ACT HTS - 01 Method of Travel (2022)

This spreadsheet replicates selected data tables from the ACT &amp; Queanbeyan Household Travel Survey dashboard.
Please refer to the attached spreadsheet on this page.

About the Method of Travel theme
The theme provides an estimate of the number of activities visited on an average weekday by the residents of ACT and Queanbeyan, and the associated methods of travel used.
This theme uses trips to describe main method of travel between activities. If multiple modes are used, the one associated with the longest distance leg is selected as the 'main method'. 

As an example, typical bus travel to a destination would include at least three individual legs:
- the distance required to get to the bus stop (before getting in the bus)
- the distance travelled on the bus itself
- the distance travelling to the final destination (after getting off the bus).
These legs are merged together as a single 'bus trip'.

Note that the tables provided represent a small subset of data available. Only the number and proportion of trips are shown, by time period and household region. Use of the dashboard or raw survey datasets allow more complex descriptions of travel to be developed. 

Source of Data:
The data shown is not a Census of travel, but a large survey of several thousand households from across the ACT and Queanbeyan. As with any survey there will be some variability in the accuracy of the results, and how well they reflect the movement of the entire population. For instance, if the survey were to be completed on another day, or with a different subset of households, the results would be slightly different. Interpretations of the data should keep this variability in mind: these are estimates of the broad shape of travel only. Even for the same person, travel behaviour will vary according to many factors: day of week, month of year, season, weather, school holidays, illness, family responsibilities, work from home opportunities, etc. Again, by summarising the travel of many different people, the data provides a view of average weekday patterns.

In interpreting the data, it is worth noting the following points:
-    A zero cell does not necessarily mean the travel is never made, but rather that the survey participants did not make this travel on their particular survey day.
-    Values are rounded, and may not sum to the totals shown.
Trip time periods are assigned using the mid point of travel:
-   AM peak (8am to 9am), PM peak (5pm to 6pm), Interpeak (9am to 5pm), Off-peak (after 6pm)

The survey is described on the Transport Canberra and City Services' website:
[Household Travel Survey homepage]

Cell annotations and notes
Some cells have annotations added to them, as follows:
*    : Statistically significant difference across survey years (at the 95% confidence level). Confidence intervals indicate where the true measure would typically fall if the survey were repeated multiple times (i.e., 95 times out of 100), recognising that each survey iteration may produce slightly different outcomes.
~    : Unreliable estimate (small sample or wide confidence interval)

Additional information
Analysis by Sift Research, March 2025.
Contact research@sift.group for further information.
Enclosed data tables shared under a 'CC BY' Creative Commons licence. This enables users to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.
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Tags: act-household-travel-survey
Organization: ACT Government Open Data