People and Places - Congestion in the City

London's Solution?

Part One - Congestion Charging

Click here to examine the word document on Congestion Charging in London and sort the data under the following headings: Traffic on Londons Roads (numbers, people using the roads wtc) , the predicted cut in traffic, the impact on public transport ( space for buses, the increase in the number of people using public transport and the possible impacts of this)

Part Two - The future - Crossrail

Throughout the 20th century the Underground grew and so did London. The Railway Companies continued to deliver passengers to the termini at the edges of the business districts and the passengers continued their journeys on the Underground. By the late 1980s it was clear that options to run more trains over existing tracks were reaching the limits of capacity. The Government then commissioned a study to investigate how this problem could be solved.

In 2000, with both the Underground and National Rail networks now suffering record levels of congestion and a resulting decline in service reliability, the Government asked the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) to study the requirements for extra passenger capacity to and through London. The London East West Study recommended that both the East-West and Hackney-SouthWest routes be resurrected and schemes developed to construct them.

Click here to watch the crossrail movie

Read the following paragraph and answer the question below:

Crossrail will:

Establish a brand new network of services linking areas across London and beyond.

Allow existing suburban rail services to run through London.

Reduce overcrowding on Underground lines as well as reducing congestion at a number of busy National Rail stations.

Provide a major boost to the development of London's integrated transport network.

Ensure that features such as full access for mobility impaired people are included as an integrated part of the design.

By bringing about these improvements, Crossrail will make a significant contribution to tackling the problems facing the infrastructure of the South East.

Specifically Crossrail needs to:

Support the wider transport, planning, social and environmental objectives of the Government's 10 Year Plan, the Mayor's Strategies for London, the Strategic Rail Authority's Strategic Plan and Regional Planning Guidance

Relieve congestion and overcrowding on the existing National Rail and Underground networks and support the development of a network of strategic interchanges

Facilitate the continued development of London's primary finance and business service activities, which are now located in both the City and Docklands

Facilitate the improvement of London's international links, including Heathrow

Facilitate the regeneration of priority areas, such as the Thames Gateway and the Lea Valley

Provide improved east-west rail access into and across London from the East and South East regions

To meet these objectives Crossrail needs to be feasible from both operational and engineering points of view, environmentally acceptable and value for money

Questions:

Use the movie as well as the information contained above to complete this work.

1. What is the crossrail project aiming to prevent?
2. What else is it hoped that crossrail will encourage?
3. What is meant by the term 'regeneration' and how will the crossrail project help regenerate areas of London?
4. What impact will crossrail have on where people live in and around London?

Further Links:
http://www.crossrail.co.uk