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UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, July 2005

Variable Details

Variablespec14
LabelPlease record other way of dealing with congestion?
Question text Other way of dealing with congestion?
Responses
BYCILCLE SCHEMES 1
Bring back pony & trap 1
Build a bypass and remove traffic lights when they aren't working there is no problem 1
CAR SHARE. PUT A LIMIT ON HOW CARS HOUSEHOLDS CAN HAVE 1
CAR SHARING 1
CONGESTION IS A SUCCESS NO MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. 1
Do roadworks overnight 1
Educate people to use alternatives to the car 1
Education Drivers need educating on how to use roads -reading the road not allowing enough time More public transport to get people off the roads 1
FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORT 1
Get rid of some of the traffic lights and build a bypass. It is not a problem when they are out of order 1
Homeworking 1
I don't have any ideas at all 1
INTERVIEWEE DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION 1
If elderly walk and bike if you can 1
Increase cost of driving.make other means available. 1
Limit the number of cars that a family can have 1
Make people travel at non peak times, give people staggered times when they could travel. 1
No Opinion, V old lady 1
RAISED ROADS WOULD HELP, FLYOVERS IN SOME PLACES WOULD HELP ENORMOUSLY, AND IF LORRIES HAD THEIR OWN ROUTES THAT WOULD HELP 1
Raise age of being able to drive to between 18 and 20 1
Road Timing for peak hours 1
a ring road like they promised 40 years ago 1
all those points are worth considering 1
another route into city - park and ride 1
around here build another lane on the bridges ae no 1
avoid it at all costs 1
bad road system/weather 1
ban heavy lorries in villages 1
ban parents from taking cars to school within certain radius 1
better car pooling arrangements 1
better management of roads eg traffic lights 1
better road planning in town (Greenock). One way system actually causes bottlenecks, because multiple feeds into main artery 1
build a bypass 1
build less high density housing - build up north 1
cant think of any dk 1
car parks on edge of town and then bus to take you to destination 1
car pooling better public transport 1
car share 4
car sharimg 1
car sharing 11
car sharing/park and rides 1
carsharing, if more than 2 people in a car allow them to use the buslanes, 1
children go to school on bus or walk 1
congeSTION NOT A PROBLEN 1
cut down on using certain roads at certain times 1
cut the cost of public fares 1
d/k 1
dealing with accidents more quickly and less roadworks 1
decline to report ( daft question) 1
decrease number of lorries at peak times 1
different road zones of fuel charge 1
dk 3
do not have parking on both sides of road where road is too nawrrow 1
does not drive and so does not concern her 1
doesn't understand 1
doesnt understand question 1
doesnt understand the q. 1
dont increase rates/people should have freedom of choice 1
dont know 2
dont know british system 1
dont know nolt effected by road congestion 1
dont think there should be anymore charges 1
double up in cars - more motorbikes and better public transport 1
driving age should be raised to 21 1
encorage people to work from home 1
encourage car sharing + improve public transport then encourage people to use it 1
encourage haulage to use railways 1
encourage less use of cars 1
encourage peaple to use buses 1
encourage people to use other methods of travel 1
encourage people to use public transport 1
encourange people to walk or cycle or take public transport where thery can 1
evens and odd number plates 1
everyone should cycle 1
extra cost for second vehicle 1
fair exchange traffic control at roundabouts 1
find another route 1
flexi working hours 1
force people to walk more ie kids and mums going to school 1
free travel for all and more public transport 1
get lorries to travel at night 1
get people off the roads onto such as trolley buses and light rail systems or cheap park and ride 1
get rid of older cars over 6 years 1
get rid of traffic lights 1
go early & avoid the traffic jam 1
goods despatched by train not lorry 1
govt to spend more tax money on the network 1
have no idea 1
have no idea how they could solve it 1
have people work closer to home 1
have transport system like Hong Kong 1
heavy goods vehicles travel in night hours 1
i'm not a driver so i don't know what to say - it has got worse as more people have got cars - so it's got to get worse still 1
if each family had only one car 1
if more people walked or shared transport 1
if people used their cars less 1
improve and plan changes to existing systems 1
improve freight travel opportunities rail and boat 1
improve road network + better public services 1
improve transport of goods by rail 1
improvement in bus lanes 1
in rural areas car sharing is no go, road congestion in this area not bad, open hard shoulder or third lane an stop road works in the summer 1
incentives to get people to travel at off peak times 1
increase parking prices 1
increase test age and stop at age 80 1
insist everyone has to car share some large organisations must make sure staff hours mtch so that they can come and go at same time 1
it is up to the government to decide 1
keep large lorries off small local roads 1
keep roads more open 1
kids should walk to school 1
leave car at home 1
leave earlier 1
less cars on road alter working hours 1
less people living in the country having to travel to shops and work 1
