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Article: Private car use at an all-time high as public transport takes a back seat
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- August 26, 2003
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TRAFFIC levels on Scotland's roads have reached an all-time high,
while moves to boost public transport show little sign of bearing
fruit, official figures showed yesterday.
The evidence of soaring car use at the expense of bus and rail
confirms a damning analysis of the government's transport record by
Scottish academics, revealed by The Scotsman last week.
Total traffic in Scotland increased by 4 per cent last year to
41.3billion vehicle kilometres (25.8billion vehicle miles), and was
up by 18 per cent on 1993.
In addition, improved calculation methods revealed that traffic
had increased every year since then, rather than remaining broadly
unchanged, as had been previously thought.
The ...