The Move Towards Sustainable Transport in London - Mr. Steve Kearns (Securing Asia 2015)

1. The Move Towards Sustainable
Transport in London
Steve Kearns -
Transport for London

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London
• World City and gateway to the UK
• 8.6m residents
• 4.6m people in employment
• 30 million visitors a year
• 330,000 businesses
• 23.8 million trips per day
• Growing population
2014

3. TfL Planning
We are expecting London’s population to continue to grow to
2050
314%

4. • 580km of major roads
• 6,000 traffic signals
• Bridges and tunnels
• Congestion Charging
Scheme
London Underground
4.5m journeys per day
Responsibilities
London Buses
• 8,500 buses
• 6m journeys per day
Taxis and Minicabs
• 22,000 black cabs
• 44,000 minicabs
River
Services
Docklands Light Railway, Tramlink
and London Overground
Dial-a-Ride
Traffic management
• 580km of major roads (including
bridges and tunnels)
• 6,000 traffic signals
• Congestion Charging Scheme
• Low Emission Zone
Cycling
Walking
Annual Expenditure = £10bn

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London’s transport problems

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Westminster Bridge – End of 19th Century

7. Central London Congestion Charging Zone

8. Charge Payment
• Monday – Friday, 7am – 6pm
• £11.50 on the day of travel
• £14 on the charging day after
travel
• £10.50 for customers on CC Auto
Pay
• Fine £130
• Over £1 billion raised to improve
transport in London since 2003.

9. Average daily traffic entering Charging Zone* 2002
- 2009
Normally Charge Paying Normally Non-Charge Paying
* During charging hours (07.00-18.00)
-23%
-44%
-17%
+4%
+23%
-19%
+97%

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14. Edgware Road Signal Cabin, 1926

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16. Tube Upgrade Programme
• Upgrades to every Tube line – trains, track, signalling
• Stations
• Accessibility
• Tackling high temperatures
• Communications and customer information
• Keeping London moving while we transform the Tube
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• There has been a 50% increase in Tube demand on
Saturday nights – since 2003 (from 21:00hrs to last
trains)
• From 2015, begin to run trains through the night at
weekends on core parts of the network
• Supporting London’s vibrant
night-time economy
Introduce a new 24 hour Tube service
at weekends

18. Night Tube
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Introduce a new 24 hour Tube service
at weekends from 2015

19. Birmingham
Leeds
Sheffield
Manchester
Liverpool
Bristol
Total
1,073,000
750,700
551,800
503,000
466,400
428,100
3,773,000
TfL's footfall is very high
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On the Tube, this is a quiet weekday in February

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30. First steps in retail
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31. The New Bus for London
story
November 2010

32. The New Bus for London
story
© TfL 2011

33. The New Bus for London
story

34. The New Bus for

35. Improved Driver Efficiency: Driver training
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• First Group trial in1,000 buses in London
using in-vehicle monitoring devices
• Real-time feedback on driving style
and driving reports to focus training
to focus training
• Around 5% fuel saving already achieved
• Explore possibility of similar applications
for other professional drivers

36. Legible London

37. Complete roll out of Legible London across TfL estate

38. Proximity of Tube Stations

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Encouraging Cycling in London
Central London Cycle Grid
This will provide:
– Separated cycle ways, with segregation and low
speed environments where practicable and
appropriate
– Two-way cycling on one-way streets
– Clear way finding, strong identity and easy to see
- Mini Hollands
39The majority of the Grid will be complete by 2016

40. Games-time travel planning

41. • To deliver a great 2012 Games
and
• Keep London and the UK moving
Twin objectives:

43. £6.5 billion
transport upgrades

44. The
Olympic
Park
Well Connected

45. A Car Free Games- Results
+ 30%
+ 47% + 100%

46. Day Travelcards

48. New website to help visitors plan
New website

49. The hotspots

50. The
LSTCC
• Surface Transport
• Buses
• The Police

51. Games
Lanes• 30 miles of games
lanes across London
• around 40 per cent of
Games Lanes were in
operation at any one time
• 150 variable message
signs

52. 21 Minutes• High-tech sensors were buried in lanes to ensure that VIPs were not
held up by traffic lights, congestion or even people crossing the road
• Members of the Olympic park were able to get from their hotels in
Park Lane to the Olympic park in 21 minutes

55. Leicester Square station waiting times if
no change in behaviour

56. Oxford Circus Tube station waiting times if
no change in behaviour

57. London Bridge

58. Games-time information - passengers

59. Travel Ambassadors
• 3,500 volunteer Travel
Ambassadors
• Mainly office based staff from
Transport for London
• Effective at increasing numbers
of passengers using West Ham
Station rather than Stratford
 From 9% to 30%

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68. HeadingIRID - Image Recognition and Incident Detection

69. Public transport for all

70. However not everything went to plan...

71. Through planning, we delivered
a great 2012 Games and kept
London and the UK moving and open
for business
www.getaheadofthegames.com
www.tfl.gov.uk/2012
In summary

72. Lessons Learnt
• Widely broadcast travel advice
• Flexibility
- Respond to real time road traffic patterns
- Influence arrival/departure stations
- Overcoming tube line signal failure
• Centrally located control centre
• Main venue readily accessible by public transport
• Legacy
• i) Identifying and managing large groups on street
ii) Using space (in stations) in different way – ITS element
iii) Individually targeted information – estimated 33% of regular
travellers altered behaviour
iv) Freight deliveries out of hours ?
v) People like human contact - more staff visible

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Thank you for your attention
Further information at
www.tfl.gov.uk