less rdworks or more consideration when they do it - work at night 1
less road works 1
leve at earlier times avoid rushhour 1
limit cars owned in household 1
limit number of cars owned per household 1
limit people to one car, increase price of petrol, make better infrastructure 1
make children catch buses to school 1
make employment available in more areas 1
make it harder to pass your test viz better drivers 1
make people use bikes 1
make public transport available poor service 1
make schools start earlier 1
maker harder for young people to have them 1
making more expensive i wouldnt want to do it but only way to discourage people and sort out roads 1
making more people walk - walking bus 1
mini-bus instead of cars for school runs 1
more car share 1
more courtesy on the roads 1
more flexitime at work 1
more kids schemes - walking to school 1
more park and ride 2
more parking restrictions 1
more people sharing a car 1
more people should use bikes 1
more ring roads 1
more traffic lights 1
more zebra crossings 1
mothers walk kids to mschool 1
move people on to public transport 1
mum not taking kids to schh 1
need more bike routes/better paths for walking with decent signs and routes/car sharing/school buses for children or parents get together and take several children/should also help with pollution 1
no idea 2
no opinion 1
no suggestion really, bus transport is good, but people will take their cars! 1
no way 1
no way of dealing with the school run 1
none of above 1
none of the above 1
none of these 1
not agree any 1
not being so many drivers on the road 1
not interested 1
not living in a congested area so I am not sure 1
not manufacturing more cars, recycle the cars we have 1
not paying system 1
not so many mothers taking children to school in half empty cars 1
not using motorway and avoid rush hour traffic 1
nothing can improve it 1
nothing it is only going to get worse anyway 1
odd numbered vehicles on the road one day, evens another 1
only making neccessary journeys 1
only nparents had the cars not children 1
out of town parking (park and ride), by-passes 1
park and ride 2
park and ride and better police ing of loading /unloading laws main depot for large and deliver in small 1
park and ride facilities 1
park and ride, car share 1
people causes gridlock by ignoring traffic speed instructions 1
people no longer travel to /from work but travel around.Use of internet goog or centraklise working place.m 1
people to use cycles instead of cars 1
plan journey time 1
proper highway design less junctions and bus stops 1
provide more family-friendly working opportunities for people to travel at different times 1
raise driving age to 21 1
raise minimum driving age to 21 1
raise the starting age level for learning to drive to 21 1
reduce cars to use 1
reduce no cars 1
reduce number of cars to housholds 1
reduce the number of vehicles 1
relocate businesses to less congested areas 1
remove cars off thew road 1
remove some of the traffic lights and put in roundabouts.Traffic flows OK in power cuts 1
remove speed humps 1
remove traffic light, round abouts and width restrictuons and calming methods 1
repair the roads that we have 1
respondent hardly travels no opinion on this question 1
restrict the traffic in some way 1
restricting cars to 1 per family and restricting 4 x 4s 1
retest olderm people higher age before given a licence 1
road tolls 1
road works only done at non peak times such as overnight 1
roundabouts instead of lights which restrict flow / 1
school run cause most congestion 1
scrap the roadworks 1
share cars 1
sharing travel when going to work 1
should be more traffic lights 1
some taxation on car use 1
speed cameras 1
stagger work times 1
stagger working times 2
staggered work hours 1
stop cars going into town 1
stop people using cars 1
stop school runs/ 1
stop the road works 1
stricter driving test unlicensed driver to be banned off road 1
synchronise traffic lights 1
tackle the school run 2
take a diff. route 1
take an alternative route 1
take out bus lanes and speed humps 1
taking care when crossing the road 1
taking the distance limit off school buses 1
tax drivers on mileage at MOT 1
the bypass supposed to be built in 2012 1
the bypass we're waiting for 1
think about where crossings are placed on roundabouts/ traffic lights on some roundabouts do more harm than good/better road markings so people know where they are going 1
this town needs a bypass 1
to many traffic lights instead of roundabouts 1
to walk instead 1
toll roads 1
too many cars in london dont know 1
traffic not an issue 1
travelling off peak 1
try to avoid peak hour 1
try to avoid rush hour 1
trying to stop one person per car and children walking to school instead of going by car 1
use better quality road surfaces , less roadworks for this reason 1
use bicycle for health reasons as well as congestion 1
vary school times 1
wait patiently 1
walk mpore often and not use their cars in such a place as scarborough 1
walking 1
walking to work 1
we are moving house leaving this address and going to a house 2 minutes from our business. for others it could be the same try to live as near to work as poss 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, July 2005
Interviewer InstructionsPlease record other way of dealing with congestion?
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;Adults;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study, monthly (up to year 2000), 8 cycles per year thereafter.