This page lists the questions asked within the Transport module in 1999. Clicking on the variable name before each question will bring you to the tables of results for that question. Publications and further information on Transport can be found on the Transport Resources page.

Some of these questions were also asked in the Young Life and Times Survey.

TRANSCAR: Does anyone in your household own or have use of a car or van?

NUMBCARS: How many vehicles in all?

COMPCAR: Are any of these vehicles provided by an employer or run as a business expense?

TRFPB6U: How serious a problem for you is congestion on motorways?

TRFPB7U: How serious a problem for you is increased traffic on country roads and lanes?

TRFPB8U: How serious a problem for you is traffic congestion at popular places in the countryside?

TRFPB9U: How serious a problem for you is traffic congestion in towns and cities?

TRFPB10U: How serious a problem for you is exhaust fumes from traffic in towns and cities?

TRFPB11U: How serious a problem for you is noise from traffic in towns and cities?

GETABB1: Will doubling the cost of petrol over ten years affect your use of the car?

GETABB2: Will improving long distance rail/coach services affect your use of the car?

GETABB3: Will improving the reliability of local public transport affect your use of the car?

GETABB4: Will charging motorists £2 when they enter a city centre at peak times affect your use of the car?

GETABB5: Will charging £1 for every 50 miles on motorways affect your use of the car?

GETABB6: Will making parking penalties more severe affect your use of the car?

GETABB7: Will making special cycles lanes on roads affect your use of the car?

GETABB9: Will halving local public transport fares affect your use of the car?

GETABB10: Will halving long distance rail/coach fares affect your use of the car?

DRIVE: Do you drive a car these days?

TRAVEL1: How often do you travel by car as a driver?

TRAVEL2: How often do you travel by car as a passenger?

TRAVEL3: How often do you travel by local bus?

TRAVEL4: How often do you travel by train?

TRAVEL6: How often do you travel by bicycle?

TRAVEL9: How often do you walk somewhere 15 minutes away?

CUTQRT: How inconvenient would it be to cut a quarter of your regular car trips?

CUTHALF: How inconvenient would it be to cut a half of your regular car trips?

BUSLINK: Are there bus services around here linking with shops and services?

BUSSERV1: How clean and tidy are the buses?

BUSSERV2: Do buses stop too far away from your home?

BUSSERV3: Are buses safe to travel in after dark?

BUSSERV4: Do buses not run often enough?

BUSSERV5: Do buses cost too much?

BUSSERV6: Do buses take you where you mostly need to go?

CARWALK: Could you make many of your car journeys by foot?

CARBUS: Could you make many of your car journeys by bus?

CARTAXHI: Should car users pay higher taxes?

MOTORWAY: Should more motorways be built?

CARCONV: Is driving one's own car too convenient to give up?

BUILDTRA: Does building more roads encourage more traffic?

CUTCARS: How important is it to reduce the number of cars on the roads?

PTIMPRIM: How important is it to improve public transport?

PTIMPR1: Raise money for public transport by doubling the cost of petrol?

PTIMPR2: Raise money for public transport by charging £2 entering city centre?

PTIMPR3: Raise money for public transport by halving spending on new roads?

PTIMPR4: Raise money for public transport by halving spending on road maintenance?

PTIMPR5: Raise money for public transport by charging £1 for 50 miles on motorways?

PTIMPR6: Raise money for public transport by increase taxes like VAT?

TRAFPRBM: Is the amount of traffic one of the most serious problems for Northern Ireland?

TRAFCONG: Will traffic congestion be one of the most serious problems in the next 20 years?

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