Is there a way of checking drive times?

Although the API appears to have various car options, e.g. black-cab-as-driver, electric-car, goods-vehicle-as-driver, private-car, private-hire-as-driver, taxi, they all seem to return public transport options. This seems to happen even if I select taxiOnlyTrip=True. Is there a way of doing this?

For example:
https://api.tfl.gov.uk/Journey/JourneyResults/N79LR/to/WC1E6BT?mode=private-car
https://api.tfl.gov.uk/Journey/JourneyResults/N79LR/to/WC1E6BT?taxiOnlyTrip=True
https://api.tfl.gov.uk/Journey/JourneyResults/N79LR/to/WC1E6BT?mode=taxi&taxiOnlyTrip=True

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Hi @cabbadge1 ,

Around 2015, I think we added those in due to some preparatory work regarding adding taxi options into Journey Planner.

Unfortunately, the feature did not meet the requirements and a decision was made not to progress with the work, but the preparatory work was not rolled back.

Thanks,
James

Ah okay thank you, makes sense. Does it make sense for them to remain in the API?