At an overall level, almost six in every ten journeys (58.7%) are 15 minutes or less in duration. Over one quarter (25.4%) take between a quarter of an hour and half an hour. Just 4.1% of all journeys are greater than an hour in duration. See Table 5.1 and Figure 5.1.
Over six in every ten (61.7%) journeys taken by persons residing outside of Dublin took a quarter of an hour or less, compared to over half (51.7%) of trips taken by people living in Dublin. Almost three in every ten (29.6%) journeys taken by Dublin residents took 16 to 30 minutes, while one in ten (9.4%) took half an hour to three quarters of an hour in duration. See Table 5.1 and Figure 5.1.
| 15 minutes or less | 16-30 minutes | 31-45 minutes | 46-60 minutes | Over 1 hour | |
| Dublin | 51.7 | 29.6 | 9.4 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
| All regions excluding Dublin | 61.7 | 23.5 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| All regions | 58.7 | 25.4 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
Over four in ten (41.4%) journeys taken by persons residing outside of Dublin were more than 8 kilometres, compared to 26.1% of journeys by people living in Dublin. Journeys taken by persons residing in Dublin tended to be shorter than for persons living in regions outside of Dublin – 31.6% of journeys were less than 2 kilometres, while almost one fifth (19.1%) were 2 to 4 kilometres in length. By comparison, just 13.3% of journeys taken by persons residing outside of Dublin were between 2 and 4 kilometres, while 27.4% of their journeys were less than 2 kilometres. See Table 5.2 and Figure 5.2.
| <2 kilometres | 2<4 kilometres | 4<6 kilometres | 6<8 kilometres | 8+ kilometres | |
| Dublin | 31.6 | 19.1 | 15.2 | 8.1 | 26.1 |
| All regions excluding Dublin | 27.4 | 13.3 | 11.4 | 6.5 | 41.4 |
| All regions | 28.6 | 15 | 12.5 | 7 | 36.8 |
Analysis of distance by duration shows that over nine in every ten (90.1%) journeys of less than 2 kilometres took 15 minutes or less, an increase of two percentage points on 2016. Just 1.5% of journeys of less than 2 kilometres took more than half an hour. For long journeys of 8 kilometres or more, nearly one quarter (24.5%) took 15 minutes or less. One third (33.5%) took more than half an hour. See Table 5.3 and Figure 5.3.
| < 2 kilometres | 2<4 kilometres | 4<6 kilometres | 6 <8 kilometres | 8+ kilometres | |
| 15 minutes or less | 90.1 | 75.9 | 67.6 | 57.6 | 24.5 |
| 16-30 minutes | 8.4 | 17.7 | 23.5 | 27.5 | 41.9 |
| >30 minutes | 1.5 | 6.4 | 8.9 | 15 | 33.5 |
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