Government/Transport for London agreed priority outcomes

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The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Mr Tony McNulty): The Government has been working with Transport for London (TfL) and the Greater London Authority (GLA) to set out projections of the impact of TfL's business plan on the Department for Transport (DfT) national priorities, in order to generate overall agreed TfL planned outcomes.

These projections are in the format of '2010 outcomes' which are given in the table below. The table also includes the year end position for 2005/6 which is consistent with the planned 2010 result.

Target area

Outcome by 2010

2005/6 outcome

Air Quality
Reduction in emissions from surface transport compared to 2000 levels

-37% NO2 emissions

-41% PM10 emissions

-21% NO2 emissions

-23% PM10 emissions

Road Safety
Meet national targets compared to 1994-8 average

-40% all KSI 1

-50% child KSI

inc. tackling casualties in deprived areas.

-25% all KSI

-43% child KSI

Capacity
Public transport capacity compared to 2000

+18% place km operated, am peak

+7% (33.1 km operated, am peak)

Local public transport
(bus and light rail)
patronage compared with 2000 levels

+45% bus and light rail patronage

+ 37% bus and light rail patronage (1,854m bus, 54m light rail passenger journeys)

Road Congestion 2

To be confirmed

To be confirmed

These are in addition to the targets for London Underground Limited (LUL) agreed between LUL, TfL and DfT in May 2002, which can be found at::
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/downloads/pdf/integration-day/tfl-focus-on-tube.pdf (pages17-18)
and which will continue to be monitored.

1 Killed or Seriously Injured

2 New national measures of congestion are currently in development, and therefore it is not possible to estimate the impact of TfL’s plan in those terms at this time.