COMMONWEALTH GAMES

TRANSPORT

Background Information

Agenda

The numbers

Roles & Responsibilities

G2014 Overview

Bus

Fleet

Venue Transport

Spectator & Workforce Transport

GCC

Transport Infrastructure

Games Route Network

Traffic Management

Keeping Glasgow Moving

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Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth

Games:

23rd July – 3rd August

Transport Operations: 8th July – 6th August

17 Sports

260 Event sessions

9 Glasgow venues, and 3 others

Cultural & Live event programme

The numbers: Dates

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Aquatics Athletics Badminton Boxing

Cycling

Gymnastics Hockey Judo

Lawn Bowls

Netball Rugby 7’s

Shooting

Squash

Table Tennis Triathlon

Weightlifting

Wrestling

The numbers: Clients

6,500 Athletes & Team Officials

1,000 Technical Officials

3,000 Media

1,500 Commonwealth Games Federations

& Associations

71 Commonwealth Associations

1 Million Spectators

15,000 Volunteers

25,000 Contractors

Roles and Responsibilities

G2014:

Fleet

Bus

Venue Transport

Spectator and Workforce

GCC:

Games Route Network

(GRN)

Transport Infrastructure

Traffic Management

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Cross cutting:

Governance

C3

Local Area Traffic Management

Modelling

Games Transport:

Games Family Bus Services

Athletes & Team Officials

Technical Officials

Media & Broadcast

Arrivals & Departures

Special Services

Sponsors & Rate Card

Games Transport:

Games Family & Fleet Car Services

T1 Dedicated Car Service

T2 On-demand Service & Request for Transport Service

Sport Operational Vehicles (e.g. Cycling Support)

CGA Dedicated Vehicles

Games Organising Committee Operational Vehicles.

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Games Transport:

Venue Transport

Traffic Management

Ingress Routes

Egress Routes

Load Zones

Staging Areas

Parking

Venues

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Glasgow 2014

Commonwealth Games

Transport Infrastructure, GRN, Traffic

Management, Keeping Glasgow Moving

Transport Infrastructure - Completed

Dalmarnock Station

Project Infrastructure - 2012

Connect 2 Project

Eldon St Underpass

Clyde Gateway

Hampden Transport Hub

SCSP

Project Infrastructure - 2013

Eldon Street BELLS BRIDGE

CATHEDRAL ST BRIDGE

ANDERSTON QUAY

LANCEFIELD QUAY

CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY

• £4.5m funding secured

• Concept Design

complete

• Preliminary Design due

for completion

February 2013

• Detailed Design starts

March 2013

Games Route Network

• TROs

• Resident Parking Zones

• Roads Orders (Various):

ATTROs, TROs, TTROs

Traffic Management

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Travel advice to businesses

Home working / Flexible working

hours

Changed delivery patterns

Traveller information services

Across all modes

Detailed operational plans

Keeping Glasgow Moving

Glasgow 2014

Commonwealth Games

Spectator and Workforce Travel Planning

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Games Transport

- Spectator & Workforce

All travel modes have limited capacity. We need to achieve the correct

balance.

1 Million Spectators

All need to be at the right venue at the right time 25,000 Contractors

15,000 Volunteers

Danger

Zone

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Games Transport

- Spectator & Workforce

If everyone tries to access venues by car:

Danger

Zone

• Congestion

• Air Pollution

• Journey time commitments

• Emergency Access

• Late arrivals / missed events

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Games Transport

- Spectator & Workforce

Danger

Zone

• Limited system capacity

• Congestion at key hubs and on core corridors

• Cost

• Late arrivals / missed events

If everyone tries to access venues by public transport:

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Games Transport

- Spectator & Workforce

• Travel Demand Management – Suppression of

background demand

• Funded Public Transport

Key weapons in the armoury:

• Park and Walk and Park and Ride

• Existing car users

• Target specific areas to increase capacity

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Games Transport

- Spectator & Workforce

Danger

Zone

Active Travel Games

There is only one mode that could take all the pain:

Capacity Environment Policy

Cost City / Economy Health

Sport

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Games Transport

- Spectator & Workforce

Active Travel: Key weapons in the armoury

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Games Transport

- Spectator & Workforce

Key weapons in the armoury:

Overlay • Signage and Street Presence

• Walking and Cycling Maps

• Journey distance / time

Use of Existing systems • Journey Planning

• Traveline – amended priorities.

• Car Sharing

MISC

• One-off Temporary Event

• Spectator Access Guide

• Spectator Access Guide

• Order of priorities

• Advertising

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