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3. Travel trends by mode
Table 3.2
London road traffic (billion vehicle kilometres) by central, inner and outer
London. All motor vehicles, with Great Britain comparison.
Year
Central
London
Inner
London
Outer
London
Greater
London
Great
Britain
2000 1.3 9.0 22.1 32.4 466.2
2001 1.2 9.0 22.0 32.3 472.6
2002 1.2 8.9 22.0 32.1 483.7
2003 1.2 8.8 21.9 31.9 486.7
2004 1.2 8.7 21.7 31.6 493.9
2005 1.2 8.5 21.7 31.4 493.9
2006 1.2 8.5 21.8 31.5 501.1
2007 1.2 8.6 21.4 31.2 505.4
2008 1.1 8.3 20.9 30.3 500.6
2009 1.0 8.2 20.8 30.1 495.8
2010 1.0 8.0 20.6 29.7 487.9
2011 1.0 7.8 20.3 29.1 488.9
2012 1.0 7.6 20.3 28.9 487.1
2013 1.0 7.4 20.4 28.8 488.8
2014 1.0 7.5 20.8 29.3 500.5
Source: Department for Transport.
Table 3.3
Index of London road traffic (all motor vehicles, based on vehicle
kilometres). Index: Year 2000=100. With Great Britain comparison.
Year
Central
London
Inner
London
Outer
London
Greater
London
Great
Britain
2000 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
2001 96.7 99.6 99.6 99.5 101.4
2002 94.2 98.8 99.6 99.1 103.8
2003 92.6 98.0 99.1 98.5 104.4
2004 94.7 96.0 98.2 97.4 106.0
2005 94.5 94.4 97.9 96.8 105.9
2006 95.0 94.5 98.3 97.1 107.5
2007 90.6 95.1 96.8 96.1 108.4
2008 85.1 92.0 94.4 93.4 107.4
2009 82.0 90.9 94.1 92.7 106.4
2010 80.5 89.2 93.2 91.6 104.7
2011 78.9 86.7 91.6 89.8 104.9
2012 77.2 83.9 91.9 89.1 104.5
2013 76.1 82.3 92.3 88.9 104.8
2014 78.7 83.4 94.0 90.5 107.4
Source: Department for Transport.
Trend shown by TfL’s volumetric data
Data from TfL’s traffic counts highlight the seasonal nature of traffic flows, and also
show broadly similar long-term trends to the traffic data above. The traffic flow
data shows a large drop in flows in central London from 2012/13 onwards, with
traffic flows almost 20 per cent lower than in period 13 2006/07. In inner London,
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