Delivering longterm walking and cycling growth

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Delivering long-term walking (and cycling) growth
Xavier Brice Transport for London, Commissioners
Policy Unit
seminar
5 March 2008
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What Im going to cover today

• Why this review?
• Whats the state of walking in London today?
• Whats the potential for growth?
• How can this be delivered?

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More walking and cycling key to meeting Londons
challenges and Londoners aspirations
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Fivefold increase in walking and cycling
investment since 2001

• Investment in improving pedestrian crossings
• 4m increase in funding for borough walking
  programmes
• First ever walking campaign
• Legible London wayfinding prototype

• Parking 40,000 on-street spaces, 10,000 school
  spaces
• Routes Over 550km of LCN
• Increase of 2m in annual cycle training budget
• London freewheel attracted over 38,000 people
  of all ages

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Walking growing in Central London, not in Outer
London
0.65

• London walk trips per person per day

1991
2001
25
0
Inner Central London
Outer London
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Outside Central London A-to-B walking trips
radiate around town centres
A-to-B walk trips
Key
A-to-B walk trip
1 km radius around town centres
Source LATS 2001
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Short motorised trips also tend to radiate around
town centres
Motorised trips lt2km
Key
A-to-B walk trip
1 km radius around town centres
Source LATS 2001
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Potential for growth 7 million trips by 2025
Daily walking trips (millions)

• 1.5m car trips under 1km in London today
• Need to create an attractive environment for
  walking
• Need to change the perception of walking

Actual
Forecast
7m
6m
5.7m

• 22 mode share
• 25 growth vs 2000

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Two big opportunities
Central London
Legible London to help people find their way
Short trips in Inner and Outer London
20 of opportunity
Streets of Gold to make walking more attractive
80 of opportunity
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Streets of Gold to make walking more attractive
for short trips in Inner and Outer London
Artists impression
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Streets of Gold
What it is
What it isnt
?
?
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Some questions and some answers

• Is this new money?

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• What about TfLs existing commitments?

• How will funding be allocated?

• What further engagement will there be?

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Thank you