MARYLEBONE LOW EMISSION NEIGHBOURHOOD

DECEMBER 2019

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the the suffered long has Westminster of area Marylebone The FOREWORD DIESEL PARKING SURCHARGE AND AIR QUALITY MONITORING

WHAT WAS DELIVERED? WHAT WAS ACHIEVED? KEY FACT /STATS

Westminster City Council trialled The parking surcharge achieved a 16% reduction in older a 50% parking surcharge for older 16% reduction in older diesel vehicles diesel vehicles paying diesel visiting vehicles in the parking visiting the area, without causing to park zone covering Marylebone. This was displacement to neighbouring zones. designed to encourage travel by This trial was the first of its kind in £1M Schools Clean Air cleaner alternatives and reflect the London and has now been followed by Fund established air quality impacts of these more many other local authorities. Following polluting vehicles. its success, the council rolled out a permanent diesel parking surcharge in Alongside this, King’s College London 2019. It is supporting a £1m ‘Schools trialled an innovative, mobile black Clean Air Fund’ which will help pay for carbon monitoring backpack which temporary vehicle restrictions outside provided a good indicator of relative schools (school streets), air filters in concentrations of local diesel emissions. classrooms, tree planting and other Data collected from this suggested that measures to improve air quality in and alterations to traffic volume and flow around schools across Westminster. on individual streets can affect black carbon levels.

The air quality monitoring backpack in action.

PARKLET DESIGN COMPETITION

WHAT WAS DELIVERED? WHAT WAS ACHIEVED? KEY FACT /STATS

The University of Westminster’s A shortlist was whittled down to two 2 winning submissions Marylebone Campus was identified winners (pictured), which both took from design students at as a potential area for planting in account of local context, sustainability The University of Westminster. the Baker Street Quarter Greenery issues and ways of using planting Action Plan. In collaboration with the to mitigate against the effects of air University’s School of Architecture pollution, including the use of a vertical and Built Environment, a ‘pocket plaza’ moss wall area to attract air pollutants. was proposed.

Due to limitations of the site identified in a full technical evaluation, it was not deemed feasible to install this feature on the site. Instead, the project engaged students in a design competition, taking the concept and the LEN objectives of greening to improve air quality and applying it to a design that would fit in to the Marylebone context.

MARYLEBONE LOW EMISSION NEIGHBOURHOOD 1 DEVONSHIRE PLACE MEWS: NO RIGHT TURN

WHAT WAS DELIVERED? WHAT WAS ACHIEVED? KEY FACT /STATS

Marylebone LEN supported an initial trial Since the introduction of the trial, the Experimental right turn ban to ban right turns from a local residential average number of vehicles travelling from Devonshire Place Mews street, Devonshire Place Mews, on to along this street has reduced by 77%, to Marylebone High Street. the northern end of Marylebone High demonstrating the significant impact Street. Drivers had been using this route that small interventions can have. 77% average reduction as a short cut, creating local vehicle Due to its success, the right turn ban in northbound vehicles on emissions on what would otherwise has now been made permanent, and Devonshire Place Mews. be a low-traffic stretch of road. residents have continued to improve air quality by looking at ways to further enhance their street through greening.

URBAN REALM

WHAT WAS DELIVERED? WHAT WAS ACHIEVED? KEY FACT /STATS

Several high footfall pedestrian streets The project delivered a series of 2 180M in the centre of Marylebone were public realm schemes that are visibly of additional planting sensitively targeted as key locations transformative, positively contribute to for improving the experience of local air quality and directly relate to 13 new trees walking in the area. New and improved how the area operates. 17 rain gardens pedestrian crossings, clearer footways The installation of trees and rain and extensive greening with tree Improved pedestrian gardens reduces surface water runoff planting and rain gardens were installed crossing facilities, including and aids in absorbing pollutants to prioritise pedestrian movement. In 3 additional zebra crossings from the air. Additionally, the space addition, a range of new cycle stands they occupy creates more distance now give those arriving by bike more new secure cycle between vehicles’ emissions and 2 options for parking in the area. hangars (12 spaces) pedestrians, and the location of the planting reduces the opportunity for 16 new standard cycle drivers to stop informally and leave parking spaces their engines idling. 1 new cycle lane (37m) extending from Marylebone High Street to Devonshire Street

2 MANAGED BY CITY OF WESTMINSTER / CROSS RIVER PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME AND PLAY STREETS

WHAT WAS DELIVERED? WHAT WAS ACHIEVED? KEY FACT /STATS

Westminster City Council worked with Since the introduction of air quality The Mayor of London, Sadiq Kahn, schools to raise awareness about air lessons, pupils and teachers within visited St Mary’s Bryanston Square CE pollution and the measures that can the Marylebone LEN have fore fronted Primary School in May 2018 to launch be taken to reduce emissions. In total, projects to improve air quality through The School Air Quality Fund. 13 schools took part, with a dedicated green screening, promoting anti-idling, The first School Street on Active Travel Officer facilitating activities creating clean air routes and delivering Enford Street, Westminster, such as scooter skills sessions, kit sales, additional Play Streets. was installed in April 2019 and ‘Bling Your Bike’ days to increase under the Council Leader’s interest among students and staff. #mywestminster Active Other activates that were delivered Streets Programme and as part of the programme: Air Quality Manifesto. • Air quality lessons • Pedestrian and cycle training 7 Play Streets were • Filming projects delivered around schools in • Weather station activities the Marylebone LEN, with • Anti-idling activities over 1,100 pupils participating.

