Request ID: FOI-4531-2324 Date published: 05 April 2024
You asked
Dear to whom it may concern
I'm a PhD student researching in the field of public transport
I’d like to include London in the research, so I need some data. It is important that the data is available for a period of some years, ideally from 2000 until today.
I’m interested in the following data:
• The collection of the data that already exists for London - Bus lanes (total length in each year)
• Some missing data on fares (see attached my collected data)
• Length of road lanes dedicated to trams, including tram-only streets. (total length in each year)
• Average speed of trams in each year
Is it possible to receive at least the data on bus lanes? I imagine it should not take a lot of time since the database already exists.
https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/boroughs-and-communities/bus-lane-database
I already checked all available reports, publications and requests beforehand.
Clarification received 14/03/2024: I received the fare data from some other source.So now I’m interested only in the following data:
• The collection of the data that already exists for London - Bus lanes (total length in each year)
• Length of road lanes dedicated to trams, including tram-only streets. (total length in each year)
• Average speed of trams in each year
It is important that the data is available for a period of some years, ideally from 2000 until today.
Is it possible to receive at least the data on bus lanes? I imagine it should not take a lot of time since the database already exists.
https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/boroughs-and-communities/bus-lane-database
I already checked all available reports, publications and requests beforehand.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-4531-2324
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 7th March 2024 – as clarified on 14th March 2014 - asking for various information about transport in London. 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’m interested only in the following data:
The collection of the data that already exists for London - Bus lanes (total length in each year)
Length of road lanes dedicated to trams, including tram-only streets. (total length in each year)
Average speed of trams in each year
It is important that the data is available for a period of some years, ideally from 2000 until today.'
I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require.
In answer to the question on bus lanes, we hold data back to 2011 only, as shown in the table below:
Description
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Bus lane km (on-street, dedicated or mixed)
293.0
293.0
283.0
286.7
288.7
289.5
290.8
290.2
288.2
296.8
304.7
Bus exclusive road km (separate dedicated road)
7.0
7.0
7.0
9.0
10.0
8.7
8.7
8.3
0.8
0.8
0.8
In regard to your second question, the entire London tram network is 27.55km. Shared and tram-only road space is 3.739km. These figures have not altered across the years since the tram network opened in the year 2000.
In answer to your third question, we do not hold the data for each year of operation. However, the current average speed is 22.18kph (with a maximum speed limit of 70kph). Prior to the Sandilands incident in 2016 the average speed was 24.21kph (with a maximum speed limit of 80kph).
If this is not the information you are looking for 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
