This Flash Eurobarometer 'Future of transport' (No 312) was conducted at the request of Directorate General Mobility and Transport in the 27 EU Member States. Initially the survey examined the current means of transport that EU citizens used to get around on a daily basis. These ranged from a car or motorbike, to public transport, cycling and walking. The survey then looked at various transport policy issues and asked EU citizens for their views. These topics included: the level of support for “pay-as-you-drive” policies; people’s readiness to buy a “cleaner” vehicle as opposed to a traditional one; car users’ reasons for not using public transport; ideas for making public transport easier to use; ideas that could encourage car users to consider reducing the amount they use their car. The survey obtained interviews predominantly through fixed-line telephone, with nationally representative samples of EU citizens (aged 15 and older) living in the 27 Member States. The target sample size in most countries was 1,000 interviews, but in Cyprus, Luxembourg and Malta the sample size was 500 interviews; in total, 25,570 interviews were conducted by Gallup’s network of fieldwork organisations from October 15 to October 19, 2010. Statistical results were weighted to correct for known demographic discrepancies. (Author/publisher)
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