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little unsure why "corporate services" is in the domain name..
.. but anyway!
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More on the excellent planned Bank scheme. Not a TfL junction but plenty of TfL involvement in this one:
Great to hear it's going ahead.
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Almost a year on and things appear to have slowed down drastically under the new mayor. The suggestions don't seem to be that things are going to get much better if there is a continued policy of trying to please everyone http://www.voleospeed.co.uk/2017/02/a-meeting-with-will-norman-and-val.html
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Westminster bridge is getting segregated tracks and Waterloo roundabout too.
Pic on this page:
https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/roads/westminster-bridge-south/I think this is really significant news as there are now three segregated bridges over the Thames and so should take some pressure off Blackfriars. A link south to Elephant and Castle would seem feasible also, and hey presto almost a network...
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This is interesting, although it should be noted it was commissioned and paid for by car club operators.
60-SECOND SUMMARY
While London’s road transport is of foundational importance to the
city’s communities and economies, it causes a number of major
problems. In 2010, the equivalent of 9,416 deaths were attributed to
air pollution, and congestion exacted an estimated economic cost of
£5.5 billion. This is the result of the type of transport modes available
to Londoners, how they are used, and the systems that determine
transport priorities. As such, one of the primary methods of reducing
transport-related problems in London is the unprecedented modal
shift towards more sustainable forms of transport that has occurred
over the last decade or so.
In that time, digital technology has enabled the development of
new transport services, including journey planners, car clubs and
on-demand private hire. These new mobility services could interact
within London’s transport system to deliver positive network effects,
including complementing efforts to enable more public and active
transport, and so allow for an unprecedented opportunity to overcome
negative outcomes, such as air pollution and congestion, and to
improve the city’s spaces and Londoners’ lives. Evidence suggests
that some of these services are already having a tangible positive
effect, as, for example, is the case of car clubs, which are unlocking
more sustainable travelling behaviours. Conversely, concerns exist
over the potential for negative network effects that undermine the
ongoing move toward more sustainable behaviour.
London is at a tipping point and needs to decide how to react to these
changes. Indeed, the pace and reach of technological change is such
that a window of opportunity currently exists in which action can be
taken by London’s government to ensure the positive potential of
these services is realised. The chance of negative path dependency is
intolerably high without action in this term. As such, the mayor should
incorporate a vision for new transport technologies into the Mayor’s
Transport Strategy in which shared transport and digital technology
realise their potential to drive positive transport outcomes. This vision
should be defined by a clear set of objectives for London’s overall
transport network and include a framework through which this vision
can be achieved. In doing so, he is offered a unique opportunity to
formulate London’s, and the UK’s, role in responding to the digital
revolution and realising the socioeconomic opportunities it affords.
KEY FINDINGS
• Road transport is the leading cause of a number of problems in
London. These include air pollution, congestion, and the large
opportunity cost in forgone spatial opportunities.
4 IPPR | Crossroads: Choosing a future for London’s transport in the digital age
• The mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL) are seeking
to affect a modal shift towards more sustainable forms of transport
behaviour. This modal shift is occurring, with a 10.4 per cent net
mode shift from private to public and active transport between
2000–2015. Public and active transport now account for about
64 per cent of all one-way commuter movements in London.
• Meanwhile, digital technology has enabled the rise of new models of
personal transport services that help travellers to move from ownership
of vehicles to their use as a service, including journey planners, car
clubs, on-demand private hire, and other shared modes.
• New mobility solutions could help or hinder efforts to effect more
sustainable forms of travel behaviour and are already having a tangible
impact on London’s transport system. Evidence suggests that, in
the case of car clubs, for example, membership unlocks positive
behaviour change, lowering car use, crowding in higher public and
active transport use, and driving the uptake of cleaner vehicles.
• The potential positive benefits of effectively incorporating these
services into transport networks are profound, but require the
definition of those key objectives they should seek to meet, and
the public policy framework through which public and private
bodies can achieve them.
RECOMMENDATIONS
• The mayor of London should incorporate a vision and framework for
new transport technologies into the Mayor’s Transport Strategy in which
shared transport and digital technology are able to realise their potential
in driving positive transport outcomes. This framework should include:
– An urgent audit of new mobility markets and their potential
and future effects upon key transport-related outcomes.
– A set of overall positive outcomes for London’s transport
system, and how each new service and mode can contribute
to support the uptake of more sustainable travel behaviours.
– The rapid development of an explicit framework for new
mobility markets, in collaboration with operators of new
mobility services.
– The provision of guidelines for public bodies and private
operators on how to best gain from new mobility markets
and work within the new market framework.
• Car clubs should be a key part of the mayor’s vision for London’s
transport system and so the Mayor’s Transport Strategy should include
measures for how car clubs can help achieve key transport objectives.
• TfL and boroughs should work with operators to develop boroughby-borough
agreements to enable car club development.
• TfL should become the central intermediary for mobility data in
London, acting as a neutral, third-party platform through which data
is collated and equal access by all mobility operators is guaranteed.
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5 IPPR | Crossroads: Choosing a future for London’s transport in the digital age
• TfL should assess the potential for a mobility as a service (MaaS)
platform market in London and develop recommendations for policy
responses, including a market framework and the feasibility of a TfL
MaaS platform.
• The mayor should mandate TfL to investigate the potential for a smart
charging system and an integrated road pricing scheme in London.
• The mayor should introduce a new market framework for EV charging
networks in London, including regulation to ensure their proper
functionality, ubiquity, interoperability and fair access to mobility
operators and users.
