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CoE-SUFS 5 Funded by the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) Main Goal: To jumpstart an integrative process, involving cities, private sector, and researchers to develop new freight systems paradigms that: Are sustainable Increase quality of life Foster economic competitiveness and efficiency Enhance environmental justice 6 3
CoE-SUFS Dissemination Programs 7 Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Exchange to share global best practices and real world examples of sustainable urban freight systems Next P2P (December, 2016): Use of Freight Trip Generation Techniques to Manage Curb Space Workshops to bring together public/private sectors and academia, to jointly work to address urban freight issues Already held at: India, Brazil, Colombia, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Australia, and New York City Why Goods Movement Matters 8 Highlights the importance of goods movements and provides an overview of the research the VREF Initiative on Urban Freight centers have completed Produced by Regional Plan Association, in cooperation with the research centers and VREF, as members of the editorial committee Available in: English/ Spanish/ French/ Chinese See: www.goodsmovementmatters.org 4
Innovative Street Solutions for Urban Freight: Experiences from London Jaz Chani Transport for London Transport networks 10 Our role We manage: To keep London working and growing and Underground, DLR, Tramlink make life in London better. We will deliver a Some Overground services transport system that secures London’s position as a world-leading city and the engine 580 km of roads (5% of network) of the UK economy. 6000+ traffic lights + Control Centre Our services will ensure that those who live CCTV cameras to enforce LEZ/CC and work in and visit London can access all the Capital has to offer in terms of jobs, leisure, Taxi and Minicab licensing health and education. Transport Museum + Coach Station 650+ km of Cycle routes planned 1,579km 2 8.6m residents - 2031 growth to 10m – 1.7m more 30 million visitors per annum 30 million journeys per day (road and rail) - 6m more 6.3 million by bus 11 million by car or motorcycle 7 million on foot 333,000 by bicycle HGVs and vans make up 17% of London’s traffic 9 million kms in vans - 2031 growth by 26% 5
Political structure 11 National Government • Secretary of State for Transport • Department for Transport • Provides capital project funding to TfL Regional Government • TfL created July 2000, accountable to the Mayor • Mayor elected every four years • Sadiq Khan elected May 2016 – Improve air quality Local Government – • 33 Boroughs (incl. City of London) Safer, cleaner vehicles – • Borough power and responsibility: Reduce vehicles, in the peaks – Planning, Waste, Noise, Local traffic Greater use of the river enforcement – Promote more cycling TfL approach 12 CHALLENGE Road space and air quality 1 Minimise road trips required to meet economic need Moving up the chain delivers more benefit 2 Match demand to capacity • Mode switch • Consolidation 3 Mitigate the impact of each • Land Use trip • Changing behaviours • Retiming • Right routes & places • Cleaner, safer vehicles 6
13 We know what is happening but... we don’t know why... Improving Loading and Routing Project Stage 1 Builds on past work 4 High Street surveys Differing profiles/characteristics Recommend solutions at each Develop simple methodology – how to survey and apply solutions Stage 2 4 pilot schemes planned Supported by: Route and journey data project Advice and training Kerbside is shared space, used primarily for parking. Buses most frequent 14 users... cars for longest periods... Stratford Average duration for loading and servicing Acton along the kerbside is significantly less than that for vehicles parking Approx 7% activity is deliveries Camden Kingsland and servicing 7
Deliveries occur everyday. Weekday and weekend activity differ along 15 streets... A spike in activity, related to takeaways Stratford Acton No peak days – 7 day activity Camden Kingsland Same peak delivery times for all. A third of all deliveries take place between 16 7pm-7am - more at Camden... Nearly a third of all deliveries took place between 7pm and 7am Stratford Peak Acton 10am - 1pm 43% of all deliveries took place between 7pm and 7am Camden Kingsland 8
Most deliveries on the kerbside, unless a physical barrier exists. Off-street 17 facilities are not always used, even if available ... Acton Stratford Rear servicing is the least used facility for loading purposes Why ? Camden Kingsland What the results proved... 18 Freight activity is approx. 7% of all kerbside activity Activity is mainly food, office and waste All streets are different (even the same type/category) Land use is key (high street v high road) Deliveries occur every day but weekday/end activity varies Peak times differ, even without restrictions Physical access barriers affect deliveries Front access is preferred, even when rear facilities available Data in isolation didn’t show a ‘broken’ high street – but comparing data can show if one area is better or worse It needs a LOCAL approach - one size doesn’t fit all... 9
What type of solution? 19 Planning and Design Behaviour Changing mode On-street vs Off-street Changing times Managing vehicle access Shared use... ...with taxi ranks ...with cycle lanes ...with delivery protocols Better planning Consolidation Identifying conflict and solution... 20 ...and choosing the best ‘fit’ 20 10
Shared level loading bays – Camden 21 Background : Pavements in towns and cities are congested and have reached their capacity for pedestrians Approach: To address this, delivery and servicing conflicts were identified by a survey. Conflicts between users can be reduced by sharing kerbside loading facilities (through design and timing). Using raised loading bays at pavement level can increase pedestrian space while allowing loading Example : Camden High Street by the Underground station, where loading bays have been raised to double the width of the pavement in this busy location. Bay is delineated by surface material. 20 minute loading periods apply Shared level loading bays – Camden 22 Current status : Success has quickly spread to include raised coach bays in Holborn, taxi bays in Drury Lane and motorcycle bays in Great Queen Street. Shared bays have been adopted by TfL and many other local authorities Benefits: Cost: £75,000 Reduced congestion by (design and implementation) providing wider footways Location 5.1 from high street conflict map: The raised loading bay allowed the footway to be more than doubled in width most of the time and loading space is available when required (without blocking narrow carriageway) Bay is easier to access for drivers with handling equipment 11
Methodology 23 Scheme 1 2 3 Feasibility Without How to How to survey manage extra time Preliminary Design Consultation Detailed Design Implementation Post implementation Streets Toolkit Streetscape Guidance is part of a holistic toolkit of online documents that feature: London Cycle Design Standards Streetscape Guidance Accessible Bus Stop Design Guidance London Pedestrian Design Guidance Kerbside Loading Guidance (+ methodology) Online now https://tfl.gov.uk/corporat e/publications-and- reports/streets-toolkit 12
How to build freight into long term planning? 25 Demystify freight: it’s ‘goods and services’ What’s the ‘hook’? Safety, air quality, congestion, place? Look for non-freight issues: sometimes it’s parking, pedestrian access or improving the trading environment Strategy must be flexible Embed delivery and servicing activity in all future projects and schemes – using a holistic governance approach Involve all stakeholders : operators, business, regulators, politicians, cities/local authorities Future: regulation, policy, road pricing? For more info: www.tfl.gov.uk/freight 13
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