Welcome and introductions: Charles Begley Executive Director Westminster Property Association
Oxford Street Transformation: Sam Monck Head of Oxford Street Transformation at Transport for London and Westminster City Council the independent integrated agency
4 Oxford Street Transformation WPA/NWEC seminar 30 /11/17
5 Contents 1. Overview of proposals and the approach taken 2. The first consultation and key concerns 3. Work done to date 4. Oxford St West proposals in more detail 5. Key impacts: • Traffic reassignment • Air Quality • Buses and accessibility 6. The Management Plan, Activation and Public Art 7. Overnight access – issues to consider (servicing, space for walking, design of space and anti social behaviour) 8. Next steps and key issues 9. Summary
Overview of Current Proposals - Phasing 6 Transformation stage one will remove traffic and introduce a temporary scheme, stage two requires support from government funding The proposals set out above and within this briefing are subject to further public consultation with consideration of issues raised given before determining final respective preferred designs.
7 Approach taken • Take a whole district approach • Address known issues around safety, crowding, poor air quality etc. • Protect and enhance quality of life for residents, as well as a thriving business district • Get ready for the pedestrian growth that comes from the Elizabeth Line • Dramatically improve the quality of the space • Enhance the safety of a thriving and busy West End • Use a partnership approach to develop and deliver STAGE WEST EAST DATE Overall Vision and 1 Overall Vision Apr – Jun 17 Outline Proposals 2 Detailed Proposals Outline Proposals Nov 17 – Dec 17 3 - Detailed Proposals May – Jul 18
8 The first consultation... • April-June 2017: Consultation on outline vision for whole Oxford Street District • Overall response was supportive, but local results within WCC expressed strong concerns 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 8
9 ...and the key issues raised Concerns (not ranked) What we are doing... Displacement of Detailed traffic modelling and mitigation measures to reduce impact of Traffic to local proposals. roads Air Quality and Detailed air quality modelling and monitoring measures. noise impacts Development of detailed cycling strategy and proposals to be delivered as Cycle Routes part of Oxford Street East consultation. Accessibility consultant appointed to advise on design and develop Accessibility alternative mobility options. Iterative EqIA undertaken Servicing and Freight Management and Servicing plan to form key part of proposals. freight Use of open spaces Detailed public realm proposals and “Experiential” strategy currently in and activity development. Buses – routes, Detailed plan for bus changes, stops and stands developed in conjunction stops and stands with both councils for consultation All designs to be fully safety audited and on-going monitoring of safety Road Safety indicators. Security and Counter terrorism approach being developed with implementation of HVM
10 Work Done to Date Highway Design Public Realm Design Environmental Consultant appointed to assess Air Range of options have been Public realm designs and strategy and Noise Quality changes considered. Taking into account for the whole district being associated with project & advise on consultation and stakeholder developed. Transition designs for potential environmental feedback in development of final OSW are in the consultation improvements. proposals for consultation. Accessibility Bus Routings and Stands Freight and Kerbside Consultant appointed to advise on 40% reduction in buses on OSW Freight and kerbside management accessibility issues. Impacts of OSW from June 2017. (30% now done) plans developed to ensure servicing are relatively modest, but a mobility Two routes to move to alternate and taxis are served sufficiently in service is still being looked at for all route, with others curtailed or new arrangements of OS lengths. No decisions taken. removed. Options for some “turnarounds” still under discussion Walking and Cycling Management, Maintenance, Activation & Funding Security and CT Looking at proposals to improve This workstream is developing a plan walking and cycling across the around ongoing service Advice taken from relevant district, improving safety and requirements addressing issues authorities to ensure security is fully accessibility. A “Healthy Streets” around larger number of visitors and addressed. Has impacts on options approach is being used. any impacts of the OS District for access project. Activation and public arts is a key element
11 Oxford Street West proposals - overview • Cycles removed from Oxford St. As part of the separate Oxford • All traffic removed from large sections of Oxford Street East proposals, high quality alternative routes would look Street, for 24 hours a day but still open question to be delivered . about “out of hours” access. • Pedestrian improvements across whole district. • Two bus routes (139 & 390) rerouted onto Henrietta Place and Wigmore Street. • Four key north-south traffic movements retained.
Traffic impacts: PM Peak OSW Future Base compared to with OSW 12 Net flow change, all directions • Some streets other than OSW see reduced traffic, others see a rise. • Because of simpler junctions on OSW, delays across the area are relatively low impact (more information on both these items is on the website)
Air Quality 13 Impacts: changes due to OSW Scheme NO2 Level of Change No. of sites Large beneficial change 7 Medium beneficial change 6 Low/very low beneficial 28 change Imperceptible change 8 Low/very low adverse 27 change Medium adverse change 2 Large adverse change 0
14 Noise impacts: changes with OSW scheme, 2019 Noise level of No. of change sites Large beneficial 7 Medium beneficial 3 Small beneficial 12 Imperceptible/none 42 Small adverse 13 Medium adverse 0 Large adverse 0 Significance of change in road traffic noise levels at selected receptors with Oxford Street West Scheme
15 Air Quality impacts: summary • All sites are better in 2019 than in 2016, largely thanks to ULEZ • None are improved enough on NO 2 • OSW project then makes some sites even better, and some sites slightly worse, but all sites are still better than 2016 • More sites are improved than adversely impacted (but numbers of sites alone is only a partial picture) • Predicted PM 10 and PM 2.5 concentrations are lower than baseline situation and remain well below the relevant limit values at all sites. • Monitoring is now in place in addition to the modelling – 100 sites for diffusion tubes 15
16 OSW: Bus proposals (local impacts) Route Weekday 0700 – 0930 – 1600 - 1830 - 0000 - 0930 1600 1830 0000 0700 7.5 7.5 7.5 bph 5 bph 2 bph bph bph 139 10 10 bph 10 bph 6 bph 2 bph bph 390
17 OSW: Bus proposals (routes)
18 OSW: Accessibility improvements to the District 18
19 OSW impacts: Accessibility • Removing buses from Oxford Street reduces accessibility to the area – bus stops are further away from key destinations. We are therefore investigating options for an additional • (environmentally friendly) service that could improve accessibility for people with reduced mobility. • Any mobility service would need to work with HVM measures and not conflict with the very high number pedestrians in the area • Mobility service is not funded within TfL’s business plan and would represent long term operational cost. • Potential sponsorship and revenue opportunities will be explored as part of ongoing investigation
20 A District Management Plan • In addition to the physical design of the District, and the activation of space, work is ongoing developing a future District Management Plan , identifying the pressures and issues that arise in such an intensively used area, and the level of service that will be required. • This includes maintenance, cleansing and waste management, enforcement, access management, management against anti-social behaviour and a range of services operated by WCC 20
21 Activation Strategy and Public Art curation • As retail changes, high quality public realm is needed to encourage people into the district • Activation of space will provide a potential revenue income to sustain or invest further into Oxford Street, but will carry costs also We will commission a creative agency to • understand look at best practice elsewhere, trends and what London can offer • The strategy will work closely with the public realm, public art and management proposals to recommend interventions for transition, and is expected to evolve over time Images clockwise from top left: Black Maria temporary theatre by GRUPPE (Kings X), Temple of Agate by Morag Myerscough (South Bank), The Shed temporary theatre by Hayworth Tompkins (South Bank), Teatro del Mondo travelling theatre by Aldo Rossi (Venice), London Festival of Architecture (Trafalgar Sq), Serpentine Pavilion by Rem Koolhaas
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