Speeches

Lord Smith of Clifton – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Smith of Clifton on 2016-02-25.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the average speeds of traffic flows recorded in central London for the years 2008 to 2015 inclusive.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

The average speeds are as set out in the table below. This information is based on material published on the Transport for London website.

Average traffic speeds (miles per hour) by functional sector of London. Working weekdays, by time period. TfL’s ‘network of interest’.

Area and time period

2007 speed (mph)

2008 speed (mph)

2009 speed (mph)

2010 speed (mph)

2011 speed (mph)

2012 speed (mph)

2013 speed (mph)

2014 speed (mph)

2015 speed (mph) first 6 months only

Central am peak

9.4

9.1

9.4

9.4

9.3

9.3

9.4

8.9

8.3

Central inter-peak

8.5

8.3

8.8

8.7

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.1

7.3

Central pm peak

9

8.9

8.9

8.7

8.6

8.8

8.6

8.3

7.8

Inner am peak

12.6

12.4

12.9

12.7

12.7

12.6

12.4

11.9

11.1

Inner inter-peak

13.1

13

13.3

13.4

13.3

13.2

13.2

12.8

12.2

Inner PM peak

11.4

11.4

11.2

11.5

11.4

11.4

11.2

10.6

10.3

Outer am peak

19.3

19.6

20.1

20

20.1

19.9

19.5

18.6

17.7

Outer inter-peak

21.3

21.4

21.4

21.6

21.6

21.7

21.8

21.1

21

Outer pm peak

18.3

18.6

18.3

18.5

18.5

18.5

18.1

17.1

16.9