TfL Ref: FOI-0040-2122 Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 7th April 2021. Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. Specifically you asked: “I request information for a university research on the impact of urban mobility in sustainability. I submitted a request for information regarding info for 2013 until 2019 of: - number of paper tickets sold per year - estimated cost of an oyster card. - Trips made with contactless bank card vs. oyster vs. paper tickets. - CO2 and other ghg emissions per trip or per full year” In answer to your first three questions, the tables below show the number of paper (magnetic) tickets issued and the number of trips made with magnetic tickets, Oyster Cards and via contactless payment cards (CPCs – which include smartcards as well as smart devices) in each year since 2013. In terms of the cost of Oyster cards, we estimate that procurement costs would be an average of 65p-70p per card. Contractor costs to enable the cards are in addition and are estimated as 15p per card. Magnetic Tickets Issued by TfL Magnetic Tickets issued by Train Operators (used on TfL services) LU + Bus journeys - magnetic tickets LU + Bus journeys - Oyster LU + Bus journeys - CPC Year (millions) (millions) (millions) (millions) (millions) 2013 58.9 39.7 467.9 3,108.3 7.2 2014 48.6 38.6 430.2 3,189.0 39.9 2015 36.4 32.3 376.5 3,096.9 220.9 2016 32.9 24.0 365.4 2,837.2 392.9 2017 32.3 27.6 349.6 2,655.2 578.0 2018 31.8 26.3 328.3 2,468.7 760.7 2019 31.3 24.6 333.7 2,289.9 926.7 2020 10.3 6.3 131.9 1,012.2 495.6 In answer to your fourth question, please see the attached spreadsheet for CO2 data for the main TfL modes. This also includes normalised data on emissions per passenger km on these modes – 2019/20 is excluded as the impact of the first lockdown in March 2020 reduced passenger numbers. If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me. If you are considering submitting a further request please think carefully about whether the request is essential at this current time, as answering requests will require the use of limited resources and the attention of staff who could be supporting other essential activity. Where requests are made, please note that our response time may be impacted by the current situation. Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed. Yours sincerely, David Wells FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London

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