Bättre busstrafik i London med trängselavgifter
Postat: måndag 31 mars 2003 13:21
Via Kollektivtrafikant Stockholm har detta pressmeddelande nått mig. Verkar ju vara positivt för alla som nyttjar busstrafiken - till lägre kostnader för samhället.
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No. 666
18 March 2003
Congestion charging delivers better buses
Early research shows that speedier and more reliable buses are being enjoyed by a record five million passengers a day since congestion charging started.
The new data compiled by London Buses shows that since congestion charging started on February 17th:
* In the first week of the charge, 9.5 per cent more passengers
travelled than in the same week last year. In the second week the
year-on-year increase was more than 10 per cent. Together with other
improvements introduced in the last year, this has encouraged five million
passengers to use buses each weekday;
* Bus speeds in the morning peak in the charging zone have increased
by 15 per cent (from 10.4 to 12 kilometres per hour);
* Delays to buses caused by traffic congestion halved in the first two weeks
* Excess waiting time (the additional time waited by passengers over
and above the route schedule) reduced by 23 per cent in the first two weeks
of the scheme in the charging zone; and
* Early research shows that there are 6000 more bus passengers
travelling to central London in the morning peak hour, compared to counts
taken in autumn 2002, an increase of 14 per cent. The number of buses to
the zone increased by 19 per cent over the same period.
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No. 666
18 March 2003
Congestion charging delivers better buses
Early research shows that speedier and more reliable buses are being enjoyed by a record five million passengers a day since congestion charging started.
The new data compiled by London Buses shows that since congestion charging started on February 17th:
* In the first week of the charge, 9.5 per cent more passengers
travelled than in the same week last year. In the second week the
year-on-year increase was more than 10 per cent. Together with other
improvements introduced in the last year, this has encouraged five million
passengers to use buses each weekday;
* Bus speeds in the morning peak in the charging zone have increased
by 15 per cent (from 10.4 to 12 kilometres per hour);
* Delays to buses caused by traffic congestion halved in the first two weeks
* Excess waiting time (the additional time waited by passengers over
and above the route schedule) reduced by 23 per cent in the first two weeks
of the scheme in the charging zone; and
* Early research shows that there are 6000 more bus passengers
travelling to central London in the morning peak hour, compared to counts
taken in autumn 2002, an increase of 14 per cent. The number of buses to
the zone increased by 19 per cent over the same period.