Transport Modelling 2 Case Study Edinburgh Greenways Royal Academy of Engineering Engineering Design

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Transport Modelling 2 Case Study Edinburgh
GreenwaysRoyal Academy of Engineering
Engineering Design and Sustainable
DevelopmentVP Gordon Baker and Marielle van
Tellingen
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Edinburgh Greenways Case Study

• Introduction to Greenways
• Location
• Planning Transportation Context
• Issues raised (LA and general public)
• Intermezzo Exercise
• Monitoring Success
• Sustainable Development Role of the Engineer

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Introduction to Greenways

• 1 of 10 RAE case studies (ref.A2/1998/1)
• project status completed
• bus priority measures
• project partners
• City Development Department City of Edinburgh
  Council
• Traffic wardens Lothian Borders Police
• Information telephone line CLARENCE
• Main Contractor Edinburgh Road Services
• Green Surface Dressing Zebraflex/ERS
• Red Cycle Lanes Zebraflex
• Red Lining Markon
• Survey on the effectiveness Buchanan Partners

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Introduction to Greenways

• package of bus priority measures for five main
  arterial roads in Edinburgh of 8,000,000

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Introduction to Greenways

• Policy
• key element in Moving Forward
• shift car uses to PT
• Targets
• improve bus reliability
• reduce bus journey times
• reduce car use (less CO2 emission, safer)

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Introduction to Greenways

• Concept
• system of strictly enforced bus lanes and red
  lanes
• freeing carriageway by controlled parking and
  loading
• holistic approach to the routes (e.g. bus
  passengers, pedestrians, cyclists, residents,
  business and customers)

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Introduction to Greenways

• for the bus passengers
• better bus services
• shelter at most stops
• easier boarding
• timetables at all stops
• for the pedestrians
• more pelican crossings
• pedestrian phases
• side road entries

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Introduction to Greenways

• for the cyclists
• use of bus lane
• cycle lanes
• advanced stop lines
• cycle racks
• for the residents
• area traffic calming
• entry treatments residential roads

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Introduction to Greenways

• for the business and customers
• controlled loading in designated bays and times
• short term parking for customers

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Location
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Location
Greenways Routes Buslanes CERT M8 Extension
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Planning Transportation Context

• Transport Survey (1993)
• Moving Forward (1994) Lothian transportation
  strategy better PT crucial for citys future
  development
• Complements CERT and Park and Ride Schemes
• short term interim solution - LRT

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Planning Transportation Context

• design of measures
• draft traffic regulation order
• consultation (1993)
• submission to SoS (1997)
• make the CEC Greenways Order 1997
• implementation
• A8 Leith Walk - 4 August 1997
• A70, A71, A700/702 - 5 October 1998
• enforcement (80 wardens LB P)

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Intermezzo an Exercise

• 1 Name 10 Performance Indicators
• 2 Name 5 Reference Sources

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Monitoring Success

• Early results
• improved bus reliability
• small improvements journey time
• no reduction traffic capacity
• increase in pedestrian cycle flows

• Buchanan Partners report (1999)
• improved bus reliability
• blamed by retailfro decrease in turnover
• some additional delay non-priority traffic
• increased passenger boarding
• safer for pedestrians and cyclists

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Sustainable Development Role of the Engineer

• Key role for engineers
• reduce resource use
• feedstock selection
• minimise waste production
• avoid or minimise pollution
• reuse or recycle waste
• clean up past pollution or environmental damage
• measure and monitor state of the environment
• life cycle assessment
• become informers and debaters.

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Sustainable Development Role of the Engineer

• New strategy published in 1999 after wide
  consultation
• Defines Sustainable Development as
• a better quality of life for everyone, now and
  for generations to come
• Strategy has 4 objectives
• Social progress which recognises the needs of
  everyone
• Effective protection of the environment
• Prudent use of natural resources
• Maintenance of high and stable levels of economic
  growth and employment

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Sustainable Development Role of the Engineer

• As Designers, you will learn the traditional
  things
• How to design a desired object or system to work
  successfully in real life
• How to achieve this efficiently, effectively and
  to time
• How to apply numerate skills to get solutions

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Sustainable Development Role of the Engineer

• But you also need to realise that
• Your creations have an impact on society and the
  environment
• There is rarely a single right solution
  covering the economic, social and environmental
  aspects
• Hence you need
• To be aware of societys sustainability needs in
  order to contribute your technical expertise
• To develop skills in devising the optimally
  sustainable solution