the bankside master travel plan: providing a framework to support cycling & walking promotion...

The Bankside Master Travel Plan:

Providing a framework to support cycling & walking

promotion

Giles Semper & Sophie TylerECOMM 2008

Session 13: Thursday 5 June 2008

Overview

• Background to BIDs & Better Bankside

• Evolution of the Better Bankside Travel Planning Group

• Development of the Bankside Master Travel Pan

• Cycling and walking measures• Links with specific workplace travel

plans

Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) worldwide

• Invented in the USA to address inner-city decay – ‘Zero Tolerance’

• Now 1400 in USA• Took many years to

develop• Owners pay the levy

(occupiers in the UK)• BIDs now also

prominent in Australia and South Africa

Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in Europe

• Successor to ‘Town Centre Management’

• BIDs often about war between in-town and out-of-town retail

• Hamburg – city law• Salzburg – tourism

law• Terrassa, Catalonia –

local statute• Dublin – pilot BIDs• Soon-to-be BIDs in

NL?

Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in England

• Legislation in 2004• Can be set up in any

existing business area

• Starts with a ballot of businesses

• Max 5 year term• 71 successful ballots,

13 unsuccessful• May charge a

compulsory levy• Extra services

Better Bankside

• Established April ‘05• 272 members,

£800K pa• Travel not part of

original programme• Responded to direct

approach from LB Southwark to take part in ‘Optimum 2’

• Began meeting every 6 weeks at different premises.

Better Bankside

Evolution of BBTPG

• Major corporates • UK Government

agencies• Specialist

consultancies and partnerships

• Local attractions & venues

• There are things we can influence and things we can change

Bankside Master Travel Plan

• Developed in consultation with group members in 2007

• Targets set based on Travel Survey 2006

• Focus on walking & cycling

• Commuting and work related journeys

• Framework for site specific plans

Master Travel Plan TargetsThe key targets of the Bankside Master Travel

Plan are to increase by 50% by 2010: • the share of people who walk to work,

amongst those who live within a 2 mile radius. • the share of people who cycle to work,

amongst those who live within a 5 mile radius. • the number of work related journeys made to

locations within London on foot (2006: 20%) • the number of work related journey made to

locations within London by bicycle (2006: 3%)

Cycling & Walking Measures

• Bikes for Business• Bikefest• Bike lock scheme• New bike parking locations• Guided walks• Street closures• Bankside Urban Forest• Area-wide velotaxi service

Bikes for Business Dec 05

• Pool Bike scheme for Southwark businesses

• Take up in Bankside included Tate, Better Bankside, Allies & Morrison, ALG

• Similar schemes now being promoted across London

• Bike Fest

• Bike lock scheme

• New bike parking locations

• Guided walks

• Street closure

• Bankside Urban Forest

• Area-wide velo taxi service

Link with workplace travel plans

• Ofcom joint travel survey for Better Bankside, TfL and their own purposes

• Ofcom now developed own travel plan• Targets relate to Master Travel Plan• Measures linked to overall Better

Bankside initiatives • Opportunity for joint follow up travel

surveys• 6 large businesses on the way to doing

the same

Summary• BID provides framework for business

engagement & funding for measures• Travel Planning Group has oversight of

Master Travel Plan & the targets• Master Travel Plan helps maintain

momentum and direction of measures• Achieving its aim to increase travel

plans and walking and cycling promotion

Thank you and good luck in your endeavours…

Giles Sempergs@betterbankside.co.uk

+ 44 (0)20 7928 3998

Sophie Tylers.tyler@westminster.ac.uk

+44 (0)20 7911 5000 ext 3319

www.betterbankside.co.ukwww.optimum2.org