Mr. Robert AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research he has commissioned on the use of London buses, licensed taxis and local authority service vehicles, examining such factors as average trip length, average daily mileage, time spent in taxi ranks, bus stops or equivalent and average fuel consumption.
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§ Mr. NorrisThe Department has conducted a number of surveys which provide information on the use of London buses and licensed taxis. These include the 1991 London area transport survey, the annual inquiry of public service vehicle operators, the London journey time survey and the national travel survey. Detailed data on taxi usage were also collected in a 1989 research project.
In addition, London Transport and London Buses Ltd. conducts surveys which provide estimates of bus use, average waiting times and fuel consumption. There is no information available on local authority service vehicles and no recent data on taxi fuel consumption.