Presentation to West London Business Transport Group

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Transport for London and HealthChris Hyde
Lesley MurrayTransport Planners
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Who are Transport for London?

• Directly accountable to the Mayor
• Replaced London Transport and took over the
  functions of many other transport bodies
• Single body for transport in London
• Responsible for planning and implementation
• Whole journey experience - door-to-door.

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Transport and Health
Transport for London can contribute to improved
health in London in two main ways

• By enabling the population of London to lead
  fuller, more productive and therefore healthier
  lives
• By reducing the negative impacts of the transport
  system on health.

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TfL Health Aims

• To promote healthier modes of travel

• To provide access to jobs, facilities and
  amenities, particularly key health services
• To reduce the emission of pollutants that
  contribute to ill-health
• To improve transport safety, especially reducing
  road traffic accidents and fatalities
• To assess the health impacts of projects.

• Promoting walking and cycling
• Interchange initiatives
• Developing new light rail schemes
• Travel awareness campaigns
• Improving the bus network
• Promoting sustainable distribution
• DLR extensions and upgrades
• Crossrail
• East London line extension.

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Actions to Promote Healthier Modes of Transport

• Carrying out a review of walking, cycling and
  area-based schemes
• Developing a walking plan
• Developing a cycling action plan.

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Actions to Improve Access to Jobs, Facilities
and Amenities, Particularly Key Health Services

• Carrying out research on socially excluded groups
• Preparing a social inclusion action plan
• Improving door-door transport services
• Reviewing access to hospitals in the congestion
  charging zone.

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Actions to Reduce Emission of Pollutants that
Contribute to Ill-health

• Reducing bus emissions
• Including an emission target in the London
  service permit
• Including 100 per cent discount for alternative
  fuel vehicles in central London congestion
• Increasing use of water-diesel emulsion fuel
• Investigating the potential and feasibility of
  fuel cell buses
• Investigating taxi/phv emissions issues
• Developing and implement traffic management
  measures to help reduce emissions
• Improving traffic flow through the streetworks
  task force
• Working with boroughs on air quality issues
  including funding air quality initiatives
• Managing and participate in the LEZ feasibility
  study.

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Actions to Improve Transport Safety, Especially
Reducing Road Traffic Accidents and Fatalities

• Carrying out improvements to the TLRN,
  particularly for vulnerable street users and
  public transport
• Improving the safety of buses
• Implementing street safety initiatives.

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Action to Assess the Health Impacts of Projects

• Developing a method for carrying out health
  assessments of projects.

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Chris Hyde chrishyde_at_tfl.gov.uk 020
7941 4271 Lesley Murray
lesleymurray_at_tfl.gov.uk 020 7941 4278