SLIDE 1 King’s Cross Area Travel Plan: Update
Charlotte May Travel Plan Coordinator Wednesday, 16 March, 2016
SLIDE 2 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
SLIDE 3 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.
SLIDE 4 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.
SLIDE 5 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.
SLIDE 6 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.
SLIDE 7 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
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Office travel (2014)
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University travel (2014)
SLIDE 10 Key findings: Year 1 monitoring
- Many staff commuting long distances, esp.
- ffice 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
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Residents’ travel: 2014
SLIDE 12 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.
SLIDE 13 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
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SLIDE 15 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).
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Support for cycling: events
Left: Regular Dr Bikes (with London Cycling Campaign. Below: Bike Week 2015 with LBC and TfL.
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HGV driver cycle training, Exchanging Places
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King’s Cross cycling app (Oct 2015)
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Green travel awards 2015
Most cycle friendly developer 2015 Winner (Club Peleton) Most cycle friendly workplace 2015 finalist (UK Cycle Planning Awards)
SLIDE 21
Working with local partners
Met Police, UAL, Evans, London Cycling Campaign, Camden Council, TfL Camden Council
SLIDE 22
Wellbeing Walk (July 2016)
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Contact: Charlotte May Travel Plan Coordinator King’s Cross Estate Services charlotte.may@kingscrossestateservices.co.uk 07908 134399
