Scottish Adult Travel Diary with Journey Purpose and Mode

Travel Diary provides information on travel by adults in Scotland, including journey purpose, mode, distance, duration, experience of congestion and times and days of week on which adults travel. The dataset is designated as National Statistics and is produced by the Scottish Government. It was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Modeling travel demand based on journey purpose and mode of transport mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing traffic congestion patterns based on reported experience of congestion.
• Planning public transport schedules based on data about times and days of week of travel.
• Assessing environmental impact of transport based on journey distance and duration data.

Strengths

• Designated as National Statistics, indicating a formal quality assurance process.
• Covers multiple dimensions of travel behavior including purpose, mode, distance, and duration.
• Last updated on 2026-07-08, suggesting recent data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Scottish Government

Collection Method

Likely collected via survey or diary study, as implied by the 'Travel Diary' title.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:43.030041

Geography

Scotland