Request ID: FOI-2228-2122 Date published: 27 January 2022
You asked
How many vehicles have been fined with PCNs since the 25 October?
How many vehicles have had to pay the daily £12.50 charge for travelling within the ULEZ zone?
Has the number of vehicles travelling within the ULEZ zone decreased since the 25 October, and if so, by how much?
Has the number of people using public transport increased since the 25 October?
Has the London Assembly monitored changes in air pollution levels since the 25 October and if so what are these changes?
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-2228-2122
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 4 January 2022.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we hold some of the information you require. You asked:
How many vehicles have been fined with PCNs since the 25 October? How many vehicles have had to pay the daily £12.50 charge for travelling within the ULEZ zone?
The information relating to the first month of operation of the expanded Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), including information on vehicle numbers, compliance levels, charge payments, warning notices and penalty charge notices, is provided in the GLA’s ‘Expanded Ultra Low Emission Zone - First Month Report’ available at here.
Has the number of vehicles travelling within the ULEZ zone decreased since the 25 October, and if so, by how much?
Please refer to the aforementioned ULEZ report (Page 3) that states ‘On an average weekday there were 11,000 fewer vehicles driving each day in the zone. This is a 1 per cent reduction, although it will take more time for traffic patterns post launch to fully emerge’.
Has the number of people using public transport increased since the 25 October?
For travel demand statistics on the TfL network, please see the published reports here.
It should be noted the rise of Covid-19 variant Omicron has meant that travel demand on our network has gone up and down in the recent weeks, therefore it’s not entirely possible to make an accurate analysis.
Has the London Assembly monitored changes in air pollution levels since the 25 October and if so what are these changes?
The London Assembly do not monitor air pollution. The bulk of air quality monitoring in London is done by the individual London boroughs, under the broad umbrella of the London Air Quality Network (LAQN). This data is publicly available via the LAQN website here. However, as they are high quality scientific results, there is a delay between the date of the measurements and them being published.
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 some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Yours sincerely
Eva Hextall FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
