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Call for Evidence Better City Deal: Top Priority
Edward Leigh, Better City Deal
www.bettercitydeal.com
@BetterCityDeal
Better City Deal: Top Priority
Upgrade and integrate the city’s traffic signals Deliverable within three years.
Cost unlikely to exceed £10m.
Provides opportunity to install traffic/journey monitoring equipment.
Enable trials of Inbound Flow Control (‘queue relocation’) – three initial locations suggested
Will yield immediate benefits ...
Benefits of upgrading & integrating signals
Reduce everyday congestion markedly.
Reduce pollution throughout the city.
Give priority to buses approaching junctions.
Enable a much more effective response to traffic incidents, especially on A14 and M11.
Comprehensive traffic/journey monitoring will yield more accurate data for future planning.
Better City Deal: Top Priority
Implement Inbound Flow Control Relocate queues to the edge of the city.
Traffic, including buses, moves freely beyond the control points.
A bypass lane enables buses to jump ahead of any queue at a control point.
Work involved has lower impact on homes and businesses.
Responsive to demand.
No queues at off-peak times.
Opportunity to raise money from businesses.
Better City Deal: Top Priority
Inbound Flow Control example
Access charge
Option to raise revenue and reduce pollution: 1. Access to the bypass lane could require a pre-paid annual
pass.
2. Candidate applicants might include:
Buses and coaches (PSVs)
Taxis
Retail delivery vehicles (HGVs and LGVs)
Couriers
3. Access monitored by ANPR cameras in real time.
4. Cost of a pass proportional to weight and emission rating of vehicle.
More information
Smart Traffic Management:
bit.ly/bcd-stm
www.bettercitydeal.com
@BetterCityDeal
How to deter residents from driving
Sticks
1. Close more residential roads to through traffic.
2. Interrupt inner orbital routes (e.g. Northampton St & East Rd).
3. Restrict movements at junctions between main and residential roads.
4. Tax workplace parking spaces.
5. Reduce availability of parking, multi-storey and on-street.
6. Increase parking permit fees for second & third cars.
Carrots
1. Schools transport co-ordinator.
2. Incentivise employers to install secure cycle parking and changing facilities.
3. City-wide goods delivery network.
4. Better and safer provision for cycling and walking.
5. Better bus services.
Cons of a congestion charge
1. Accessing the city is a rich person’s privilege.
2. Efficacious fee unknowable in advance (£11.50 in London).
3. Not responsive to demand by hour and day.
4. May still need bus lanes.
5. Creates an expectation of priority over cyclists & pedestrians.
6. Reduces labour mobility for lower paid & competition in manual trades.
7. High administration & enforcement costs (33% in London).
8. Rejected by Edinburgh and Manchester in referendums.
9. Many city residents assume they won’t pay or will get a large discount (90% in London).
A1303 / Madingley Rd trial
A1307 / Babraham Rd trial
A1309 / Milton Rd trial