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10. The London 2012 Games and their legacy – an update
Growth Boroughs and comparators in either person trip rates or car ownership,
although the latest data are suggestive of a particular increase in car ownership rates
in Barking & Dagenham and a substantial fall in Tower Hamlets, which may
particularly be associated with rapid population growth.
Taken across the Growth Boroughs as a whole these trends – of a broadly stable
trip rate and modest reduction in the rate of car ownership – would be consistent
with both legacy and wider transport strategy goals. It should be borne in mind, of
course, when interpreting comparisons such as these, that the Growth Boroughs,
whether in inner or outer London, will predominantly tend to share the
characteristics of either inner or outer London, and it is in this context that features
such as the particularly low person trip rate for residents of Hackney should be
seen.
Trip rates by mode for residents of Growth Boroughs
While foreseeing growing overall volumes of travel in the Growth Boroughs,
reflecting increasing population and economic activity, a key transport goal is that
higher proportions of this travel are undertaken on public transport and, in
particular, by walking or cycling. The popularity of these latter two ‘active travel’
modes is expected to benefit from the wider ‘sporting legacy’ of the Games, as well
as substantial investment in facilities designed to encourage their use.
Table 10.6 looks at trip rates for residents (the average number of trips made per
person per day) by overall main mode. In interpreting this table it is important to be
aware that the criterion for inclusion is being resident in the appropriate area. The
trips themselves may however have been made elsewhere.
Table 10.6
Person trip rates for Olympic Growth Boroughs. Average number of trips
per day for residents over five years of age – by main mode. Seven-day
week, multi-year averages.
Borough/area
Resident trip rate car
driver and passenger
Resident trip rate PT
Resident trip rate
walking and cycling
(combined)
2009/10-
2011/12
2013/14-
2014/15
2009/10-
2011/12
2013/14-
2014/15
2009/10-
2011/12
2013/14-
2014/15
Barking & Dagenham 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6
Greenwich 0.9 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.7
Hackney 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8
Newham 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8
Tower Hamlets 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.1
Waltham Forest 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.7 1.1 0.9
Growth total/average 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
‘Geographic’ comparison 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9
‘Most similar’ comparison 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9
Non-legacy boroughs 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8
Inner London 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0
Outer London 1.2 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7
Greater London 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8
Source: TfL Planning, Strategic Analysis.
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