TRANSPORT
Transport use to get to work or study
Overwhelmingly the most common means of getting to work was by car - 42%
Other popular methods were train (9.8%) and walking (9%). Only 4.6% used the bus, 1.9% using other forms of transport. (32% said this question did not apply to them.)
Cycling
Among the 604 households, a total of 235 bicycles were in use.
Transport difficulties
Just under half of the people responding to the survey had difficulties getting to and from Lindfield, with 10% having problems on a regular basis.
The single most common cause of travel difficulties was said to be the unreliability of local buses. (See figures 2 & 2a over page).
Sharing cars
A large number of people (44%) shared cars for social activities, and 17% did so for shopping. But just 4% shared cars to take children to school.
Bus service
The breakdown of people’s opinions on local bus services is as follows:
|
Good or reasonable% |
Poor% |
|
|
Route |
31 |
8 |
|
Timetable |
20 |
18 |
|
Reliability |
25 |
11 |
|
Cost |
19 |
17 |
|
Disability access |
2 |
12 |
(Base: 1,149)
(Note: Many people did not have an opinion, perhaps because so few use buses.)
|
Improvements wanted: |
% |
|
Timetable |
40 |
|
Cost |
31 |
|
Routes |
26. |
|
Reliability |
24 |
|
Bus Stop location |
12 |
|
Disability access |
17 |
|
No opinion |
43 |
(Base: 738)
There were lots of comments on the bus service. 42 people mentioned problems such as infrequent and unreliable buses. The lack of a bus to Princess Royal hospital was mentioned, as was the lack of buses in the evenings. Four people mentioned problems of disability access.
Figure 2
Figure 2a
