East and south east London Sub-regional Transport Plan, 2014 update Information All information is current until 31st March 2014 Maps All maps are © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved (100032379) (2014) GLA Images All photographs and images are © TfL Visual Image Services unless otherwise stated Contents 1 Introduction 2 Travel in east and south east London 3 Addressing the challenges • Supporting growth areas and regeneration • Delivering the vision for London’s streets and roads • Improving air quality and meeting CO2 targets • Making east and south east London safer • Transforming the role of cycling 11 Addressing the sub-regional priorities in 2013/14 13 Investing to improve east and south east London from 2013/14 21 Future opportunities 27 Funding Appendix A: Significant schemes that unlock and facilitate growth East and south east London Sub-regional Transport Plan, 2014 update iii The east and south east London sub-region Panel members: The east and south east London sub-region consists of the London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Bexley, Hackney, Havering, Lewisham, Newham, Redbridge and Tower Hamlets, together with the Royal Borough of Greenwich. They are represented East and south east London sub-region via the east and south east London sub-regional transport panel, together with the Qasim Shafi London Boroughs of Bromley, Waltham Forest, Dartford Borough Council and Thurrock Thurrock Council TfL Unitary Council. Dave Freeston Alex Williams London Borough London Borough of of Tower Hamlets Barking & Dagenham Richard Finch Tim Martin London Borough London Borough of Redbridge of Bexley Glen Richards East and south Seb Salom London Borough east sub-regional London Borough of Newham of Bromley Murray Woodburn transport Paul Symonds London Borough partnership Dartford Borough of Lewisham Council Simon Moss Rob Scott London Borough London Borough of Havering of Walham Forest Martyn Thomas Neil Bullen London Borough Royal Borough of of Hackney Greenwich Paul Bowker Kim Smith iv East and south east London Sub-regional Transport Plan, 2014 update Introduction The purpose of this east and southeast Sub-regional Publications Future publications Transport plan (SRTP) update is Roads Task Force (RTF) Safe London Streets: Our Six Road The 2050 Infrastructure Plan will set to provide information on: Report, July 2013 Safety Commitments, February 2014 out London’s high level infrastructure The RTF report sets out a vision TfL have set out six commitments requirements, together with funding » Developments over the for world-class streets and roads. making clear how TfL and their partners implications for transport, energy, last 12 months It provides a road map to ensure will reduce the number of people killed water, waste, telecoms, green » Commitments made in London’s continued vibrancy and and seriously injured on London’s infrastructure and social infrastructure. the TfL Business Plan and economic growth by tackling the roads by 40 per cent by 2020. A draft report for consultation impacts of rapid population growth. through Local Implementation Travel in London (TIL) Report 6, 2013 will be published in mid 2014 and Plan (LIP) funding The RTF progress update was The TIL report summarises trends a final report in the autumn. published in March 2014. » Future opportunities to relating to travel and transport. This Further Alterations to the London Plan improve transport and address Safe Streets for London: The Road year’s topics covered the legacy of the are proposed which include key elements the remaining challenges Safety Action Plan for London, 2013 Olympic and Paralympic Games and of the Mayor’s Vision for Cycling and the the monitoring of the RTF vision. This plan aims to help boroughs with Safe Streets for London sets a RTF report. The Examination in Public the development of LIPs and TfL in target of a 40 per cent reduction London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic for the draft Further Alterations to the developing the priorities for business in killed or seriously injured Games: The Transport Legacy, 2013 London Plan will be in autumn 2014 and planning in order to address the (KSI) casualties by 2020. This report reviews the progress made in a more significant review is expected after the next mayoral election. medium to longer-term challenges Safety Action Plans, Spring 2014 embedding the transport legacy and sets out key transport legacy opportunities. Pedestrian Design Guidance for London and the sub-regions. During spring 2014, three focused The new Pedestrian Design Guidance This SRTP is accompanied by a safety action plans were published: Improving the Health of Londoners: Transport Action Plan, February 2014 will be drafted during the spring poster which provides a snapshot » Motorcycle Safety Action Plan and published in summer 2014. of the challenges, priority areas and » Pedestrian Safety Action Plan TfL’s first Health Improvement Plan Cycle Design Guidance opportunities that can be collectively » Updated Cycle Safety sets out the main impacts of