Abstract
Abstract. The performance of the transport network and the associated movement of people was one of the most critical elements to London’s successful delivery of the 2012 Olympic Games. During the planning stages Transport for London asked the London Borough of Newham to mitigate the impact of the authority’s 13 500 employees on transport infrastructure close to the Olympic Park. To achieve this, the authority needed to understand the geographic distribution of its workforce and the demand it placed on roads and local transport hubs. The authority’s Geospatial Team led the research based on four cross-referenced data sources, and spatial analysis was used to determine priorities for special absence arrangements and a commissioned coach service. The research was used to support a targeted information campaign but also presented considerations on large-scale data collection, the use of Human Resources data, and the degree to which the movement of people can be measured and managed.
Highlights
The London Borough of Newham ('the Authority') was heavily involved in planning and preparatory work for the London 2012 Olympic Games ('the Games'), with the majority of the park and the main stadium situated inside the Borough
At the end of 2011, Transport for London (TfL) raised a concern about the impact of the Authority’s 13,500 employees on transport infrastructure close to the Olympic Park during the Games. They asked the Authority to mitigate this impact in order to better accommodate the anticipated spectator flows through Stratford and West Ham stations, as well as Canning Town
1,873 survey responses reported passing through one of the three key stations, with all but 188 of these actively boarding or changing trains. This suggested that 9,340 of the entire workforce would use these stations by default as part of their daily commute, accounting for 18,680 journeys. 10,322 of these journeys included travel through Stratford station, which had been expected to accommodate 345,470 extra journeys to and from the Olympic Park on Thursday the 2nd of August (ODA, 2011)
Summary
The London Borough of Newham ('the Authority') was heavily involved in planning and preparatory work for the London 2012 Olympic Games ('the Games'), with the majority of the park and the main stadium situated inside the Borough. At the end of 2011, Transport for London (TfL) raised a concern about the impact of the Authority’s 13,500 employees on transport infrastructure close to the Olympic Park during the Games. They asked the Authority to mitigate this impact in order to better accommodate the anticipated spectator flows through Stratford and West Ham stations (both of which served the main stadium directly), as well as Canning Town (which acted as a hub serving the ExCeL Centre and the O2 Arena).
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