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10. The London 2012 Games and their legacy – an update
Boroughs, in the context of a whole-London sample of about 8,000 households.
Travel in London report 6 also set out groupings of ‘comparator’ boroughs that
could be used to identify differential change in the six Growth Boroughs, reflecting
progress towards Games legacy goals. When comparing results from this survey
over time, it is important to recognise that the relatively small sample each year
limits the level of disaggregation at which it is possible to identify change. Also the
wider backdrop of demographic change in the Growth Boroughs will have an effect
on the consistency of these indicators over time.
Overall person trip rates and household car availability
Average person trip rates are a basic measure of travel, and are normalised so as to
take account of differing absolute levels of population in each borough. Car
ownership rates are a similarly basic measure of access to this form of transport,
changes to which should be viewed in the context of transport mode share
aspirations for London and the Growth Boroughs specifically. These are of
particular interest given the observed trend towards lower levels of car ownership
and use observed across London over recent years, and the historic connection
between car ownership levels and general prosperity. Table 10.5 summarises key
data for both indicators.
Table 10.5
Person trip rates (all modes) and household car ownership rates for
Olympic Growth Boroughs (residents of boroughs only). Seven-day week,
multi-year average values.
Borough/area
Resident average
trip rate (3 year
pre-Games)
2009/10-
2011/12
Resident
average trip
rate (2 year
post-Games)
2013/14-
2014/15
Resident
households
with access to
one or more
cars (3 year
pre-Games)
2009/10-
2011/12
Resident average
households with
access to one or
more cars (2 year
post-Games)
2013/14-
2014/15
Barking & Dagenham 2.1 2.1 55% 61%
Greenwich 2.1 2.6 64% 60%
Hackney 1.9 2.1 36% 34%
Newham 2.4 2.3 45% 44%
Tower Hamlets 2.4 2.3 37% 28%
Waltham Forest 2.0 2.5 60% 58%
Growth total/average 2.2 2.3 49% 46%
‘Geographic’ comparison 2.6 2.6 57% 58%
‘Most similar’ comparison 2.4 2.5 51% 52%
Non-legacy boroughs 2.5 2.5 60% 58%
Inner London 2.5 2.5 43% 40%
Outer London 2.4 2.4 69% 68%
Greater London 2.5 2.5 58% 57%
Source: TfL Planning, Strategic Analysis.
It is seen from table 10.5 that overall person trip-rates tend to be lower than
average in the Growth Boroughs, compared to the various London comparators, as
in general do car ownership rates – a feature that has not changed significantly with
the latest data. There is also little evidence of differential change between the
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