transport addressed and shows the initatives Action Plan on health, the ways in which TfL is The revised London Cycling Design improving health and the 10 actions that have been completed or are Standards are due to be published for being taken over the next three years. public consultation in summer 2014 planned within the sub-region. and will be finalised later in the year. East and south east London Sub-regional Transport Plan, 2014 update 1 Travel in east and south east London Modal share for London residents in the east and south east London sub-region* While cars and motorcycles account Sub-regional mobility forums for the largest share of trips An outcome of TfL’s Single 9 per cent of trips in the sub-region 100 million 52 per cent of journeys to the originating in the sub-region, their Equality Scheme 2012/2013 is the are for education purposes, the DLR journeys Isle of Dogs in the morning proportion of total mode share has creation of sub-regional mobility highest proportion of any sub-region in 2012/13 peak are by Underground fallen by two per cent over the past forums. The forums provide a year. Walking is the second most platform for representatives of TfL, popular mode, which along with borough and disabled and older cycling has increased in mode share. people’s organisations to discuss 33% 5% strategic accessibility issues. Improvements are under way to 2% 6% improve connectivity, crowding Last year TfL successfully piloted the forums in the central and and congestion across the sub- 38% south sub-regions and they will 16% region, particularly in light of the now be rolled out to the remaining expected growth. These include sub-regions during 2014/15. 1% the construction of Crossrail, extra 72 per cent of the sub- carriages on the London Overground Health and travel in London region’s 4721 bus stops Travel made by modes other than The Emirates Air Line carried 3.9 37 per cent of trips and a programme of station upgrades. are accessible the car provide opportunities for million passengers in the first two in the sub-region are The recommendations of the Mayor’s improving the health of Londoners years of its operation under 1km Roads Task Force provide direction through physical activity, improving for making more efficient use of the air quality, reducing road traffic London wide mode share, 2012 sub-region’s road network for the collisions and noise, and reducing community severance. movement of people and goods. 32% 5% A proposed future river crossings For example, additional cycling package would complement the London-wide is expected to give 3% 8% additional capacity recently added up to 6,000 extra years of healthy by the Emirates Air Line and make it life and £250m of economic 36% 15% easier to cross the River Thames. health benefits annually. More on health and travel can be 1% found in TfL’s Transport Action Plan. * Source: London Travel Demand Survey, 2011/12 (Average day/seven – day week) 2 East and south east London Sub-regional Transport Plan, 2014 update Addressing the challenges When the east and southeast In addition five other challenges Challenges in every sub-region London sub-regional Transport Plan were identified and agreed Improve connectivity to, from and within key locations to support was first developed in 2010 it helped for each sub-region. Transform the role of cycling and walking in the sub-region existing communities and growth to translate the Mayor’s Transport On an individual basis, each east and Strategy (MTS) goals, challenges and southeast London local authority Help meet the Mayor’s CO targets 2 What are the priority work areas? outcomes at a sub-regional level. strives to deliver its responsibilities Improve air quality to meet and It was agreed with boroughs that effectively and efficiently, in a very • Olympics Legacy and exceed legal requirements and ensure while all MTS challenges must be challenging financial and operational Convergence health benefits for Londoners considered across London, and environment in order to address • Transport investment for jobs and homes addressed locally through LIPs, these and other challenges. in opportunity areas there were some which would East and south east London- However, as a number of key issues specific challenges • Investing in area, corridor and junction benefit from having a concerted are cross-boundary, key priority work studies to address challenges on effort at a sub-regional level. areas were agreed for the sub-regions. Manage highway congestion and the road network public transport crowding and make Consequently, the challenges of • Sub-regional cycling strategy to While each priority area can be efficient use of the transport network improving air quality, reducing CO promote increased mode share 2 addressed in isolation, the inter- emissions and achieving the targets and investment related nature of these issues Reduce physical barriers to travel for – and desired results from – an illustrate why an integrated (including proximity to the River • HS1-2 link increase in the mode share of cycling approach is required.