Allan Gooch at Shaping Transportation: Transport for the London 2012 Olympic Games

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Hosting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games was a great honour for the city of London, but it also presented a huge challenge for its transport systems and those running them. With the foundation of the Olympic Delivery Authority, London created a non-departmental public body which was responsible for coordinating, planning and delivering transport infrastructure and services to support the 2012 Games. However, successful delivery of transport for the Games required all transport stakeholders to work together to achieve, what many people thought, was impossible. In the early planning stages, the ODA recognised the importance of truly understanding the scale and nature of the transport challenge that London faced, so it set about developing a series of demand forecasts that all parties could use to develop their plans in a consistent manner. It then worked with LOCOG, government, local authorities, transport agencies and operators to develop the transport strategy to meet those transport challenges. This strategy was presented in what became known as the “Olympic Transport Plan”.This presentation describes how the different transport organisations worked together to plan the required transport for all the different client groups from athletes and team officials to the 12 million ticket holders who watched the festival of sport across 33 different competition venues. In particular, the presentation describes the transport planning analysis and modelling that was undertaken to support the overall planning for the 2012 Games. Moreover, it focuses on the lessons learned during this project and how they can be applied to future projects. Allan Gooch spent nine years working on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, from the bid stage, right through planning and then operations at Games time. As Head of Transport Planning for the Olympic Delivery Authority, he was responsible for a wide transportation scope. He rejoined transport consultancy Steer Davies Gleave after the London 2012‘ Games as Director of Sports & Major Events. www.ptvgroup.com/shapingtransportation

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Introduction

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Ι Transport Challenge

Ι Strategy to Meet the Challenge

Ι Approach to Transport Planning

Ι Results – how it went

Ι Lessons Learned for the Future

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Transport Challenge – Geographic Spread of Venues

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Transport Challenge – Integration with Road Events

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Transport Challenge – Duration of Transport Operations

JUNE 2012 JULY 2012 AUGUST 2012 SEPTEMBER 2012

28 JULY - 12 AUG

Olympic Games

27 JUNE

Venues open

Media centre opens

Soft opening of

Olympic Village

13 JULY

Official opening of

Olympic Village

27 JULY

Opening Ceremony

13 - 16 AUG

Olympic Games

Departures

10-12 SEPT

Paralympic

Games

Departures

14 SEPT

Olympic Park

closes 29 AUG - 9 SEPT

Paralympic Games

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Athletes & Team Officials

International Federations

Workforce & Contractors

Media (Broadcast & Press )

Olympic Family

Marketing Partners

Spectators

Residents, Local Businesses & Public without Tickets

Transport Challenge - LOCOG Transport Client Priority

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Transport Challenge – Integration with Security

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Transport Challenge – Paralympic Games venues

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Transport Strategy – Key Principles

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Ι T1, T2 and T3 car fleets for Games Family - operated by LOCOG

Ι Separate bus fleets for Athletes, Technical Officials and Media - bus companies contracted by LOCOG

Ι Venue Transport – operated by LOCOG

Ι Olympic Route Network (ORN) – operated by TfL

Ι Huge investment in transport infrastructure by Government

Ι Free public transport for spectators in London

Ι Supplementary spectator transport (eg P&R) - contracted by ODA

Ι Travel Demand Management (TDM) – led by TfL

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Transport Strategy – Games Family transport

Ι Dedicated bus services (TA, TM, TF) using 1,250 vehicles

Ι Car fleet operations (T1, T2, T3) using 4,800 cars

Ι Olympic Route Network

Ι Vehicle Access & Parking Permit (VAPP system)

Ι Secure back of house load zones

Ι Use of Heathrow Express rail services for Media arrivals & departures

Ι Free use of public transport

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Venue Transport Operations Plans What space is required and for what purpose?

Ι Vehicle entry routes

Ι Security screening

Ι Parking allocation

Ι Staging areas

Ι Load zones for each client group

Ι Permit scheme design

Ι Traffic management

Ι Spectator access strategy

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Venue Transport – typical load zone

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Transport Strategy – Traffic Management and Parking Controls eg Wembley Stadium - Reduced post-match egress times for key clients from 2 hours to 15 mins

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Transport Strategy – Vehicle Screening Areas (VSAs)

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Transport Strategy – Travel Demand Management (TDM)

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Transport Strategy – Scaled down Paralympic Route Network and Conversion of Buses for Paralympics

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Approach to Transport Planning – Key Principles

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Ι Start demand forecasting early

Ι Share forecasts with stakeholders

Ι Keep those forecasts updated

Ι Integrate transport plans with other Functional Areas (eg Security, Logistics) and other transport operators (eg TfL, TOCs)

Ι Consult on transport plans

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Approach to Transport Planning - Key Inputs to Transport Planning

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Ι Competition schedule

Ι Event ticket sales data

Ι Existing transport services

Ι Games time enhancements to transport services

Ι Likely variations to ‘normal’ background demand

Ι Historic data on travel patterns at different sporting/cultural events

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Approach to Transport Planning - Olympic Park Demand Model

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Approach to Transport Planning – Demand Forecasting

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Approach to Transport Planning – Microsimulation of Vehicles

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Approach to Transport Planning - Microsimulation of Pedestrians

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London 2012 Transport – Headline results

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Ι Olympic Route Network reliability – 96%

Ι Games Family bus services operated with very few problems

Ι Fleet operations worked well but were challenged by road events

Ι Journey times – 30% lower than normal in London

Ι TDM and ATM – achieved 30% reduction in road traffic at ‘hotspots’

Ι Games Family did use public transport

Ι Public transport systems operated well – highest daily loads ever recorded

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London 2012 Transport Planning - Key Lessons Learned

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Ι Cooperation between Government, the City, local authorities, all the transport operators and London 2012 achieved an integrated transport plan that worked

Ι Road events through the city centre look great, but cause huge transport challenges

Ι If high quality public transport is provided, the Games Family will use it

Ι TDM combined with active traffic management worked

Ι Early transport planning and sharing of plans helped enormously

Ι It helps hugely if all parties use the same demand forecasts and they are kept updated regularly

Ι Use transport modelling tools widely and wisely to help plan

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Contact : Steer Davies Gleave Supplier of transport planning services (Olympic venues) to the London 2012 Games

Allan Gooch

Director Sports and Major Events

ex Head of Venue Transport, LOCOG, 2011-12

and previously

Head of Transport Planning, ODA, 2006-11

+44 (0)20 7910 5548

[email protected]

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Thank you!