• The mayor should appoint a chief digital officer for London. -
In terms of infrastructure and transportation there is a lot to be improved in London. I've been working in a removal company: Man and Van London and our business is tightly related and dependent on the traffic conditions. I really hope there will be some changes in future that will take effect and I mean practically visible one.
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New report from TfL highlights the 25 "corridors" they are thinking about developing to connect the outskirts to the centre.
The Cycle Network Model for London, known as Cynemon, is
a new, strategic transport model developed by TfL that
estimates cycling routes, journey times and flows at a
strategic level across LondonCynemon is based on a blend of data sources including
Census data, TfL cycle counts and surveys, and data from
Santander Cycles. It uses an algorithm to determine the likely
route of cycle trips along the networks of streets and urban
paths across Greater London, based on their origins and
destinations. This algorithm has been calibrated to reflect
actual route choice decisions made by people who cycle. -
London unveils new green transport plan
Europe, Carbon Reduction, Smart Cities, Transport
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has revealed a new draft Transport Strategy for the capital, which includes the expansion of the city’s cycle network and a pledge to go zero emission by 2050.
The long term plan – which was published on Wednesday 21 June – sets a target of cutting the number of car journeys by three million per day and increasing the proportion of people walking, cycling and taking public transport to 80 per cent of all journeys by 2041, up from 64 per cent in 2016.
Most significantly, these targets are accompanied by the promise of a new zero emission zone in the centre of the city by 2025, with the intention to expand the zone to the whole of the capital by 2050.
Mayor Khan said: "As London's population is set to increase beyond 10 million, our future health and prosperity is more and more dependent on us reducing our reliance on cars. We have to be ambitious in changing how our city works.
"While there will be five million additional journeys being made across our transport network by 2041, at the same time we're setting ourselves a bold target of reducing car journeys by three million every day," he added.
To achieve these targets, the plan promises to significantly extend the capital’s cycle route network so that 70 per cent of Londoners will live within 400 metres of a high quality and safe cycle route by 2041.
All taxis and minicabs will be non-polluting by 2033 while London’s entire bus fleet – approximately 9,200 vehicles – will be zero emission by 2037, the Mayor’s Office said.
The draft strategy also includes proposals aimed at deterring car ownership in the city, including the restriction of car parking provision within new developments and the creation of more secure cycle parking and storage.
Where car parking is needed, the plan states that provisions will be made for electric vehicle (EV) charging points.
Transport for London (TfL) is dedicating £18 million towards the upgrading of the capital’s power grids, which will enable energy companies to install 300 EV fast-charging stations by 2020.
The new strategy also includes the expansion of low-emission bus zones (LEBZ) in the city as well as the introduction of a "Toxicity Charge" for the city’s most polluting vehicles.
The Mayor of London said: "We have to make not using your car the affordable, safest and most convenient option for Londoners going about their daily lives," he said. "This is not only essential for dealing with congestion as London grows, but crucial for reducing our toxic air pollution, and improving the health of all Londoners."
Paul Morozzo, Clean Air Campaigner at Greenpeace, praised the “ambitious, well-thought-through long term vision for the London transport system”.
He said: "Investing in public transport, walking and cycling is crucial to solving the air pollution problem effectively… London is a city at the cutting-edge of so many fields - let's turn it into a clean transport leader too."
For the latest news on clean transport as well as renewable energy, sustainability and climate change sign up to our free newsletter here.
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I'm unimpressed, it's sounds like so much politician waffle that khan is so good at.
'high quality' in khan-speak very much includes the qw and the token bollocks provided by the boroughs.
Don't expect any change before khan has moved onto the commons and his successor puts it all in the bin.
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He seems to try very hard to keep everybody happy with result that nothing happens as he doesn't want to upset anybody. He's a consummate politician but for the past year there appear to have been a lot more words than actions.
Basically the plan seems to be to move people from their cars to electric cars.
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In place by 2041? Lol.
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New plans for Imax, they look a bit dodgy: https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/roads/waterloo-roundabout/?cid=waterloo-roundabout
and Lambeth BridgeL https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/roads/lambeth-bridge/?cid=lambeth-bridge
Unfortunately TFL have gone big on peninsularisation and ended up with a complicated mess. Also no Bus stop bypasses because apparently they're evil and Bus passengers must be serviced above all.
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It just seems a bit... unambitious. For example segregated lanes that only extend the last 50 feet before junctions.
Millbank is just crying out for proper infrastructure between Vauxhall Bridge and Parliament Square.
At least it doesn't look like it'll make things worse. And a bigger square outside Waterloo might be nice.
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doesn't look like it'll make things worse
I'm not so sure, plenty of cyclists, especially, those on here, will see the delays from segregated turns as unnecessary. Mediocre is not good enough, Boris/Gilligans attempts were published 4 years ago, we have seen the effect on the ground, we should be doing better than these bodge jobs.
It goes to show fears over Khan/Norman weren't unfounded, they clearly don't have the political will to do it properly.
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Check out the promo video, with realistic dangerous drivers included! 10s Blue car has a swipe, 40s the bus pulls across the stream of cyclists causing them to stop after the taxi has to take avoiding action...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGzwqABU9E4&feature=youtu.be
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I hope there is an opportunity to connect waterloo with the Southbank like the old elevated walk way there uses to be through the old shell centre, and eventually connect to the hungerford bridge west side.
Southbank is so much busier and tourist have no clue how to get there from the station.
And for commuter it give a nice direct and clear route to the north with no crossing or obstructions.
Non cycling points so feel free to ignore.
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