§ Lord Bradshaw asked Her Majesty's Government:
§ What estimates have been made of the additional traffic congestion that will be caused by busy streets by additional vehicles involved in the deregulation of the Royal Mail. [HL4685]
§ Lord Macdonald of TradestonThere is no official estimate of the additional congestion cost caused by deregulation of Royal Mail. However, a study of the costs of road and rail transport, published in August 2001, was carried out by the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds on behalf of the department. This showed that the congestion costs of an additional vehicle varied according to location and vehicle type.
For Light Goods Vehicles, those most likely to be used by Royal Mail, the typical figures in 2001 prices were:
Area Type Congestion Cost (pence/vehicle kilometre) Central London 120 Inner London 75 Outer London 35 Central Conurbation 55 Outer Conurbation 20