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 * Haringey Federation of Residents Associations

To Haringey's Residents Associations

We have been asked to circulate the following appeal for public consultation responses over priorities set out for travel improvements in Haringey over the next 3 years. The Council is applying to Transport for London for the funding to achieve the improvements set out.

I have enclosed a summary of the very large document, which you can read at: [] I also enclose an extract from the document summing up the results of the initial public consultation (535 responses) which took place earlier this year. There is a chart on page 29 of the document which I can't copy, which identifies the level of support for various policies - the top six most popular were:

//1. Reduce public transport overcrowding 2. Encourage walking 3. Improve road safety 4. To make it easier to travel by bicycle 5. Provide cleaner, de-cluttered streets 6. To reduce CO2 emissions from transport by 60% by 2025//

Pretty sensible! The key thing is how to achieve those objectives.

Over the last 10 years many residents associations have successfully lobbied for 20mph zones in their neighbourhoods. This has certainly helped to improve road safety and led to less deaths and casualities, encouraged more walking and cycling, and more peaceful neighbourhoods. However, it is taking a very long time to roll out piecemeal to all residential areas. Hence one of the key things we have been lobbying for as a Federation is to make the whole borough a 20mph 'default' speed limit (ie that all streets are 20mph maximum speed, unless a particular street is designated otherwise). This is very popular and has already been implemented elsewhere (eg in neighbouring Islington), so we see no reason why Haringey residents should have a less safe local environment!

To achieve this we need to ensure that the Council's bid for funding from Transport for London includes this proposal. If your Residents Association can support this (either because you already have secured a 20mph limit in your area, would benefit from one, or just think its common sense), please email frontline.consultation@haringey.gov.uk by Monday 8th November.

best wishes

Dave Morris (HFRA Secretary) and Chris Barker (HFRA Living Streets)



Dear stakeholder

Statutory Consultation: Haringey’s 2nd Local Implementation Plan (Transport Strategy)

Haringey Council’s draft Local Implementation Plan (LIP) is commencing a 6 week period of statutory and public consultation between Monday 27th September and Monday 8th November.

Haringey Council’s transport strategy, called the LIP, contains details of the local transport objectives and delivery proposals for the 3 year period from 2011 to 2014. This includes the 2011/2012 funding submission to TfL. The content of the LIP reflects the transport needs and aspirations of Haringey’s residents and businesses and contributes towards the implementation of key priorities within the Mayors Transport Strategy covering the period 2011-2031.

[A summary of the LIP content is enclosed below]. This summary includes details of Haringey’s LIP objectives and the delivery plan programme of investment for the period 2011-2014.

The contents of the draft LIP is now available for consultation and each section can be viewed at: [|http://www.haringey.gov.uk/LIP] If you would like to comment on the content of this draft document please email frontline.consultation@haringey.gov.uk by Monday 8th November.

Please put ‘LIP’ in the subject line of your email message

Or you can write to us at the freepost address: Haringey LIP Consultation FREEPOST NAT20890 PO Box 264, London N22 8BR

Following Statutory and Public Consultation, the final draft LIP will be submitted to TfL by 20th December 2010, with Mayor approval scheduled for spring 2011.

If you require further information regarding this LIP consultation please contact Malcolm Smith (Tel: 020 8489 5574) or Edwin Leigh (Tel: 020 8489 1492).

Kind regards

Malcolm Smith Team Leader, Transportation Planning 2nd floor south River Park House 225 High Road Wood Green London N22 8HQ Tel: 020 8489 5574 Malcolm.smith@haringey.gov.uk


 * HARINGEY’S LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (TRANSPORT STRATEGY)**


 * CONSULTATION SUMMARY**

Haringey Council’s Local Implementation Plan (LIP) contains proposals for the delivery of the Mayors Transport Strategy (MTS) in Haringey. The LIP is a borough wide transport strategy detailing the council’s transport objectives and delivery proposals for 2011-2014 which reflect the transport needs and aspirations of people in Haringey and contributes towards the implementation of key priorities within the MTS over the 20 year period 2011-2031.

The transport challenges and opportunities facing Haringey over the next 20 years, have been identified and prepared within the context of the goals and challenges of the MTS, the sub regional transport plan for North London, and through consultation with Haringey residents and key stakeholders. From this the following LIP objectives have been developed:
 * Haringey’s transport challenges**

