Request ID: FOI-0282-2425 Date published: 29 May 2024
You asked
Follow-up to FOI-4531-2425: Many thanks for the answer.
I see that several km of bus lanes have been removed in march 2024. Do you have any information on the reasons behind it?
Another thing that I’m interested in are average bus speeds in 2011 and 2012. I have already searched for this data in the available resources, but only 2013 and newer data can be gathered. Is this something you can search for?
We answered
TfL Ref: EIR-0282-2425
Thank you again for your email of 23rd April 2024. Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) and our information access policy.
Specifically you asked the following, further to case reference FOI-4531-2425:
“I see that several km of bus lanes have been removed in march 2024. Do you have any information on the reasons behind it?
Another thing that I’m interested in are average bus speeds in 2011 and 2012. I have already searched for this data in the available resources, but only 2013 and newer data can be gathered. Is this something you can search for?«.
I am afraid that having liaised with various colleagues across different parts of TfL I have been unable to find answers to these questions, and can therefore only conclude that TfL does not hold the necessary recorded information to answer them.
In regard to the question on bus lanes, it may well be the case that the bus lanes removed were part of the local borough road network rather than the Transport for London Road Network (TLRN – which makes up about 5% of London’s roads only). We have searched all Traffic Orders made by TfL in March 2024 to see whether any contain orders for bus lane removal, but none do.
In regard to bus speeds, TfL does not hold any data older than Period 5 from the financial year 2012/13 – which I believe you may already have – but it is provided below in any event:. Figures are in mph:
NETWORK
P01
P02
P03
P04
P05
P06
P07
P08
P09
P10
P11
P12
P13
2012/13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
9.91
9.78
9.60
9.67
9.58
9.97
9.86
9.74
9.75
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Yours sincerely,
David Wells FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
