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Our Tower Hamlets Bike Life Report 2019 Tower Hamlets Making tracks Our vision for cycling in Tower Hamlets Home to the fastest quality flagship cycle routes which will provide growing population a denser cycling network and remove barriers in the country, to cycling in our community. which is projected To reduce the impact of through traffic on our to increase to residents and make our street environment 400,000 by 2041, more pleasant for walking and cycling, Tower Tower Hamlets is Hamlets is delivering its ambitious Liveable a dynamic, diverse Streets programme. Phase 1 in the Bow, and rapidly changing Bethnal Green and Wapping areas is due for inner-London borough. implementation from 2020-21. It will include The demand generated by road closures, safer provision for pedestrians this growth and the position of the borough and cyclists and improved cycling access along key arterial strategic road routes poses which prioritises cycles over motor traffic. a particular challenge. In March 2019 Tower To improve air quality for our children we Hamlets declared a climate emergency, have a programme of 50 School Streets to be recognising the borough’s contribution to implemented by 2022, which will see part-time climate change and air pollution. Transport restrictions on through traffic outside schools, accounts for nearly 40% of CO emissions 2 and encourage parents and children to walk and 50% of NO emissions in the borough. As x and cycle to school instead of taking the car. a result of poor air quality, children in Tower Hamlets typically have 10% less lung capacity Tower Hamlets is delighted to be the first than the national average. London borough to participate in Bike Life. This, our inaugural Bike Life report, will help To address these issues the Council published provide a comprehensive picture of cycling a 25 year Transport Strategy in 2019, which amongst our residents and strengthen the aims to increase the proportion of trips walked case for delivering our ambitious targets for or cycled, whilst reducing car trips and parking cycling. provision. Whilst the borough already has a cycle network in place, with 7 miles of Our vision is for Tower Hamlets to be the protected cycle lanes on its road network, most cycle-friendly borough in London. there is further work to do. The Council is Mayor John Biggs therefore working closely with Transport for Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets London (TfL) on developing five new high 2 Contents 4 Report summary 12 Barriers 6 Realising benefits 14 Solutions 8 Cycling participation 17 Improving cycling 10 Social inequality and mobility 18 Bike to the future Introducing Bike Life Bike Life is the biggest assessment of cycling in urban areas in the UK and Ireland. It is delivered by Sustrans in collaboration with 17 cities and urban areas. Each city* reports on progress towards making cycling an attractive and everyday means of travel. Bike Life reports every two years. In 2015 and Inverness 2017 seven cities published reports. Glasgow, Perth and Stirling followed and published their Perth Dundee first reports in 2018. Stirling Fourteen areas are participating in Bike Life in Glasgow Edinburgh 2019. This includes our first London borough, Tower Hamlets, and our first city outside of the Tyneside UK, Dublin Metropolitan Area. Belfast ! This is the first report from Tower Liverpool Greater City Region Dublin ! Hamlets, produced in partnership with ! Manchester Metropolitan the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Area The information in this report comes West Midlands Greater from local cycling data, modelling and Cambridge an independent survey conducted by Cardiff Bristol DRG** of 1,100 residents aged 16 or Southampton above, with an additional boost of 42 City Region residents who cycle in Tower Hamlets. It is representative of all Tower Hamlets residents, London not just those who cycle. Tower More details on all Bike Life reports can be Hamlets found at www.sustrans.org.uk/bikelife. Our thanks to the people of Tower Hamlets who took part in the survey and shared their stories with us. *City is used as a shorthand for Bike Life cities, city regions and boroughs **Survey conducted May-July 2019. Bike Life Tower Hamlets 2019 3 Mile End Report Whitechapel summary Tower Hamlets Canary Wharf Population* Survey area 307,964 Everyone benefits when Tower Hamlets residents cycle Every day, Tower Hamlets Every year, cycling: There is significant appetite residents cycling instead of in Tower Hamlets for cycling. prevents 23 serious driving takes up to long-term health conditions 11% 2,600 cars saves 1,500 tonnes of of residents cycle at greenhouse gas emissions least once a week off the road £ creates £5.1 million Based on cycling by Tower Hamlets £ 16% residents that live in a household in economic benefit for don’t cycle but would like to with a car. Does not include leisure individuals and the borough cycling trips or people that cycle into or through the borough. Safety concerns stop cycling being a genuine travel choice for many residents Many residents are less likely Proportion of residents Proportion of residents to cycle regularly, for example who cycle at least who think cycle safety women and disabled people. once a week needs improving 6% of women 55% of women However, all groups want cycling safety to be improved. 