Bristol Travel to Work Survey Results
The Bristol data includes all responses from people who work at participating organisation’s sites that are located in the Bristol City Council area.
- In 2026, there were 7,227 responses for the Bristol UA area. In 2025, there were 7,132 responses.
- This year, 54 organisations based in Bristol took part in the survey and 37 of these also took part in 2025, 11 organisations were new to the survey and 6 organisations came back after taking a break.
Headline results
1. The % of people spending the majority of their time at the workplace increased slightly.
71% of people say they are spending the majority of their working hours at a workplace while 27% are spending the majority of their working hours at home. In 2025 the figures were 70% and 28% respectively and in 2024 they were 65% and 32%.
2. Hybrid working remains popular. The mean is 3.1 days/week at a workplace and 1.4 days at home.
2.1 96% of people go into work at least 1 day a week and 64% go into work 3 or more days a week. This is very similar to 2025. Midweek is still when the majority of people are going into the office. Tuesday is still the busiest day with 63% (down from 67% in 2025) and Friday is still the quietest with 40% (down from 41% in 2025 but same as in 2024).
2.2 62% of people continue to work at home at least 1 day a week (this is down from 63% in 2025). 25% are working from home 3 or more days a week (this is down from 26% in 2025). This pattern varies across different sectors.
3. 36% of respondents are commuting by personal motorvehicle. 31% are driving alone by car (up from 29% in 2025), 4% are car sharing (down from 6% in 2025) and 1% are travelling by motorbike/moped (same as 2025).
4. 31% of respondents are commuting by active travel. This figure is slightly lower than 2025 (32%). 17% are walking and 14% are cycling into work (the figures for 2025 were 17% and 15% respectively).
5. 25% of respondents are commuting by public transport. This is the same as 2025 and 2024. 17% are taking the bus1 and 8% are taking the train (the figures for 2025 were 16% and 9% respectively).
6. 3% of respondents are working all the time from home. This is the same as in 2025 but down from 4% in 2024 and 2023. It is still much higher than pre-Covid surveys where 0% were working only from home.
7. 3% of respondents commute by e-travel (predominantly by e-bike). This figure has remained consistent since 2022.
8. Those commuting by train are travelling into work the least – on average, 2.3 days per week (down from 2.2 days in 2025). Those car-sharing or walking into work go in the most often – on average 3.5 days per week followed closely by car driver (alone) & cycle (both 3.3 days) and then bus (3 days).
9. One-way journey times to work remain the same while journey distances to work have decreased slightly in 2026. One-way journey time in minutes (mean) is 39 minutes. One-way journey distance in miles (mean) is 10 miles compared to 11 miles in 2025.
10. People who walk, cycle or scoot to work have higher journey satisfaction than those who use public transport or road-based transport (car, motorbike). People are slightly more satisfied with their journey to work than from work, this is across most travel modes. Satisfaction rates for working from home are 93% (same as in 2025).
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