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 Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Traffic Survey, 1912
(total number of vehicles, 8am - 8pm, on a weekday in summer)

	Shooters Hill Road	Bow Bridge	Oxford Street	London Bridge
Trade vehicles (horse)	148	4380	2937	7412
Trade vehicles (motor)	37	246	219	272
Trams (electric)	-	930	-	-
Omnibuses (horse)	-	-	514	1277
Omnibuses (motor)	-	753	5140	2340
Cabs (horse)	1	1	198	653
Cabs (motor)	1	44	2777	2172
Carriages (horse)	30	95	256	199
Carriages (motor)	63	168	897	229
Total passenger vehicles	280	6617	12910	14554
Proportion motor to horse	36%	32%	70%	34%
Cycles (ordinary)	410	1696	2365	1649
Cycles (motor)	32	20	54	9
Barrows	13	324	396	1041
GRAND TOTAL	735	8657	15755	17523
date of survey	Fri 3 May	Wed 3 Jul	Thu 13 Jun	Mon 1 Jul

Source: London Statistics 1912–1913

Traffic Survey, 2012
(total number of vehicles, 8am - 8pm, on a weekday in summer)

	Shooters Hill Road	Bow Bridge	Oxford Street	London Bridge
Cars	queues	queues	0	lots
Vans	queues	queues	0	lots
Lorries	queues	queues	0	lots
Buses	queues	queues	queues	lots
Taxis	some	queues	queues	lots
Cycles (ordinary)	some	no thanks	some	lots
Cycles (motor)	some	0	0	some
Olympic VIPs (BMW)	lots	tons	0	0
GRAND TOTAL	v busy	gridlock	usual	ratrun
date of survey	Mon 6 Aug	Thu 9 Aug	Fri 27 Jul	Wed 1 Aug

Source: Pessimistic Speculation 2011-2012

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