Bromley’s transport for the future 0 Bromley’s Third Local Implementation Plan 2019 1 Contents Foreword ................................................................................................................. 4 Executive summary ................................................................................................. 6 Introduction and preparing a LIP .......................................................................... 12 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 13 Local approval process ......................................................................................... 14 Statutory consultation ........................................................................................... 15 Statutory duties ..................................................................................................... 17 Draft SEA .............................................................................................................. 17 Draft EQIA: ............................................................................................................ 18 LIP approval .......................................................................................................... 19 Local context ......................................................................................................... 21 Changing the Transport Mix .................................................................................. 28 Borough objectives ............................................................................................... 33 Mayor’s Transport Strategy Outcomes ................................................................ 35 Outcome 1: London’s streets will be healthy and more Londoners will travel actively .................................................................................................................. 36 Outcome 2: London’s streets will be safe and secure ........................................... 59 Outcome 3: London’s streets will be used more efficiently and have less traffic on them ...................................................................................................................... 71 Outcome 4: London’s streets will be clean and green .......................................... 79 Outcome 5: The public transport network will meet the needs of a growing London .............................................................................................................................. 92 Outcome 6: Public transport will be safe, affordable and accessible to all .......... 103 Outcome 7: Journeys by public transport will be pleasant, fast and reliable ....... 108 2 Outcome 8: Active, efficient and sustainable travel will be the best option in new developments ...................................................................................................... 119 Outcome 9: Transport investment will unlock the delivery of new homes and jobs ............................................................................................................................ 122 Other Mayoral Strategies .................................................................................... 125 The Delivery Plan ................................................................................................. 126 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 127 Linkages to the Mayor’s Transport Strategy priorities ......................................... 127 TfL Business Plan ............................................................................................... 132 Sources of funding .............................................................................................. 133 Long-Term interventions to 2041 ........................................................................ 137 Three-year indicative Programme of Investment ................................................ 145 Supporting commentary for the three-year programme ...................................... 147 Risks to the delivery of the three-year programme ............................................. 151 Annual programme of schemes and initiatives .................................................... 155 Risk assessment for the annual programme ....................................................... 159 Monitoring the delivery of the outcomes of the Mayor’s Transport Strategy ....... 163 Overarching mode-share aim and outcome Indicators ....................................... 163 Delivery indicators ............................................................................................... 163 Local targets ....................................................................................................... 163 3 Foreword centres, maintaining independence, healthy residents and a quality These are exciting times for the environment. This LIP3 strategy sets transport sector with potentially large out how we will deliver new transport changes in the way we travel over the infrastructure to support these next two to three decades. Providing outcomes in the short and long term. I residents and visitors to Bromley with am especially keen that new transport high quality transport infrastructure to infrastructure contributes positively to enable them to make choices about the qualities that Bromley has and the way they travel is at the centre of what attracts so many people to live this third Local Implementation Plan and spend time in the Borough. (LIP3) document. I am determined to see the development of new public Much of what is proposed in the LIP3 transport infrastructure in the Borough, builds on the good work we have to provide new connectivity to other undertaken as a Council. For example parts of London and Kent, offering the KSIs have been reduced by 55% since opportunity for continued economic 2005. We have achieved all Mayoral regeneration in Bromley and improved targets early although we do not intend access for visitors to our Borough. In to rest on our laurels. Through this LIP addition to allowing Bromley residents we a reaffirming our drive to reduce greater and easier access to jobs in those being killed and seriously injured Docklands and East London for on our roads with an ambition to example. reduce this to zero by 2041. This will be challenging to deliver and needs In Bromley, transport plays a key role the efforts of many working together, in supporting our own Council but is the right approach to take for the objectives such as vibrant town future. Cllr William Huntington-Thresher Portfolio Holder for Environment & Community Services 4 5 Executive summary capacity and encourage residents to choose the most appropriate mode for This document is Bromley’s transport their particular journey, thereby strategy for the next three years and is enhancing the Borough’s quality of life, the Local Implementation Plan (LIP) of health and local economy. the Mayor of London’s wider transport objectives for London as set out in the The Council’s high level objectives are Mayor’s Transport Strategy (MTS). set out in “Building a Better Bromley”, these are: In the context of a growing city, Bromley’s population is predicted to A Quality Environment increase by almost 30,000 by 2032. Regeneration Vibrant Thriving Town Centres This level of population growth will Supporting our Children and present challenges for the Borough’s Young People transport networks, to ensure that Supporting Independence residents can still move about safely Safe Bromley and efficiently to access employment, Healthy Bromley education, health provision, retail and leisure opportunities. Providing an Transport has a key role to play in efficient transport network has a delivering these objectives, for central role in ensuring the quality of example by providing attractive life in Bromley and promoting walking and cycling infrastructure, economic growth across the Borough residents will be able to undertake exercise as part of their everyday and Capital. routine, such as travelling to the If this growth in demand for travel were station, improving their health and to be accompanied by an equal growth reducing the chance of disease, in-car use, congestion and traffic thereby supporting independence and would get worse, with slower journeys promoting a healthy Bromley. for residents and businesses and air Similarly, whilst the Borough does not quality will deteriorate. To have the same air quality problems as accommodate this increase in demand inner and central London, the Council requires us to make the most efficient will work to maintain and improve its use of the capacity we have on our air quality in a targeted way that transport networks, through the use of supports the ambition for a Quality space-efficient modes. Essentially this Environment and Healthy Bromley. means that high quality, attractive alternatives to car travel need to be The Mayor of London has set an developed to provide genuine ambitious target for 80 per cent of all transport choice and to avoid gridlock trips in London to be made on foot, by in the more built-up parts of the cycle or by public transport by 2041, Borough. We need to focus on the compared to 63 per cent today. This is most efficient use of the available not a one size fits all target for the 6 whole of London and instead, there series of local routes including are specific mode share targets for upgrades to the existing