CSO: 69% of commuters drive to work

Over two thirds of commuters drove to work in 2011 as public bus users fell by 20% in the space of five years, according to new data released by the CSO this morning.

A total of 1,136,615 people, representing 69% of commuters, either drove to work or were a passenger in a car in 2011, but the number of commuters using public buses fell by 23,277 between 2006 and 2011, a fall of 20%.