Regional Transport Provider - Travel Demand Data

These are the data from two bus travel demand surveys which were carried out by the data provider, in 2014 (3700 passengers, 26 questions) and 2022 (3900 passengers, 41 questions). These surveys ask bus passengers various questions, such as how long they would normally wait for a bus, where they are going, why they are doing the journey, and why they had chosen to use the bus service.

Questions include (for 2022): Interview time/location, travelling within/outside region, travelling with child, main purpose, journey is outward or return, weekend use of buses, start and end location for journey, travel mode to/from bus stop, wait time, peak/off-peak user, extra time allowance, frequency of other modes of transport, ticket type, payment method, payment vendor type, reason for choosing bus, how long having been using buses, changes since COVID-19 pandemic, how journeys are planned and how passengers keeps themselves updated during journey, whether car is an option, driving licence held, availability of cars in household, use of smartphone, social networks used, demographics (age, occupation, ethnicity, gender, visible disability or frailty, number of people accompanying passenger.

Content

The anonymised individual responses (microdata). A copy of the questionnaire is included (for 2022) as well as a summary document containing various aggregations.

Quality, Representation and Bias

The dataset covers one region of the UK only, in central England. It is a relatively small sample, has not been demographically weighted and only covers bus travel.

Safeguarded

Data and Resources

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Additional Info

Field Value
Source Regional Transport Provider
Author Regional Transport Provider
Maintainer Oliver O'Brien
Version 1.0
Last Updated January 15, 2026, 14:12 (UTC)
Created December 6, 2024, 10:48 (UTC)
Attribution The data for this research have been provided by the Geographic Data Service (GeoDS), a Smart Data Research UK Investment: ES/Z504464/1.
Columns 41 (2022 survey)
Frequency Irregularly
Granularity Person
Rows 3900 (2022 survey)
Spatial Coverage Central England
Temporal Coverage May 2014 to May 2022