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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the overall change in journey times is in person minutes per week as a result of the installation of the M4 bus lane according to the TRL survey. - Including figures.

Asked by

Lord Redwood (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 February 2001

Reference

149335; 362 c534-5W;362 c535W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish figures indicating the average usage, on an hour by hour basis, of the M4 eastbound bus lane between Heathrow and the elevated section, for the most recent period for which figures are available....

Asked by

Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 January 2001

For answer on

5 February 2001

Answered on

5 February 2001

Mr. Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will publish figures indicating the average usage, on an hour-by-hour basis, of the M4 eastbound bus lane between Heathrow and the elevated section, for the most recent period for which figures are available. [147388] Mr. Hill: As the hon. Member may be aware, the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) has been monitoring the usage of the M4 bus lane for the Highways Agency. The most recent period for which TRL has provided figures of average usage on an hour-by-hour basis is the week beginning 5 June 2000. Those figures are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Time of day Taxi Minibus Bus/coach Total 00:00 7 0 0 7 01:00 2 0 0 2 02:00 1 0 0 1 03:00 1 0 1 2 04:00 2 0 3 5 05:00 42 2 8 52 06:00 193 10 21 224 07:00 286 17 43 346 08:00 238 11 30 279 09:00 253 9 39 301 10:00 259 9 45 313 11:00 188 7 33 228 12:00 200 10 32 242 13:00 190 7 29 226 14:00 181 8 28 217 15:00 175 5 23 203 16:00 211 9 48 268 17:00 205 8 46 259 18:00 242 6 28 276 19:00 242 4 17 263 20:00 231 4 13 248 21:00 238 3 10 251 22:00 178 2 8 188 23:00 64 0 3 67 Total 3,829 131 508 4,468 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. On average, 3,700 vehicles per day used the bus lane during the first year of operation. It is worth noting that, while this represents an average of 7 per cent. of the traffic on the M4 in to London, the vehicles carried 21 per cent. of the people using the road. During peak periods, each bus has saved on average 3.5 minutes and each car has saved on average 1 minute. Journey times for all vehicles have become more reliable following the introduction of the bus lane. A copy of a report entitled, "Monitoring of the M4 Bus Lane: The First Year" prepared by TRL for the Highways Agency covering the first year of operation from June 1999 to May 2000 is available in the House of Commons Library. A synopsis of the report with the same title is also in the Library and it is available on the Highways Agency's website.

Date

5 February 2001

Reference

147388; 362 c378-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for what policy reason taxi-cabs are (a) permitted to use the bus lane on the M4 and (b) not permitted on the Heathrow Airport spur road.

Asked by

Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 January 2001

Reference

146965; 361 c736W;361 c738W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what benefits have arisen from the imposition of a 50 mph speed limit on the M4 eastbound section between Heathrow Airport and the elevated section. - Inc figure.

Asked by

Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 January 2001

Reference

146953; 361 c735-6W;361 c737-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what benefits have arisen from the imposition of a 40 mph speed limit on the elevated section of the M4 in west London.

Asked by

Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 January 2001

Reference

146954; 361 c735W;361 c737W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, What his assessment is of the impact of the bus lane on the M4; and if he will make a statement. (Failed OPQ). - Inc ref to Transport Research Laboratory's report, in Library (Dep 01/167).

Asked by

Fiona Mactaggart (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 January 2001

Reference

361 c183-4W; 143995

House

House of Commons

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