FOI request detail

Average speed on London roads

Request ID: FOI-1904-1920
Date published: 16 October 2019

You asked

Have also been trying to find data for average speeds on London’s roads but that has proved harder. Would you be able please to send me that - going back annually to 2000?

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-1904-1920

Thank you for your email of 25th September 2019 asking for information about the average speed of traffic on London roads.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. 

I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require, which is published on our webiste via the following link:

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/travel-in-london-reports

The Excel file “Travel in London – Report 10 data” XLSX (Chapter 6) contains the requested figures so far as we hold them (from September 2006 to December 2016).

In accordance with section 21 of the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply you with a copy of the requested information as it is already accessible to you 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

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