A survey of MK City Councillors received 29 responses (51% response rate). The survey was designed and administered by the Cycling CitizensMK alliance in December 2023.

The survey shows that 46% of Councillors normally travel by car, 33% travel by foot and 8% travel by bicycle. 49% (13 respondents) would like to cycle more often.

Reasons for actual travel mode currently used most often:

• Without a car, and still recovering from a broken hip, buses are the only way to travel in MK
• I don’t have a car. I occasionally get a lift with my partner of somewhere is difficult to get to by public transport but usually walk or get a bus/train.
• Disabled need mob taxi or bus
• Taxi
• Car for convenience, walking for exercise.
• There is no bus service where I live and my bicycle was stolen a few months ago.
• I use the car most often as I am doing longer distances that are not feasible by bus or I need to carry a lot of stuff with me.
• No buses available from where I live.  I am too old to cycle 27 miles to work. I am also disabled.
• I’m 82
• Convenient, healthy
• Although I have a bus pass, due to the cutting of the no.1 no.2  bus service to the Tickford street area of the town, unable to use the buses, especially as my wife is disabled & would not be able to walk to town centre. I do not use the connect service, as so poor service, where even if you get to destination, it is extremely difficult to get one back.
• convenience and cost
• Most convenient, direct and time efficient
• Commuting to work, and living in a village with few connecting footpaths/cycleways means car is the most feasible mode of transport.
• I live in Lavendon so need to drive to MK
• More convenient
• Because MK does not have a reliable or efficient bus service and it not save to carry shopping etc. on a bicycle
• environmentally friendly
• Convenience
• its too far to walk and there are no safe routes for cycling
• Convenience & reliability
• health issues prevent me cycling.  Timetables prevent the reliable use of buses or MKConnect.  Too far to walk.
• Convenience and exercise
• Travel to London from MK. Walk from car as not sure how safe cycle parking is at MK station. You hear of bikes being stolen by the minute nationwide alas. I cant see any cameras covering the cycle sheds!!
• I live in a village and will walk to the places I need to go to. If I’m going to the allotment I will cycle and if I’m going further afield I use the car.
• Cycling is the healthy option.  Walking is my second choice of transport and for pleasure.
• Distance from home and lack of cycle routes from Olney to MK

Reasons given for preferring a different travel mode for most journeys:

• What reason(s) do you have for your preferred mode of transport?
• It would mean i was fully fit again
• It’s a quick way of getting round the city. Would be better if there were more route options/it was possible to pay a day rate for unlimited bus use so that destinations which require multiple buses to get to don’t cost quite as much. Would cycle but I have a disability which affects my balance so can’t ride a bike.
• Mk connect but not reliable enough
• would like to use public transport, but far to unreliable and un easy to use in Milton keynes
• I enjoy walking!
• I would be happy to cycle shorter distances but cannot afford to replace my stolen bike.
• I would like buses to be a viable option to be more environmentally friendly
• I cannot physically manage any other form of transport.
• I can’t really expect to change much at my age. I wish I’d cycled more when I could.
• Could help car travel but not convenient as it is
• If the bus service was available where we live, we would use it.
• my local bus is subject to too many cancellations (no.4)
• I enjoy bike riding and it keeps me fit
• If there was a cycleway connecting the village of Lavendon to the town of Olney, there would be increased opportunity to use more sustainable travel methods, like cycling.
• I can’t walk to MK but I’d like to walk to Olney. There are many villages which would like safer ways to walk to a neighbouring community
• I live in a remote area
• Because we are never going to have a reliable and cheap bus service, Walking is to far and taxi’s are too expensive
• environmentally friendly
• Environment & health
• I prefer to cycle or walk when I make a journeys. MK is too far to walk but cycling that distance would be fine if we could connect to the redway system
• Exercise to promote better health
• I approve of bus travel and would prefer it to driving at night but the buses finish too early sometimes and are too unreliable.
• I would use a bike more often if electric and more bike stations around MKCC
• Had a hip operation recently and building up my leg muscles again before cycling. Need more secure cycle parking around MK
• To keep fit and its more environmentally friendly.
• Cycling is always my first choice.
• Train – kinder to environment than other power driven transport
• I would like to cycle more but there is a lack of safe, segregated cycle routes from Olney to MK
• I mostly walk then less so car, no other options viable.