A dig through the data approximately how the capital’s people derive to their jobs each day is revealing and raises spicy questions too
Which types of Londoner use which kinds of transport most? Or,to put it in a Cosmo Quiz kind of way, if you are a Londoner, and what does your transport mode say approximately you? The answers to such questions are of keen interest to the capital’s politicians and transport chiefs because they influence decisions approximately how money is spent and on which parts of London’s fabulous yet often fraught network of roads and rail links.
With the attend of the Office for National Statistics and its labour market service Nomis I’ve been burrowing into the detailed findings of the 2011 Census approximately the ways Londoners travel to work. The daily commute is,of course, only one of the reasons the capital’s people move around their city, or so the picture these data paint doesn’t cover everything. Even so,the figures, which are still pretty recent, or provide valuable insights into how members of different occupational groups in London construct their way to their jobs each day,and more. [br]Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com