King’s Cross Area Travel Plan: Update Charlotte May Travel Plan Coordinator Wednesday, 16 March, 2016
Context • Area Travel Plan approved by LBC (2014). • ATP coordinator appointed Nov 2014. • Baseline survey (2013) Yr 1 Monitoring (Nov 2014), Yr 2 (Oct 2016). • ATP operational until at least Sept 2018
TP objectives • Encourage residents, staff and visitors to adopt healthy, sustainable active travel, and public transport. • Create a sustainable, community- driven environment for users of the site.
Travel Plan Coordinator • Supports new/existing occupiers to develop travel plans/green travel measures. • Implement, monitor and report on Area Travel Plan. • Work with KX Events and Sustainability to organize events.
TPC role • Identify opportunities to further enhance sustainable transport (eg cycle parking, pedestrian safety concerns, way finding). • Green Travel update every two months (at KX Sustainability Forum). • Liaison with LB Camden and Transport for London.
The story so far • 15,000 people live/work/study on site. • 20+ employers, including Camden Council, Argent, Art Fund, Great Northern Hotel, University of the Arts, Waitrose, Skip Garden and King’s Cross Pond Club. • Two new schools.
Key findings: travel to work • Levels of walking/cycling high (varies from land use to land use, eg office, residential, retail, university). • Most staff fall into “Office” category • Average cycle to work mode share is 16% (retail, restaurants, hotel, office, university), though varies across land uses • Walking important as main and secondary mode of transport to work • Drive to work: < 1%
Office travel (2014)
University travel (2014)
Key findings: Year 1 monitoring • Many staff commuting long distances, esp. office workers (KX has excellent PT connections!) • More scope for local trips to move from PT to cycling/walking • Fear of traffic main barrier to cycling • Cycle parking – high demand
Residents’ travel: 2014
Key findings • Employees, residents, visitors, students – ask for safer cycling routes and more/better pedestrian crossings . TfL and LBC are addressing this (eg Cycle Superhighways, Roads Modernisation and junction improvements) … but this will take time.
Pedestrian and cyclist priority • Cyclists and pedestrians have clear priority over motor vehicles across the estate. • King’s Boulevard - pedestrian and bike only. • 5 mph and traffic calming. • Pedestrian priority, but cyclists permitted in all public access areas. • 700 public bike spaces • Water fountains and resting places
Key findings • On road infrastructure and cycle parking are important…… • But TP surveys also show significant gains to be made from promoting cycling and walking • Programme of green travel events (eg Dr Bikes, Exchanging Places, Walk to Work, Bike Week).
Support for cycling: events Left: Regular Dr Bikes (with London Cycling Campaign. Below: Bike Week 2015 with LBC and TfL.
HGV driver cycle training, Exchanging Places
King’s Cross cycling app (Oct 2015)
Green travel awards 2015 Most cycle friendly developer 2015 Winner (Club Peleton) Most cycle friendly workplace 2015 finalist (UK Cycle Planning Awards)
Working with local partners Met Police, UAL, Evans, London Cycling Campaign, Camden Council, TfL Camden Council
Wellbeing Walk (July 2016)
Contact: Charlotte May Travel Plan Coordinator King’s Cross Estate Services charlotte.may@kingscrossestateservices.co.uk 07908 134399
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