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What our travel diaries say about us

Trends and issues

Travel diaries provide detailed insights into how people move throughout their day. They capture information such as why trips are made, when they occur and how different activities are linked together. For example, combining school drop-offs with shopping trips. This helps reveal patterns, motivations and barriers in travel behaviour, supporting the design of more responsive and inclusive transport systems.

Survey participants recorded their travel on two typical weekdays.

How did survey participants travel on typical workdays? 1

Midweek routines shaped travel

Many people used more than one mode

The travel diaries show how work, study, fitness and shopping routines shape daily mobility. Understanding who travels, when they travel and why they travel is essential to designing future transport systems that meet the diverse needs of Perth’s community.

1 Travel diary component sample size of n=1,218.  

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