Average peak bus occupancy levels - busiest section of each bus route by location, time and direction
Request ID: FOI-2738-2324 Date published: 23 November 2023
You asked
F/O from 2532-2324
Average peak bus occupancy levels - busiest section of each bus route by location, time and direction
Dear Ms Thomas,
Thank you, that is very helpful.
Please could you confirm if ‘weekday’ means Monday to Friday?
Is there equivalent data available separately for each TfL bus route for Saturdays and for Sundays? If so please could this be provided in the same format for the same period for each of Saturdays and Sundays.
Please consider this as a new FOI request.
We answered
TfL Ref: 2738-2324
Thank you for your follow on request from 2572-2324 request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 2 November 2023 asking for information about average peak bus occupancy levels on Saturdays and Sundays.
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 the information you require. 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 for Saturdays and Sundays.
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.
Weekday data is representative of each of the five days from Monday to Friday.
Please see Saturday and Sunday data attached.
The data provided comes from the BUSTO dataset produced for Period 9 each year which is the busiest period of the year. Under normal circumstances, we extract the demand from each weekday, Saturday and Sunday in this period and average them across each day type.
In P9 2022/23, we saw widespread industrial action from rail and bus strikes and disruption and some days had to be excluded, leaving us with a small sample of weekend data. This means the weekend results are particularly sensitive to the effects of any route of location specific issue on the day. One example beyond industrial action is the general shortage of drivers which operators experience particularly at the time. As a result there can be instances where demand might be overstated or understated compared to a typical autumn day.
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
Sara Thomas FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
