, by the CSO in Quarter 4 of 2021, show the proportional breakdown of journeys by mode in Dublin as follows. More than half of all journeys in Dublin were made by car (56%). Almost three in ten (29.5%) were by walking or cycling, compared with just over one in five (21%) in the same period in 2019. While 12% were by some form of public transport.
More recently, the NTA published the Canal Cordon report, a traffic counting survey conducted at locations around the cordon formed by the Royal and Grand Canals in Dublin during the month of November each year. The latest figures for this survey counted 177,243 people crossing the canal cordon inbound in the morning peak period between 07:00-10:00 for 2022. Of which, 55% did so by public transport (bus, rail, LUAS), 15% by active travel, and 28% by car.
Tables are included below for reference.
| NTS 2021, CSO | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mode | 2019 | 2021 |
| Private car (driver/passenger) | 62.2 | 55.7 |
| Private car - driver | 54.9 | 52.2 |
| Private car - passenger | 7.3 | 3.5 |
| Walk | 17.6 | 24.6 |
| Bus | 8.5 | 7.8 |
| Cycle2 | 3.4 | 4.9 |
| Rail / DART / Luas | 4.1 | 3.1 |
| Rail | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| DART/Luas | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| Taxi / hackney | 1.5 | 0.7 |
| Lorry / motorcycle / other3 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| Lorry/motorcycle | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Van | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| Other3 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| All modes of travel | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 1 n/a denotes breakdown not available for 2016. |
|---|
| 2 Includes travel by electric bicycle. |
| 3 Includes lorry, van, motorcycle and other modes of transport - see also footnote 4. |
| 4 Includes electric personal mobility vehicles such as electric scooters, electric skateboards, Segways, hoverboards. |
| NTA Canal Cordon Count 2022 | Count | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Bus | 61,362 | 35% |
| Rail | 25,314 | 14% |
| LUAS | 10,982 | 6% |
| Car | 49,053 | 28% |
| Taxi | 2,234 | 1% |
| Walk | 16,951 | 10% |
| Cycle | 9,486 | 5% |
| Goods | 933 | 1% |
| Motorcycles | 928 | 1% |
| Total | 177,243 | 100% |
No comments