· Reduce Haringey’s deprivation and health inequalities by improving access for all to essential services, including health, education, employment, social and leisure facilities across the borough. · Ensure Haringey’s transport network can accommodate increases in travel demand by tackling congestion, increasing sustainable transport capacity, encouraging modal shift and reducing the need to travel. · Facilitate an increase in walking and cycling to improve the health and wellbeing of Haringey’s residents. · Reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on Haringey’s transport network and reduce the number of casualties among vulnerable road users. · Increase transport access and connectivity to and from Haringey’s key employment and regeneration areas, including Wood Green town centre, and the growth areas of Haringey Heartlands and Tottenham Hale. · Improve air quality within the borough through initiatives to reduce and mitigate the effects of pollutant emissions from road and diesel operated rail transport. · Reduce Haringey’s CO2 emissions from transport by 40% by 2020 through smarter travel measures to reduce car use and encouraging the use of zero or low carbon transport alternatives. · Reduce crime, the fear of crime and anti-social behaviour on all modes of transport and in the public realm in Haringey. · Improve the condition and legibility of principal roads, cycle paths and footways within the borough, having regard to the public realm, and increase satisfaction with the condition of the network. · Ensure that transport protects and enhances Haringey’s natural environment including biodiversity, geodiversity, landscape, townscape, cultural heritage, water resources and land. · Minimise the effects of unpredictable events arising from climate change on the transport network.

The LIP contains a 3 year delivery programme of schemes and policy measures for 2011/12 to 2013/14, based on the Borough’s 3 year funding allocations provided by Transport For London. The delivery programme is presented under the 4 TfL funding programme categories; Corridors and Neighbourhoods, Major Schemes, Smart Travel, and Maintenance.
 * LIP Delivery Plan**

The Council’s Corridors and Neighbourhoods programme for 2011-2014 are:
 * ** Green Lanes Corridor, Harringay and St Ann’s Neighbourhood. ** Holistic treatment of these corridors and neighbourhood and adjacent neighbourhoods, focusing on accessibility improvements to urban realm & public transport, traffic management, road safety, cycling and pedestrian access with the aim of supporting the town centre and encouraging sustainable travel.
 * ** Tottenham Hale and Tottenham Green neighbourhoods as part of the Tottenham Hale ** **Gyratory complementary measures**. Linking pedestrian, cycling and public transport accessibility improvements from surrounding residential and industrial areas, and Tottenham High Road.
 * ** Seven Sisters and North Tottenham neighbourhood and corridors ** . Accessibility improvements to urban realm for pedestrians, cycling & public transport. Include footway enhancement, and road safety/traffic calming measures
 * ** Local safety scheme programme. ** Innovative community projects to encourage sustainable/ carbon efficient travel behaviour.
 * ** DIY streets/20mph zones ** . Projects to develop innovative traffic calming, home zone type measures. Incorporates working with the local community to identify, design and develop the physical measures as well as encouraging residents to adopt sustainable travel behaviour
 * ** Biking Borough strategy delivery. ** Programme of cycling infrastructure, behavioural & promotional measures focused around cycle hub in Wood Green/Turnpike Lane centres (circa 2km catchment area).
 * ** Local cycle routes ** . Implementation of Greenways and London Cycle Network routes
 * ** Cycle training ** . Continue programme of on road cycle training for school children and individuals.
 * ** Electric charging points ** . Implementation of on street & public car parking charging points. Target of 48 charging points by 2015
 * ** Car club scheme development. ** Expansion to 130 bays by 2012.
 * ** Smarter travel initiatives ** . Include measures to influence people's travel behaviour towards more sustainable options such as encouraging school, workplace and individualised travel planning
 * ** Accessibility schemes ** to improve shopmobility service for elderly and mobility impaired users
 * ** Local transport projects ** – Innovative community projects to encourage sustainable/ carbon efficient travel behaviour.
 * ** Maintenance programme ** for borough’s road network, footways and bridges
 * ** ‘Major Scheme’ ** proposal for Wood Green town centre will be submitted to TfL for funding to deliver town centre public realm improvements for pedestrians, cyclists and for accessing public transport network.
 * How to make comments**

The contents of the draft LIP is now available for consultation and each section can be viewed at:

[]

If you would like to comment on the content of this draft document please email **frontline.consultation@haringey.gov.uk**

(Please put ‘LIP’ in the subject line of your email message)

Or you can write to us at the free post address:

FREEPOST NAT20890 PO Box 264, London N22 8BR
 * Haringey LIP Consultation

Please submit your comments by Monday 8th November 2010.

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2.3.7 Prioritising Haringey’s transport challenges – Consultation.**

Local transport challenges were identified by an officer led steering group including representatives from economic development and regeneration, planning, sustainable transport, health, education, recreation and leisure, crime reduction and safety, environmental resources, and the Better Haringey team.

Prior to a statutory consultation with partners, which will be carried out in the second phase of consultation on Haringey’s LIP2, Haringey residents and local interest organisations were asked to feedback on the proposed ‘challenges’ to be addressed in the LIP2. The aim was to:

• To validate objectives set and identify gaps • To gather identify the challenges that respondents thought were most important • To meet statutory requirements for consultation on the LIP2

2.3.7.1 Methodology

Feedback was sought between 6 May 2010 and 23 July 2010 via the following methods:

1,500 surveys were mailed to Core Strategy consultees (200 by email, 1,300 postal). Respondents were asked to say how important each of the challenges were. An online survey was set up and publicised on the Haringey website, in local newspapers and the Haringey People, the council’s monthly magazine to all residents. Attendees at a range of summer events, including the Haringey Green Fair and Tottenham Carnival, were asked to take part in a consultation activity, where they identify up to 5 challenges most important to them by placing stickers on a chart. Sustainable Transport officers attended the 1st quarter round of area assemblies, to publicise the consultation and gather feedback from attendees.

