Table 3 Profile of participants’ travel behaviours

None (n = 11)

Hannah

No

Drove to work

N/A

Lucy

No

Drove to park-and-ride and then walked to work

N/A

Beth

No

Drove to work

N/A

Meg

No

Drove herself and her husband to his workplace where there is free parking and then either walked or cycled to work

N/A

Matt

Bus

Took public transport to work

N/A

Tara

Bus

Drove to work

N/A

Jasmine

Path

Cycled to work

N/A

Jamie

Path

Cycled to work

N/A

Graham

Bus

Usually drove

N/A

Daniel

Bus

Worked from home but travelled to see clients predominantly by car

N/A

Robert

Bus

Cycled to the train station, then took a train and then a bus to work

N/A

Change which does not affect activity levels (n = 4)

Mark

Bus and path

Usually cycled or took the guided bus and drove occasionally

Previously used normal bus system, cycled on the road and drove occasionally. Changed to using the guided bus and maintenance track to cycle to work.

Holly

Bus

Used the guided bus

Changed from using the normal bus to the guided bus when the weather was nice or when her husband drove her to the park-and-ride.

Paula

Path

Either cycled or used a bus

Took up cycling to work partly along the guided busway. Travelled by bus in the winter.

Liam

Path

Drove to work and occasionally cycled along the busway

Took up cycling to work occasionally after introduction of the maintenance track.

More active (away from car) (n = 13)

Oliver

Bus

Either cycled or drove to work

Took up cycling approximately three years ago after his wife started cycling and suggested that he try it too.

Zoe

No

Cycled, drove, or drove to a park-and-ride and then cycled

Change prompted by retirement of partner with whom she travelled by car to work. Changed to cycling, or driving to park-and-ride and then cycling.

Freya

Bus and path

Cycled to work

Changed from driving to park-and-ride and cycling to work to cycling the entire journey — either on the busway or on the normal roads depending on the weather which determined whether the access path to the busway was passable.

Harry

Bus and path

Cycled or took the guided bus to work

Change primarily caused by moving house which made journey longer, thereby increasing cycling distance.

William

No

Either drove or cycled to work

Changed from driving to work all the time to occasionally cycling. Change primarily caused by moving house.

Catherine

No

Drove to work and occasionally cycled to work

Changed from driving to park-and-ride and then taking a bus to work to mainly driving and occasionally cycling. Change caused primarily by moving house which shortened the journey.

Peter

Path

Cycled to work

Changed from taking a train and cycling part of the journey to cycling the entire journey. Change primarily caused by moving house.

Helen

No

Drove to park-and-ride and walked the rest of the way to work

Changed from driving the entire journey to work to driving to a park-and-ride site and walking the rest of the way to work. Change primarily caused by removal of workplace parking.

Vicky

Bus

Drove to park-and-ride and then took a bus to work. Walked the return journey to park-and-ride site

Changed from parking on site to using park-and-ride and taking a bus to work and walking the return journey. Change driven by the stress of trying to find a parking space.

Nick

Bus

Used the guided bus four days a week and drove to a different workplace once a week

Previously car-shared with his wife who would drop him at work and would continue to her own workplace. Changed from driving to work to taking the busway after moving home. This change involved more walking.

Jenny

Bus

Drove to park-and-ride and took the guided bus to work

Previously drove from home to work. Decided to try out a park-and-ride and cycle along a narrow cycle path which ran alongside a road. When the busway was introduced she drove to the park-and-ride and cycled along the busway path which she preferred because it was wider. In the winter she decided to try the guided bus from her home to her workplace.

Omar

Bus

Either drove to work or drove to a park-and-ride and walked or took the guided bus the rest of the way to work

Change brought about by health concerns which led to increased willingness to use the park-and-rides more to walk. Started using the guided busway once he had a free bus pass and reduced the amount of cycling he did to work due to health problems.

Paul

Path

Drove for food shopping

Decreased driving, especially long distances, owing to health problems. Took up cycling for leisure, which he attributed to the Olympics.

Less active (towards car) (n = 10)

Alice

Bus

Drove to work

Change caused by changing jobs three times during the study. When participant had to pay for parking at work she either took the train or drove to a park-and-ride and then walked or cycled to work. Changed to driving every day due to free parking at her work place.

Greg

Bus and path

Took a bus to work

Changed from cycling to work to taking public transport. Change caused by increasing age and health problems meaning he was less able and inclined to cycle to work.

Louise

No

Drove to work

Participant used to take two buses from home to work. Due to health problems she occasionally needed to use car to get to work. Employers granted her a permanent parking permit so she now drives to work.

Hester

No

Drove to work

Used to cycle to work three times a week when the weather was nice and drove when she was going on to appointments. Since semi-retiring she had been cycling more due to decreased work pressures but she had broken her arm a few months ago and hadn't been able to cycle since.

Kevin

No

Either drove to work or took two buses

Primarily cycled to work before moving home. After moving home cycling to work was no longer possible due to increased distance.

Leah

Path

Drove an electric scooter to work, occasionally drove a car or cycled to work

Primarily cycled to work before moving home. After moving home and purchasing an electric scooter and needing to drive more as a result of changes to job, she cycled to work less.

Kayleigh

No

Drove to work

Changed from driving to park-and-ride and cycling the rest of the way to work, to predominantly using the car and occasionally taking the bus to work. Change provoked by bicycle being stolen from the park-and-ride and second bicycle getting a puncture.

Sally

Bus

Drove to work

Participant had changed from taking a train and walking to work to driving. Change attributed to learning to drive.

Sophie

Path

Cycled with children to school

Participant had changed from cycling to work to working from home and therefore not needing to travel to a work place.

George

Bus and path

Drove to work

Change driven by change in job, which meant he could no longer cycle to work because of the increased distance.