ANTI-IDLING CAMPAIGN

WHAT WAS DELIVERED? WHAT WAS ACHIEVED? KEY FACT /STATS

Westminster City Council deployed The Air Quality Marshals attended an 2 dedicated Air Quality two dedicated Air Quality Marshals in average of 900 idling incidents per Marshals the Marylebone area, who engaged month, educating drivers about the with drivers and asked those idling to harm and costs to health of engine switch off when stationary. They were idling. It is hoped this will have a 900 idling incidents supported by targeted signage, anti- wider impact not just in this LEN area addressed each month idling action days and a CRP-produced but also deter repeating idlers from toolbox training video for fleet drivers, continuing elsewhere. busting the myths and sharing the health impacts of engine idling.

MARYLEBONE LOW EMISSION NEIGHBOURHOOD 3 TAXI MANAGEMENT AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROVISION

WHAT WAS DELIVERED? WHAT WAS ACHIEVED? KEY FACT /STATS

The Marylebone LEN delivered support The environment minister at the time, 28 lamp column EV to taxi drivers through the Park Right Thérèse Coffey MP, visited the LEN to chargers installed App, which helps taxis find available find out more about how the lamp post ranks and reduces the time spent idling. charge points work effectively within standalone EV Street lamp electric chargers were also the existing street furniture and support 33 chargers installed installed in specific locations to provide residents to charge their vehicles close the necessary infrastructure to support to home. drivers in transitioning to Electric These measures, in conjunction with the Vehicles (EVs). These were some of the improvements to walking and cycling first to be introduced in London. environments, expand the range of sustainable travel options for residents, visitors, and businesses.

DELIVERY AND SERVICING PROGRAMME

WHAT WAS DELIVERED? WHAT WAS ACHIEVED? KEY FACT /STATS

Cross River Partnership was Over 300 businesses were approached 84 businesses participated commissioned to roll out its deliverBEST in the Marylebone area as part of the in the Delivery and Servicing (Business Efficiency and Savings Tool) Delivery and Servicing Programme, Programme. Ranging from to the LEN area, which provides tailored with 84 taking actions by using the the retail, office, healthcare practical, proven solutions to make deliverBEST tool. and food & drink sectors. deliveries to businesses more efficient; Baldwin Electrical Company Ltd were saving time and money while improving one example (pictured) - by minimising 325 face-to-face business local air quality. The tool integrated their waste packaging through supplier engagements carried out. solutions through the West End Buyers agreements, they reduced their waste Club preferred supplier platform. Baker collections to just once every three Street Quarter Partnership acted weeks. The company also use an as the lead partner for this project. electric van to transport bulky goods in turn, benefiting from discounted Having electric vehicles to use parking rates and low vehicle running for our services has meant that costs, whilst their team of 10 engineers we have been able to save on travel to customers on foot or by bike. fuel costs and benefit from lower parking rates.

Baldwin Electrical Company Ltd

4 MANAGED BY CITY OF WESTMINSTER / CROSS RIVER PARTNERSHIP WHAT WERE THE OUTCOMES FROM MARYLEBONE LEN?

The projects, activities, campaigns, tools, and New zebra crossings, widened footways, events that were delivered as part of the LEN planted trees and cycle storage parking engaged with thousands of individuals over were just some of the lasting interventions the two-and-a-half years. From the Delivery that have been put in place, creating more and Servicing Programme, and colourful Play space for people to travel on foot and bike, Streets, to a ‘Don’t Be Idle’ campaign, and air greater connectivity between areas and quality lessons in schools, a diverse range of reduced exposure to road-side pollution. local residents, businesses, and visitors were Complementing the new urban realm actively engaged in mitigating the impacts of infrastructure, the diesel parking surcharge air pollution in Marylebone. enables further air quality projects to continue Infrastructure improvements were an essential after the Marylebone LEN has ended. The £1m component of the LEN to encourage people ‘Schools Clean Air Fund’ supports continued to utilise spaces that were once dominated measures to reduce and monitor air pollution, by polluting traffic. These improvements also such as temporary road closures, tree facilitated the transition to low emission planting, and the purchase of classroom air modes of transport and deterred actions quality measuring equipment. that would increase pollution in key For information on our Low Emission pedestrian areas. Neighbourhood Top 10 Tips visit: On Bird Street, New West End Company www.crossriverpartnership.org/projects/ trialled measures including an air cleaning marylebone-len/ bench, a green wall and kinetic paving. Elsewhere, The Portman Estate coordinated a series of buildings emissions audits which Air quality is a huge concern for our showed how straightforward changes locally residents, so it was decided that we can result in lower operating costs and save up to 18% in carbon emissions per building. would trial lots of interventions in a designated area… In total, 12 new and improved walking environments were delivered, representing Councillor Karen Scarborough LEN Chair 2017 - 2019 712m of lower polluted pedestrian routes. Westminster City Council

CONCLUSION

The Marylebone LEN was established in July 2016 after Westminster City Council’s successful bid to the Mayor of London’s Air Quality Fund. To improve air quality in the designated area, the Council partnered with local stakeholders to implement initiatives throughout the project area. The City Council were awarded nearly £1m from the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund administered by Transport for London, which was matched by over £1m from the LEN partners and the private sector.

Through the different case studies addressed in this report, the LEN provided an opportunity for the Council to pilot a range of measures, using a partnership approach, and Council officers can now use the LEN to gather lessons learned about what interventions work and how they can be better managed for future work.

A huge thank you to all the project partners and collaborators, and for the Mayor of London’s Air Quality Fund for making this project possible. Cross River Partnership Westminster City Hall 64 Victoria Street London SW1E 6QP

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