TSUG Transport Statistics Users Group Monthly Review: July 2019 This month’s review shows that New York City Transit's subway on-time performance in April reached nearly 80%, its highest level since October 2013. During the Hartford Line’s (between Hartford and Windsor, Connecticut) first year in business, it saw 634,000 passenger boardings — about 51,000 more than originally projected for the first year. A combination of newer aircraft, better ticket value and improved customer service has driven overall satisfaction with North American airlines to the highest point in history. PKM of Air France/KLM were a record high, at 256,514m: ASK were also at a record high of 293,769m. In the case of Air Asia RPK, ASK and passenger numbers are all at record highs. Ryanair’s emission rate in May was 66 grammes of CO2/PKM. Total seat numbers from Scotland's airports will fall by 3.0% in 2019. This will be the second successive year of capacity decline, after a 0.7% drop in 2018. 21% of Vancouver’s air passengers are using the Canada Line, while another 8% used other forms of collective transportation such as shuttle buses, courtesy buses, and coaches. When comparing the rolling year to March 2019 with March 2018 through UK major ports: total tonnage increased by 2% to 477.6 million tonnes and total volume of unitised traffic decreased by 1% to 23.7 million units. We have Message from the Chairman, TSUG, Letter from the Editor, and also Kit Mitchell’s Statistics Digest. Dr Shanta Bir Singh Tuladhar and Andrew Sharp TSUG Review Page 1 of 14 Contents Dates of the next TSUG seminars ............................................................................. 3 Statistics Digest ......................................................................................................... 3 STATISTICS DIGEST July 2019..................................................................... 3 Seminar Write-up ...................................................................................................... 4 Traffic Calming Seminar 22 May 2019 ............................................................ 4 Members’ Forum ....................................................................................................... 5 Message from the Chairman, TSUG ............................................................... 5 Letter from the Editor ...................................................................................... 6 General News ........................................................................................................... 6 Transport for London to use Wi-Fi Data to understand Passenger Flows ....... 6 Rail ............................................................................................................................ 7 MTA Performance Continues to Improve ........................................................ 7 New Hartford Line a Success ......................................................................... 7 Potential for Rail? ........................................................................................... 8 Air ............................................................................................................................. 8 Airline Satisfaction .......................................................................................... 8 Recent Airline Statistics .................................................................................. 9 Recent IATA Statistics .................................................................................. 11 Ryanair’s Monthly Emissions Data ................................................................ 11 Scottish Flights Decline ................................................................................ 11 Vancouver Airport Access............................................................................. 12 Sea ......................................................................................................................... 13 Port Freight Quarterly Statistics .................................................................... 13 TSUG Review Page 2 of 14 Dates of the next TSUG seminars Date Venue Topic Wed-17-Jul TfL Aviation Emissions Wed-14-Aug TfL The Impact of Carbon Change Wed-18-Sep TfL Trip Generation Wed-16-Oct TfL Domestic Freight – Rail & Road Wed-20-Nov TfL High Speed Rail Wed-11-Dec TfL Fuel Use & Climate Change The seminars can be booked through the TSUG website at www.tsug.org.uk/seminars.php Statistics Digest STATISTICS DIGEST July 2019 This digest lists major sets of statistics that have been released recently or which are due to be released. Regular monthly and quarterly releases are not included. The web links given allow free downloads of the documents cited. Recent releases from Department for Transport Recent releases from Department for Transport 12 June Search and rescue helicopter annual statistics: year ending March 2019 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/search-and-rescue-helicopter-annual- statistics-year-ending-march-2019 Statistical table update: UK officer cadets under the Support for Maritime 12 June Training (SMarT) scheme, 2018 to 2019 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/seafarer-statistics-sfr Travel time measures for the Strategic Road Network and local ‘A’ roads: 13 June April 2018 to March 2019 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/travel-time-measures-for-the-strategic-road- network-and-local-a-roads-april-2018-to-march-2019 13 June Provisional road traffic estimates, Great Britain: April 2018 to March 2019 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provisional-road-traffic-estimates-great- britain-april-2018-to-march-2019 19 June Light rail and tram statistics: year ending March 2019 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/light-rail-and-tram-statistics-england-year- ending-march-2019 26 June Vehicle speed compliance statistics for Great Britain: 2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/speeds-statistics Forthcoming releases from Department for Transport 11 July Road freight statistics: 2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-freight-domestic-and-international- statistics Rail passenger numbers and crowding on weekdays in major cities in 18 July England and Wales: 2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/rail-statistics 25 July Reported road casualties Great Britain, main results: 2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-accidents-and-safety-statistics 31 July National Travel Survey 2018 TSUG Review Page 3 of 14 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-travel-survey-statistics 31 July Walking and cycling statistics, England: 2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/walking-and-cycling-statistics August Air passenger experience of security screening: 2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/aviation-statistics Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain, final estimates involving illegal August alcohol levels: 2017 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-accidents-and-safety-statistics August Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe: July 2018 to June 2019 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-freight-domestic-and-international- statistics Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation: Year 11 (2018) report 4 (15 April August 2018 to 31 December 2018 supply) https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/biofuels-statistics Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation: Year 12 (2019) report 1 (1 January August 2019 to 31 December 2019 supply) https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/biofuels-statistics August Domestic waterborne freight statistics: 2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/maritime-and-shipping-statistics August Port freight annual statistics: 2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/maritime-and-shipping-statistics August Journey time statistics: 2017 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/journey-time-statistics Sep Provisional road traffic estimates, Great Britain: July 2018 to June 2019 2019 Road traffic https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-traffic-statistics Sep Reported road casualties Great Britain, annual report: 2018 Road 2019 accidents and safety https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-accidents-and-safety-statistics Sep Travel time measures for the Strategic Road Network and local ‘A’ roads: 2019 July 2018 to June 2019 Road congestion and reliability https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-congestion-and-reliability-statistics Recent releases from Office of National Statistics 24 May Travel trends: 2018 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/leisureandtourism/articles/trave ltrends/2018 Seminar Write-up Traffic Calming Seminar 22 May 2019 Five very interesting speakers, one with a comprehensive and data-rich presentation, left little time for the customary Q&A. Questions on Phil Jones’ presentation on the effectiveness of traffic calming through engineering measures. From a TfL delegate – does the removal of centreline marking as part of a resurfacing project have an impact? No research done to check. Nick Healey, Surrey CC, asked about the environmental impact of speed limit changes. He knew of cases where the limit had been raised from 30 to 40 mile/h and average speeds had gone down, and where the speed limit had been reduced and TSUG Review Page 4 of 14 average speeds had increased. Was the absence of repeaters a contributor to speed? If there is no repeater, people assume the national speed limit applies. Jeremy Leach, 20splenty – roundabouts affect pedestrian desire lines. Agreed: keep them small. David Davis, PACTS.