National Household Travel Survey 2010National 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 2010National Household Travel Survey 2010Methodology• 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 2010National Household Travel Survey 2010 General 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 2010National Household Travel Survey 2010 General 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

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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 2010National Household Travel Survey 2010 General Results

Journey Time• Little change in journey

time since 1998• However, this is mostly a

perception of time, as respondents give estimated time departures and arrivals

National Household Travel Survey 2010National Household Travel Survey 2010 General Results

Distribution of Car Trips

• Distribution of car trips remained largely the same but with a longer afternoon peak

National Household Travel Survey 2010National Household Travel Survey 2010 General Results

Household Car availability

• 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%

National Household Travel Survey 2010National Household Travel Survey 2010 General Results

Car availability for bus trips

• 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

National Household Travel Survey 2010National Household Travel Survey 2010 General Results

Purpose of bus trips

• Bus is becoming less popular means with which to go to work

National Household Travel Survey 2010National Household Travel Survey 2010 General Results

Weekend Use of cars • Very little change in weekend travel patterns

National Household Travel Survey 2010National Household Travel Survey 2010 General 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

Frequency of Bus Use

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Public 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

No. of bus trips by user

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Public Transport

• 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.

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Public Transport

• 60% of frequent bus users are female whereas 61% of non-bus-users are male.

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Disabled 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 2010National 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.

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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