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A Constructor’s Cycle Experience

Published 9 May 2018 | No comments
Written by Michael Barratt MBE
CategoriesCycle safety
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Transport for London (TfL) have adopted the Healthy Streets Approach to help make London’s diverse communities greener, healthier and more attractive places to live, work, play and do business. Part of the Healthy Streets approach is to encourage more walking, cycling and use of public transport. To maintain these aspirations we require assistance from all our partners and stakeholders. London’s...
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Development Cluster Working Groups

Published 30 April 2018 | No comments
Written by Michael Barratt MBE
CategoriesCommunity consultation Community meetings Cycle safety Pedestrian safety
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Transport for London (TfL) encourages and facilitates collaborative working approaches towards managing major developments and associated interventions. Bringing together developers and contractors and all those impacted by the works (residents, cycle groups, public transport representatives, the police and businesses) has helped to deliver a transparent balanced working process where all involved give input into mitigation methods to reduce the impacts....
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Traffic Management that Meets all Demands

Published 14 February 2018 | No comments
Written by Michael Barratt MBE
CategoriesPlanning of traffic routes
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TfL have adopted the Healthy Streets Approach to improve air quality, reduce congestion and help make London’s diverse communities greener, healthier and more attractive places to live, work, play and do business. Healthy Streets designed to tackle the physical inactivity crisis Reduced traffic congestion on London’s streets Better air quality and work aimed at making London a zero-carbon city A...
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Elite Marshal Presentations

Published 6 October 2017 | No comments
Written by Michael Barratt MBE
CategoriesControlled access Parking facilities/arrangements Planning of traffic routes Preventing unauthorised access Training plans
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Traffic Marshal duties at construction sites tend to focus on the management of HGVs. The Development Impact Team at TfL has surveyed these methods and identified opportunities to enhance activity. As frontline personnel, marshals are in a good position to observe and report potentially unsafe or inefficient activities. These include; poorly managed HGVs or traffic management layouts, bad driver behaviours...
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Loading Design Guidance

Published 26 September 2017 | No comments
Written by Michael Barratt MBE
CategoriesCycle safety Delivery timings Pedestrian safety
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In 2014-15, HGVs were involved in 25% of pedestrian fatalities and 60% of cyclist fatalities. The long term impacts from Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Particulate Matter (PM10), of which a large proportion comes from HGVs, are the cause for over 9,000 deaths each year in London. Negative impacts can often occur when loading facilities are either poorly designed or can...
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Strategic HGV Holding Areas

Published 18 September 2017 | No comments
Written by Michael Barratt MBE
CategoriesDelivery timings Pedestrian safety
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HGVs are a major contributor of pollution displaced on all road networks. The long term impacts, especially from Nitrogen Dioxide and Particulate Matter are the cause for over 60,000 deaths each year in the UK. In London, during 2014/15 HGVs were involved in 25% & 60% of pedestrian and cyclist fatalities respectively, therefore HGVs are also a key focus for...
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Early Doors Agreement

Published 29 August 2017 | One comment
Written by Michael Barratt MBE
CategoriesCycle safety Delivery timings Pedestrian safety
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Asking HGV drivers to arrive at site exactly at 8am to begin loading/unloading is challenging especially on heavily congested roads. Not only does this cause driver stress but can result in unwanted behaviours. Often drivers’ set off and arrive early to avoid peak traffic. HGVs are frequently observed being parked outside site gates, on residential or main roads, on footways...
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TfL Roadworks Patrol

Published 17 August 2017 | 7 comments
Written by Michael Barratt MBE
CategoriesCLOCS Cycle safety Pedestrian safety
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In 2014, at a Southwark construction working group, a cycling stakeholder raised concerns of how unsafe he felt cycling through certain TfL road works. To investigate we met on site to cycle through the highlighted issues from which traffic management changes were made to improve cycling thoroughfare. We agreed this was a good way to audit works and began to...
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