FOI request detail

Uber traffic

Request ID: FOI-2421-1920
Date published: 22 November 2019

You asked

Also do you have figures for the overall increase in traffic due to UBER and delivery vehicles for on line purchases?

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-2421-1920

Thank you for your email of 8th November 2019 asking for information about potential increases in London traffic due to UBER vehicles and delivery vehicles for online purchases.

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

Specifically you asked:

Do you have figures for the overall increase in traffic due to UBER and delivery vehicles for on line purchases?”.

TfL does not hold any such data as we do not record Uber or Online shopping vehicles in our monitoring as individual entities. Rather, the traffic flows we record are for total vehicle numbers. That said, the following published data may be of interest to you:

https://www.london.gov.uk/WHAT-WE-DO/environment/environment-publications/central-london-ulez-six-month-report - a report published by the GLA which evaluates the Impact of ULEZ in the first 6 months of operation.

http://content.tfl.gov.uk/travel-in-london-report-11.pdf - our latest “Travel in London” report. Chapter 7 (beginning on page 133) covers motorised road travel, including information on licensed private hire operators (see section 7.4 on page 140).

Previous versions of the Travel in London report – and supplementary data –can be found here:  https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/travel-in-london-reports

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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