TfL Managing London s Roads Glynn Barton, Head of RSM Outcomes Delivery, Transport for London 1
Transport for London Services Underground Surface Transport 2
London s travel choices today...and so is the way that Londoner s choose to travel. 102 m 205 m 136m Cycling journeys are nearly equal to DLR & Overground journeys combined Cycles are now 25% of traffic in the morning peak in central London Cycling is the principal mode on London, Waterloo and Blackfriars bridge with more than 40% of journeys in the AM peak 3
TfL s Road Management Responsibilities Transport for London Road Network 5% of London s Road carrying 30% of the traffic Around15% of the UK s traffic congestion is concentrated in London on just 1,500km of the country s 400,000km of roads 4
Keeping Traffic Moving 5
Future Proofing 6
Real Time Operations - RODAT Automatic Traffic Counters ANPR cameras SCOOT Flow and Journey Times along routes ending at Piccadilly AM Peak 0700-1000 Data fusion Innovative algorithms & computing Real-time detailed view of traffic behaviour on our network Flow and Journey Times along routes originating from the A4 GWR AM Peak 0700-1000 ANPR ATC SCOO T Combined Data 7
Air Quality Air pollution is one of the most a significant challenges facing London. The equivalent of around 9,400 deaths per year in London are attributed to air quality related illnesses. TfL Air Quality Consultation October 2016 To restore London s Air Quality to legal and safe levels, with action to make travel greener and pedestrianise Oxford Street, while protecting the green belt Mayor of London s Priorities 8
The Mayor s Clean Air Action Plan Emission Surcharge in Central London from 2017 Policy consultation on the Ultra Low Emission Zone in Central London in 2019 instead of 2020 Policy consultation on expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone Londonwide for heavy vehicles only Policy consultation on expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone out to the North and South Circulars for all vehicles Working with buses and taxis to use cleaner vehicles 9
Where are we with Emissions Road Transport accounts for 50% of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in Greater London Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a pollutant that inflames the lungs, increasing the risk of respiratory diseases such as asthma and lung cancer 10
How we are moving forward with emissions - Modelling Macro modelling Pan London model for emissions Combination of data sets to show impact areas triggers and mitigation Microsimulation modelling Local level impacts and control Important for real-time optimisation 11
How we are moving forward with emissions - Control Short-term Queue Relocation Medium-term SCOOT Emissions Optimisation Long-term Vehicle Data and Information 12
How we are moving forward with emissions Customer Information Early warning information from our traffic control centre 13
Cleaner Vehicles - Buses Introducing the ULEZ standards a year early for double deck buses (2019) Single decker buses would meet minimum Euro 6 standard in 2019 and be all electric or hydrogen in 2020 Implementing up to 12 Low Emission Bus Zones tackling the worst pollution hotspots by concentrating cleaner buses on the dirtiest routesambition to purchase only hybrid or zero emission double deck buses from 2018 Expanding the Euro 5 retrofit programme from 800 to over 4,000 buses and to 5,200 by 2021 14
Cleaner Vehicles Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles 2018 New taxis will need to be zero emission capable Zero emission capable taxis will be on sale next year Up to 7.5k top up grants avaiable to purchase the new taxis Private Hire Vehicles presented for licensing for the first time must meet either Euro 6 emissions standards for diesel/petrol or Euro 4 standards for petrol hybrids 15
Ultra Low Emission Zone Emerging proposals for ULEZ 16
Symposium Questions? Air Quality: The urgent need to mitigate transport impacts on health Name: Glynn Barton Job Title: Head of RSM Outcomes Delivery, Transport for London Email: Glynn.Barton@tfl.gov.uk 17