doing more with less - lbi
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Presentation Structure
- London Transport Strategy 2000• Main components
- Buses and the London Bus Initiative
- What else happened
- Considerations for Melbourne
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Background – London in 1999
“Congestion and overcrowding on London’s transport networks is acute.”
- Urgent need for measures to reduce heavy all day traffic congestion
- Slow and unreliable bus services - Difficulties for business in servicing and delivery
movements- Unreliability and gross overcrowding of National
Rail and Underground services- Growth in the number of people using transport- London’s population and economy growth
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Background – London in 1999
Key issues for outer London include:
- Inadequate public transport options, particularly for non-radial and off-peak trips
- Heavy and growing traffic congestion on key routes and in town centres affecting both individuals and businesses
- Pockets of deprivation and regeneration sites which are not well linked to the main transport networks
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Background - The Mayors Transport Strategy
- Creation of ‘Transport for London’ provided a new opportunity
- “Balanced set of priorities needed to facilitate the required changes in the transport network in the short and medium term”
- Overcoming backlog of investment in the Underground
- Radical improvements to bus services
- Improving capacity including cross city and orbital rail, a new Thames crossing
- Increase travel choice
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Package of measures proposed
- Overground Rail – Crossrail, East London Line extension, Thameslink 2000
- Underground – station upgrades e.g. Tottenham Court Road, Victoria, etc (and Docklands Light Rail extensions)
- Intermediate modes (Tram/BRT) – Cross River Transit, East London Transit,
- Smartcards and fare changes
- Congestion charging
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Role of buses
- Bus system offered potential for rapid (i.e. short term) improvements
- Could relieve overcrowding on Underground
- Offer an alternative to the car especially in outer London
- Building off the back of Red Routes (Clearways) and Pilot Route 43 project
- Key short term focus was London Bus Initiative • Improvements on 27 key routes• £60 million over 2 years
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London Bus Initiative – The Strategy
The vision:- To deliver a ‘step-change’ enhancement of the actual and
perceived quality of London’s bus services
Key objectives were to:- Promote a change in travel habits to get more people onto
London’s buses- Make buses more attractive for potential users- Make buses the first choice mode of transport on LBI routes- Deliver the above on a ‘whole route’ basis- Aligned to Mayor’s strategy
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London Bus Initiative
What was different?
- Corridor based – not hotspot targets on 27 routes
- Multi-agency approach• TfL / Councils / Operators / Police
- Reviewed whole trip
- Not just infrastructure focused
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London Bus Initiative – Whole route/trip approach
- Whole (Bus) Route
- Whole trip corridor approach• Door to Door• Total Journey Quality
- Partnership (multi-agency) approach based on responsibilities
- NOT just bus priority i.e. bus lanes and vehicle detection at signals, etc
Origin/Home
Walk to Bus Stop
Wait at Bus Stop
Bus Journey
Board the Bus
Alight from Bus
Walk to Destination
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London Bus Initiative – package of measures
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London Bus Initiative - KPIs
Targets/KPIs – Multi issue/agency examples: - Reductions in journey time (10 – 20%)
- Improved reliability (excess wait time)
- Increased coverage of routes with bus lanes (real and virtual)
- Increased patronage
- Reductions in bus stop dwell time
- Bus stop accessibility (50 – 100%)
- Improved customer satisfaction
- Improved bus cleanliness
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London Bus Initiative – Package of measures
- Route Traffic Management Strategy• To review use of carriageway space• Introduce real and ‘virtual’ bus lanes
- Review of kerbside parking/loading controls
- Extension of hours/days of Red Routes (clearways)
- Detailed Traffic Signal Review
- Bus stop improvements/rationalisation
- Total Route Control Strategy (flagship routes only)
• i.e. Control any aspect likely to cause delay
- Integrated Traffic Management – link and node
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- Delivered via Program Team
- Dedicated LBI Communications Team assisted delivery
- Consultation widened to include bus passengers
London Bus Initiative – other features
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London Bus Initiative – What was delivered?
Over LBI 1 – (2+1 years):- 108 new sections of bus lanes
• 84 extended in length / 40 in hours
- 50 new pedestrian crossings
- Bus Priority added to 306 traffic signals
- 146 physical intersection improvements
• 200 signal timing changes
- 40% of 2,500 route stops made DDA complaint
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London Bus Initiative – total spend
Spending breakdown: (2002 GBP – 2013 AUD equivalent)- Enforcement £11m $24m AUD
- Traffic engineering £28m $60m AUD
- Bus operations £3.5m $8m AUD
- Programme support £9m $20m AUD
- Major projects £8.5m $18.5m AUD
- $130m AUD
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London Bus Initiative – Benefits
- Increased bus patronage +21.9% during LBI• Patronage increase equivalent to $12 million in benefits pa
- Mixed journey time improvements • Big wins on contra-flow schemes• More time spent at stops negated some journey time benefits
- Over long term improved reliability• Reduced operating costs• Protected buses from worsening congestion
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London Bus Initiative - legacy
- Bus Stops accepted as vital part of trip
- Increased patronage increased time at stops
- Acknowledgement of need to reduce boarding/alighting time
- Led to:• Cashless Operation – and Smartcards• Articulated buses – multi-door entry/exit
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London Bus Initiative – other legacy
- Enforcement seen as key to urban arterial operations
- Expansion of decriminalisation (non police enforcement) to both Borough and Transport for London Road Network
- Transport Operational Command Unit (TOCU)
- Expansion of CCTV enforcement (211 new cameras)• Bus Lanes• Parking / Loading / Stopping• On bus cameras on 600 buses
- Enforcement Strategies now seen as fundamental to Bus Priority in London
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The other schemes…
Many of the other components delivered later…
Project/measure Planned Actual
Congestion charging 2003 2003
East London Line 2006 2010
Crossrail 2012 2016
Thameslink 2000 (1991) 2008 2018
Cross River Transit 2007 Cancelled
Greenwich Waterfront Transit
2007 Cancelled
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London – considerations for Melbourne
- An integrated multi modal strategy can deliver range of outcomes over time
- Planned dates and actual dates rarely agree
- Package of measures needed across modes – Trams / Buses and bikes have a role to play
- Need short term / medium / long terms plans to move people and goods
- One size does not fit all