Revolve Reception Sustainable Transport and Travel Demand Management Charles Tucker TfL

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Revolve Reception Sustainable Transport and
Travel Demand ManagementCharles Tucker TfL
20 September 2007
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The Transport Challenge

• The Environment
• Global warming and Local Air Pollution
• Impacts on local communities
• Cost of congestion and transportation issues
• 20 billion to UK economy annually
• 30000 per business per year on average
• Health issues
• Need to reduce levels of obesity and increase
  physical activity
• The Magnitude of Growth facing London 10years
• 5.5 Million jobs 900,000 jobs
• 8.3 Million people 800,000 people

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Climate change challenges for London

• Londons climate is changing risking economic,
  environmental and social upheaval
• Stern Report climate change presents very
  serious global risks, and demands an urgent
  global response
• Transport CO2 emissions set to grow
• Mayors target 60 cut in CO2 emissions from
  1990 levels by 2050. 30 cut by 2025.
• Action needed to tackle the above
• Travel behaviour
• Technical change for fuel efficiency
• Fuel / power type

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Transport accounts for about 20 of Londons CO2
emissions
London Transport Emissions
Carbon Dioxide Emissions from London
Ground-based aviation 11
Domestic
44
Public Transport 17
Car and motorcycle 49
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Transport
7
28
Road freight 23
Industrial
Commercial
Source Mayors Energy Strategy and TfL analysis.
Transport numbers reflect 2004-05 data.
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Meeting the Mayors CO2 target requires a number
of policy interventions
1990 level 8.60 mt
2025 level 6.02 mt
CO2
-2
-3
-7
-8
-10
Smart measures (Travel Plans)?
Climate Change Action Plan
Low carbon vehicle take-up new vehicle
technologies
Road User Charging Low Emission Zones
-30 Mayors Target
Walking, cycling and public transport improvements
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Strategy for reducing congestion emissions
Smart transport measures
Investment in public transport, walking
cycling
Technological improvements
Congestion Emissions Reduction Plan
Climate Change Action Plan
Road User Charging
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Reducing congestion emissions
Technological improvements
Climate Change Action Plan
Road User Charging
Smart transport measures
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Travel Demand Management A New Way To Work
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