To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information he possesses concerning the passenger hours spent in movement in central London on a normal weekday by (a) foot, (b) bus, (c) underground railways, (d) black taxi cab and (e) private motor car.
| Million passenger kilometres travelled per: | Percentage passenger kilometres by mode | |||||
| Week | Weekday | Weekend Day | Week | Weekday | Weekend Day | |
| Cars | 22.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 52 | 46 | 60 |
| Taxis | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| London Buses | 15.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 — | 35 | 38 | 30 — |
| Other Buses | 3.0 | 0.5 | 7 | 8 | ||
Note: Estimates of passenger kilometers are rounded to the nearest half million. The figures for weekdays and weekends are therefore not necessarily consistent with those for the weekly totals.
The available information is as follows.
The information requested is not available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what information he has concerning the passenger miles carried in central London during a usual week by (a) private motor cars, (b) black taxi cabs, (c) buses and (d) public or chartered coaches;(2) what information he possesses concerning the approximate proportion or percentage of passenger miles travelled per day on roads in central London by
(a) private motor cars, (b) black taxi cabs, (c) buses and (d) public and chartered coaches during (i) weekday peak hours, (ii) weekday non-peak hours, (iii) weekends and (iv) any other period.
The available estimates are given in the table and relate to travel on trunk and principal roads in central London in 1990. These estimates have been derived from a number of sources and are very approximate.