the bankside master travel plan: providing a framework to support cycling & walking promotion...
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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 [email protected]
+ 44 (0)20 7928 3998
Sophie [email protected]
+44 (0)20 7911 5000 ext 3319
www.betterbankside.co.ukwww.optimum2.org