Do you travel to work by car?
According to a new RAC Foundation report, 70.9 per cent of commuters in North East Lincolnshire either drive or travel as a passenger to their workplace in a car or van.
The survey, which used figures from the 2011 census and the National Travel Survey, also revealed that walking is the second most popular option in the region (11.7 per cent), followed by bus (6.1 per cent) and bike (5.5 per cent).
Similar numbers were reported in East Lindsey, with 69.4 per cent of commuters opting to travel by car or van.
Nationally, of the 26.5 million working people aged 16-74 in England and Wales, 16.7 million - or six in 10 workers - either drive or get a lift in a car or van.
The RAC Foundation have also highlighted how expensive driving has become, saying that 800,000 of the poorest car-owning households spend more than a quarter of their disposable income on buying and running a car.
Stephen Glaister, director of the RAC Foundation said: "The coalition government has rightly prioritised efforts to get the nation working, but it has to remember how the nation actually travels to work."
"People are still driving despite a decade in which the cost of running a car has outstripped wage inflation. Transport poverty is a real threat to the economy. There would be uproar if domestic heating was taxed at 60%, so why is it acceptable for road fuel to attract such high taxation?"Follow us on Facebook and Twitter
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