2.3.7.2 Response received

529 residents participated in the consultation: 131 completed the survey, either online or by post. A further 398 took part in the consultation activity at a range of summer events. In addition: One resident wrote in to a local newspaper requesting an improvement to local train services The English Heritage submitted a response by letter recommending, amongst other things, that the LIP2 encourages a switch to less damaging forms of transport and promotes planning policies that help to reduce the need to travel.

2.3.7.3 Findings

Figure 2.10 displays the results of the postal and online surveys and the consultation activities at summer events. Within in each MTS priority, some challenges are more of a concern to residents than others. • Under priority 1, reducing public transport overcrowding is considered important by over 50% of participants. This can also be read as ‘improving public transport’ as this is not specifically mentioned as a ‘challenge’. • Under Priority 2, improving journey experience by providing cleaner, safer and decluttered streets was a priority for 40% compared to fewer than 30% who are affected by noise from transport. Encouraging walking and cycling were also considered to be crucial, to reduce car use and improve air quality. • Under Priority 3, improving road safety was considered more important than concern about risk of fear of crime when travelling.

535 additional comments were submitted as part of the consultation. Responses were generally positive and constructive. Key features were:

2.3.7.4 Reducing car use • Reducing car use was suggested by many as an essential feature of the transport strategy, to accommodate a growing population, limited parking and the need to reduce carbon emissions. Further to this, one resident made specific mention of the need to reduce PM10 emissions, from diesel vehicles. Car-free days and pedestrian only areas were proposed, together with incentives to encourage use of car-clubs or smaller, electric powered vehicles. Further to this, the benefits of encouraging motorcycle use as a greener alternative to car-use were described. • Support for reducing car-use is tempered by representation of the views of families and mobility impaired people, who car use essential to maintaining their quality of life. They request that those who need to use a car should not be disadvantaged by proposals within this strategy.

2.3.7.5 Improving public transport

• As expected, one of the main suggestions to be considered in development of a transport strategy is the need to improve provision of public transport. This includes making buses more regular (for example an extension of the route 603) and improving the permeability of bus routes to include roads not currently served (such as Wightman Road, N8). A newspaper article called for an increase in the number of trains on the Barking to Gospel Oak line, which serves Crouch Hill, Harringay Green Lanes and South Tottenham. However, in addition to improving services, some stipulate that fares must not be raised, if public transport use is to increase. • In addition, public transport should be made more accessible for disabled people, including working wheelchair ramps on buses and more convenient bus-to-bus transport interchanges for those with mobility problems. • Complaints about noise disturbance from transport was limited to households situated on bus routes. Impact on local residents must be considered when deciding to expand bus routes further. • Safety on public transport was not mentioned as an issue. In fact, two residents specifically felt that fear of crime on public transport was not an issue and that they felt more unsafe as a pedestrian or cyclist from risk from traffic, than while on public transport. However, any increase in uniformed staff presence on public transport, such as ‘Safer Transport Team’ officers, bus conductors, and Metropolitan Police would be welcomed.

2.3.7.6 Encouraging walking and cycling

• Any measures to improve the street environment were generally supported by commentators. Reducing clutter, improving cleanliness, preventing pavement parking and publicising walking routes were all suggested as ways to encourage walking. • Better planned cycle routes were thought to be key to encouraging transport by bicycle, with particular regard for continuity of cycle lanes and safety of cyclists at junctions. • A primary issue for respondents to the survey, who tended to be older people, was the increasing menace of unsafe cycling practice, particularly cycling on the pavement. It was suggested that strong action needs to be taken on this issue to ensure the safety of other road and pavement users, including cycle training and enforcement action against dangerous behaviour.

2.3.7.7 Planning for transport needs

• Several residents suggest that facilities should be planned to minimise the need to travel and create ‘localism’. This could include creating employment within in local areas and encouraging local shopping. Essential services, such as hospitals and schools, were already considered to be well served by public transport, although one resident emphasised the importance of this to people on low incomes. • Tensions exist amongst residents between desires to improve road safety, and maintaining traffic flow. Many residents suggested creating more ‘homezones’, ‘20mph zones’ or restricting traffic speed across the whole borough in order to do this. Additional pedestrian crossings were suggested in specific locations, and while further limitation of traffic through residential streets was also suggested. In counterpoint, some complain that emissions from vehicles are increased by measures to preventing access to residential roads – cars have to travel further and congestion on major roads increases. Some suggest road humps should be removed and that phasing of traffic lights need to be revisited to improve efficiency. • Many of the suggestions around public transport provision are intended for communication to TfL. Some suggest that TfL planners need to be more accessible to local people to better understand their transport needs. This could be achieved by more attendance at Area Assemblies or other local events.