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10. The London 2012 Games and their legacy – an update
Table 10.7
Mode shares – Olympic Growth Boroughs compared. All trips by London
residents with an origin in listed boroughs. Multi-year averages.
Borough/area
Total trips (‘000s)
Mode share car
driver and
passenger
Mode share PT
Mode share
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
2009/10
-
2011/12
2013/14
-
2014/15
Barking & Dagenham 876 623 42% 42% 27% 27% 29% 29%
Greenwich 1,361 1,185 45% 39% 25% 29% 29% 31%
Hackney 1,255 880 18% 19% 36% 37% 45% 42%
Newham 1,950 1,435 29% 26% 31% 34% 39% 39%
Tower Hamlets 1,721 1,233 18% 18% 37% 40% 45% 41%
Waltham Forest 1,262 1,054 39% 38% 27% 24% 32% 37%
Growth total/average 8,426 6,410 30% 29% 31% 32% 38% 37%
‘Geographic’ comparison 8,907 6,222 34% 33% 29% 30% 35% 36%
‘Most similar’
comparison
9,596 7,118 33% 31% 31% 30% 35% 38%
Non-legacy boroughs 46,090 31,585 37% 35% 28% 29% 34% 34%
Inner London 24,390 17,280 21% 19% 38% 39% 40% 41%
Outer London 30,125 20,714 48% 46% 21% 23% 29% 30%
Greater London 54,516 37,995 36% 34% 29% 30% 34% 35%
Source: TfL Planning, Strategic Analysis.
Again there is considerable variety between the mode share of trips originating in
the Growth Boroughs – car trips account for between 18 and 42 per cent of trips.
Trips originating in Tower Hamlets and Hackney have a low car mode share, which
corresponds with a public transport mode share that is typical of inner London. This
is thought to reflect the relative intensity of public transport provision in these
boroughs. With the notable exception of Waltham Forest, public transport mode
shares have increased for trips originating in all of the Growth Boroughs between
2009/10-2011/12 and 2013/14-2014/15.
Mode shares – walking and cycling
Table 10.7 shows similar statistics for walking and cycling trips. Trips originating in
Tower Hamlets and Hackney have the highest walking and cycling mode share, both
more than 40 per cent. Active travel mode shares have not changed considerably
between the two time periods and there is no apparent trend across the Growth
Boroughs – there has been no change in for trips originating in Barking & Dagenham
or Newham, a decline in mode share for Hackney and Tower Hamlets and an
increase for Greenwich and Waltham Forest. All outer London Growth Boroughs
have walk and cycle mode shares that are above the outer London average except
for trips originating in Barking & Dagenham.
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