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Euston Area Plan Transport Study Process STRATEGIC TRANSPORT STUDY MAYOR OF LONDON Transport for London Euston Area Plan Strategic Transport Study Draft, November 2013 Name Contact Details Signature Author Charles Snead [email protected] Terri Collett [email protected] Phil Hawkins [email protected] Reviewer(s): Richard McGreevy [email protected] Version Issue Date Description Rev. Approved Number 0.1 August 2013 Initial draft for internal review RM Issue to TfL Policy Analysis and surface modes 0.2 September 2013 Draft for internal review RM Issued to Tim Thomas & Lucinda Turner 0.3 November 2013 Draft issue to Camden RM 0.4 November 2013 Draft issue to Management Board RM 0.5 December 2013 Final version to Camden RM Acknowledgements Transport for London London Borough of Camden Greater London Authority MAYOR OF LONDON TfL Planning EAP Transport Study - Preliminary Summary Report Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................ i 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 1 2. Policy context for the Transport Study ........................................................................ 3 3. Euston area vision and objectives ............................................................................... 6 4. Current transport provision and issues ........................................................................ 9 5. Planned and committed developments ..................................................................... 36 6. Future development pressures ................................................................................. 38 7 Intervention identification ......................................................................................... 52 8 Future development – intervention scenarios ........................................................... 57 9 Assessment of interventions against EAP and MTS goals .......................................... 87 10 Transport strategy .................................................................................................... 89 11 Implementation ........................................................................................................ 96 12 Conclusions and next steps ...................................................................................... 97 Appendix A: Intervention appraisal against EAP objectives and MTS .................................... 98 Appendix B: Supporting technical documents .................................................................... 104 Appendix C: Abbreviations ............................................................................................... 105 Appendix D: Glossary ........................................................................................................ 106 TfL Planning EAP Transport Study - Preliminary Summary Report Table of Figures Figure 1 – Transport Strategy for the Euston area .................................................................. iii Figure 2 – Euston Area Plan Transport Study process ............................................................ 2 Figure 3 – Euston Opportunity Area ...................................................................................... 6 Figure 4 - Euston Area Plan Road Network .......................................................................... 10 Figure 5- Strategic traffic movement on Euston Road .......................................................... 11 Figure 6 - Location of junction delays and the volume / capacity (V/C) of links. ................... 12 Figure 7 – Euston Road Air Quality Focus Area .................................................................... 13 Figure 8 - Collision location and severity ............................................................................. 14 Figure 9 – Collisions involving Pedestrians and Cyclists ....................................................... 15 Figure 10 - Euston public transport network ........................................................................ 16 Figure 11 - Public Transport Accessibility Levels in Euston .................................................. 17 Figure 12 – All day mode share of residents’ trips to/from the EAP area .............................. 18 Figure 13 – All day mode share of trips to/from Euston station ........................................... 18 Figure 14 - Euston bus passenger destinations .................................................................... 20 Figure 15 – Current crowding on London Underground lines- morning peak ........................ 21 Figure 16 - Euston area and 25 minute pedestrian catchment .............................................. 22 Figure 17 - Weekday average hourly pedestrian flows .......................................................... 23 Figure 18 - Weekend average hourly pedestrian flows ......................................................... 24 Figure 19 – Weekday 0800-0900 observed pedestrian flows ............................................... 25 Figure 20 - Current Pedestrian Comfort Level scores (TfL, 2013) ......................................... 26 Figure 21 - Location of Barclays Cycle Hire stations ............................................................ 28 Figure 22 - Destinations of cycle trips from the Euston area ................................................ 29 Figure 23 – Weekday morning peak hour observed cycle movements .................................. 30 Figure 24 – Taxi pick up facilities at Euston station .............................................................. 31 Figure 25 – Euston station taxi and passenger queues ......................................................... 32 Figure 26 – Proposed HS2 design for Euston station ........................................................... 37 Figure 27 - Euston HS2 passenger forecasts morning peak 2026-41 .................................... 38 Figure 28 - Predicted distribution of HS2 passengers (DfT/TfL) ............................................ 39 Figure 29 - Network delay and Volume / Capacity ratios: Reference Case 2031 ................... 42 Figure 30 – Network delay Reference Case + HS2 ................................................................ 43 Figure 31 – Network delay - EAP medium development, No HS2 ........................................ 43 TfL Planning EAP Transport Study - Preliminary Summary Report Figure 32 - Network delay EAP medium development + HS2 ............................................... 43 Figure 33 – Traffic model cordon areas ................................................................................ 44 Figure 34 - Forecast crowding on London Underground - Reference Case 2031 .................. 45 Figure 35 – Forecast crowding on London Underground - Reference Case + HS2 2031 ........ 46 Figure 36 - Forecast crowding on London Underground - Medium EAP, no HS2 .................. 46 Figure 37 - Forecast crowding on London Underground - medium EAP plus HS2 ................ 46 Figure 38 - Reference Case 2031 bus boardings ................................................................... 47 Figure 39 - Medium EAP development and HS2 forecast bus boardings .............................. 48 Figure 40 - Forecast pedestrian flows - reference case with HS2 ........................................ 49 Figure 41 - Forecast crossing movements - Reference Case plus HS2 ................................. 50 Figure 42 - Crossing PCLs Reference Case plus HS2 ............................................................ 50 Figure 43 - Option appraisal process ................................................................................... 52 Figure 44 - Pedestrian movement and access options ......................................................... 53 Figure 45 - Cycling movement and access options ............................................................. 53 Figure 46 - Bus access options ........................................................................................... 54 Figure 47 - Rail options ....................................................................................................... 54 Figure 48 - Example of consolidation process .................................................................... 55 Figure 49 - Pedestrian crossing flows. Reference Case with HS2 .......................................... 58 Figure 50 - Forecast diagonal pedestrian crossing flows ....................................................... 59 Figure 51 - Forecast pedestrian flows: To and through Euston station ................................. 61 Figure 52 - Morning peak hour pedestrian flows: Preferred Masterplan (No HS2) ................. 64 Figure 53 - Preferred masterplan morning peak diagonal crossing flows ............................... 65 Figure 54 - Morning peak hour pedestrian flows: ‘Masterplan with HS2’ .............................. 66 Figure 55 - Morning peak pedestrian flows: ‘Masterplan with HS2 and high permeability’ .... 67 Figure 56 – EAP proposed new cycle links connections into emerging cycle network .......... 71 Figure 57 - Morning peak hour forecast cycle flows with additional cycle facilities scenario.72 Figure 58 - Morning Peak London Underground Reduced Crowding with Crossrail2 ............. 78 Figure 59 - Transport strategy for the Euston area ............................................................... 90 Figure 60 – Artist impression of potential street
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