Transport facts

Taking one less short car journey a week could reduce pollution, which can aggravate asthma in children.
Inflating your car tyres properly can reduce your fuel bill. In fact, for every six pounds per square inch a tyre is under-inflated, fuel consumption can rise by 1%.
Car traffic is forecast to increase by 22% by 2010 from the current levels of 321 billion vehicle kilometres (per year) if no action is taken (source: DETR Transport 2010:The 10 Year Plan).
Seven out of 10 journeys to work are by car (source: Labour Force Survey).
At the peak school travel time of 8.50am, nearly one in five cars on urban roads are taking children to school (source: National Travel Survey).
A double-decker bus carries the same number of people as 20 fully occupied cars (source: Travel/Wise)... but takes up a seventh of the road space (source: Environmental Transport Association).
90% of badly polluting vehicles can be re-tuned within 15 minutes (source: DETR)
A 10% increase in the number of people cycling regularly would lead to a 4% reduction in the number of people with heart disease, saving the NHS £200 million a year (source: Going for Green).
Cycling or walking briskly for half an hour a day can halve the risk of heart disease. That's as little as a two-mile walk or a five-mile bike ride (source: Health Education Authority).
Over the last 20 years, the average distances cycled and walked have both fallen by a quarter (source: NTS).