Request ID: FOI-1888-2425 Date published: 25 September 2024
You asked
Dear Sir/Madam,
I would like to request the most recent available data for the average peak bus occupancy of the capacity provided in respect of the busiest section of each TfL bus route. Please include details of the busiest hour, direction and location data for each bus route as well as the average peak bus occupancy of the capacity provided for that time, direction and location in percentage figures.
This will be the same as request FOI-2532-2324 but with the latest available data, if more up to date data are available.
Many thanks
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-1888-2425
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 10th September 2024 asking for bus occupancy data. 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 would like to request the most recent available data for the average peak bus occupancy of the capacity provided in respect of the busiest section of each TfL bus route. Please include details of the busiest hour, direction and location data for each bus route as well as the average peak bus occupancy of the capacity provided for that time, direction and location in percentage figures.
This will be the same as request FOI-2532-2324 but with the latest available data, if more up to date data are available.”
I can confirm that we hold the information you require.
We now proactively publish bus occupancy data online via the ‘BUSTO’ dataset, which is published on the TfL website via the following link: http://crowding.data.tfl.gov.uk/
The relevant file is titled 2023_24 MAX DEMAND HOUR BY ROUTE BY TIMEBAND All Routes.csv which provides information on the peak hourly demand for each day type and timeband, route, direction of travel and stop, for a typical weekday, Saturday and Sunday in autumn 2023, and is the most recent data that is available.
Within the folder there is also a PDF file (BUSTO User Guide and Data Dictionary v1.0.pdf) which provides useful information on how to interpret the data, along with any accompanying caveats.
In accordance with section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act, we are not required to provide the requested information because it is readily available elsewhere,
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.
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
