There’s no way only 8% of people in South Africa walk. There’s something wrong with how they’re collecting the data.
Walking is the most common mode of transport used in the country, with about 17.4 million South Africans walking to their various destinations, followed by 10.7 million individuals who made use of taxis and 6.2 million who used car/truck as a driver.
Anyone who actually lives here can confirm walking is the primary mode of transport. Not because the infrastructure facilitates it, because it doesn’t, but rather out of financial necessity.
Cape Town is not representative of the rest of the country (it’s the wealthy city) and only has about 8% of the population. The visualization doesn’t have data for the more representative cities, i.e. Johannesburg, Durban (eThekwini), Germiston (Ekhruleni) and Pretoria (Tshwane), which collectively have 3-4 times the population and I believe are the most likely contributors to the high walking figures found from the National Household Travel Survey (2013).
Southern Africa has 65%, and Australia and New Zeland has 75.9% (from the source on ScienceDirect)
There’s no way only 8% of people in South Africa walk. There’s something wrong with how they’re collecting the data.
Source: sanews.gov.za
Anyone who actually lives here can confirm walking is the primary mode of transport. Not because the infrastructure facilitates it, because it doesn’t, but rather out of financial necessity.
Cape Town is 4% active, 82% car, according to their visualization
Cape Town is not representative of the rest of the country (it’s the wealthy city) and only has about 8% of the population. The visualization doesn’t have data for the more representative cities, i.e. Johannesburg, Durban (eThekwini), Germiston (Ekhruleni) and Pretoria (Tshwane), which collectively have 3-4 times the population and I believe are the most likely contributors to the high walking figures found from the National Household Travel Survey (2013).