Travel in London Travel in London

2. Overall travel trends in London
Comparison with overall travel trends in London
The overall trends in travel to central London are similar to that of Greater
London, in terms of strong growth in rail modes and a general shift away from
car use. However, public transport mode share is much higher for morning peak
travel to central London, increasing from 85 per cent in 2000 to 91 per cent in
2014, compared to the all–day Greater London average, which was 30 per cent
in 2000, increasing to 37 per cent in 2014.
Bus mode share in Greater London and for travel to central London have
remained relatively stable since 2000, and particularly since 2008. The bus
mode share in Greater London has tended to be around 50 per cent higher than
mode share for travel to central London, reflecting the availability of rail-based
modes. In 2014/15, bus trips accounted for 15 per cent of all trips in Greater
London, compared to 9 per cent of trips to central London in the morning peak.
Conversely, in recent years, the cycle mode share has increased more for travel
to central London compared to the Greater London average. In 2000, the
cycling mode share was 1 per cent for travel to central London and for all trips
in Greater London; however in 2014 the mode share for morning peak travel to
central London is 3 per cent, compared to a Greater London average of 2 per
cent.
2.8 Travel to London Docklands
The Isle of Dogs Cordon Survey
This survey counts trips into and out of the Isle of Dogs on a designated
working day each autumn (except in 2009 when no survey was carried out). All
trips that have an origin or destination within the Isle of Dogs or cross the
boundary cordon are included. Through trips on the Jubilee line or DLR and
interchange trips between the two rail modes that do not start or end in the Isle
of Dogs are excluded on the basis of interchange surveys carried out on the
same day. Internal trips within the Isle of Dogs are also excluded.
An additional cordon, inside the Isle of Dogs cordon, closely bounding Canary
Wharf, is identified and used to measure the number of trips to and from
Canary Wharf, including those to and from points within the Isle of Dogs.
Canary Wharf is a major centre of employment within the Isle of Dogs, located
at the northern end of the Opportunity Area.
Inbound mode shares in the morning peak period
Figure 2.7 shows travel to the Isle of Dogs since 1988, the year in which
construction started at Canary Wharf. It shows the number of people entering
the Isle of Dogs during the weekday morning peak (between 07:00 and 10:00)
by mode, thereby being comparable to figure 2.5 for central London.
The London Underground (Jubilee line) extension to Docklands was opened in
1999. Before that, the car had the highest mode share, accounting for half the
trips in each year between 1991 and 1994, declining to 35 per cent by 1998.
During this period, the DLR increased its share from 30 per cent to almost 50
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