16% of men 61% of men 4% of disabled people 30% of disabled people 12% of non-disabled people 61% of non-disabled people To help residents cycle more we need better cycling infrastructure 49% 45% 7 miles think that more cycle tracks support building more of of cycle tracks along along roads physically these tracks, even when roads physically separated from traffic and this means less room for separated from traffic pedestrians would be useful other road traffic and pedestrians currently to help them cycle more (31% oppose) exist in Tower Hamlets *NOMIS mid-year 2017 population estimate. This is the most recent available for all Bike Life areas. 4 People from socio-economic groups D and E are most likely to suffer the impacts of higher traffic levels,** yet are least likely to own a car Proportion of residents from socio-economic groups 91% Cycling as a mode of transport of residents from AB or DE who have a car is ideally suited to urban life. or van in their household socio-economic groups D and E never cycle, but Cities that are designed 69% of people from groups AB for cycling can help many 36% of people from groups DE 13% residents access everyday would like to start services and reduce social Not having a car can increase This is equal to and economic isolation. the risk of social exclusion, debt and transport poverty.† 8,600 adults Socio-economic group is a classification based on occupation maintained by the Market Research Society. Groups A and B are professional and managerial. Groups D and E are semi-skilled and unskilled manual occupations and people not in employment. Tower Hamlets residents believe improving their streets for cycling and walking would make their area a better place to live, work or visit 47% 76% 42% think more cycling would think space should be think streets outside local make their area a better increased for people schools should be closed place to live and work socialising, cycling to cars during drop off (18% disagree) and walking on their and pick up times local high street (37% disagree) 39% think fewer motor vehicles on 62% our streets would be useful think speed limits should to help them cycle more be reduced on local roads Residents would like to see more government Farhana Chowdhury spending on public transport, walking There are community groups and cycling offering free cycling lessons where you can borrow a bike 71% Public transport and have a go. The instructor teaches you about road 63% Walking positioning and signalling, 48% Cycling to be as safe as possible. My class of learner cyclists meets 27% Driving every week and it’s brilliant. **Glasgow Centre for Population Health, 2013. The built environment and health: an evidence review. † Bike Life Tower Hamlets 2019 Sustrans, 2012. Locked Out Report 5 Realising benefits Why everyone gains when more people cycle Tower Hamlets residents cycle twice around the world every day Annual trips by purpose* 47% agree that more cycling would make Work: Leisure: 850,000 Tower Hamlets 2,400,000 17% a better place 48% to live and work (18% disagree) 5 million trips made by cycle by Tower Shopping, personal business Hamlets residents in the and social trips: past year, which adds up to 930,000 19% 13.9 million School (child): School, college 390,000 miles or university 8% (adult): 430,000 = 38,000 miles a day 9% Cycling keeps Tower Hamlets moving Studies show cycling frees up road space in If these cars were all in a comparison to driving.** This helps to keep traffic jam it would tail back Tower Hamlets moving for all road users. 8 miles 2,600 return cycle trips equivalent to the distance from are made daily in Tower Hamlets by Barking to Whitechapel. residents that could have used a car *Leisure trips include adults and children. Education trips are shown separately for adults and children. All other trips are just adults. 6 **Litman, 2017. Evaluating Transportation Land Use Impacts. Based upon Eric Bruun and Vuchic, 1995. The Time-Area Concept. Cycling unlocks health benefits for everyone Cycling in Tower Hamlets In Tower Hamlets the physical prevents 23 serious long-term activity benefits of cycling health conditions each year 7 prevent 4 early 6 deaths annually† 4 which is valued at 3 3 £13.4 million Cases prevented More people cycling improves air quality: Depression Hip fracture Dementia Coronary Other heart conditions ‘Other conditions’ includes type 2 disease 3,100kg diabetes, stroke, breast cancer, of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and colorectal cancer.
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