Transport
Went to the Sutton Sustainable Transport Conference yesterday where I learned how Ken's £5 million for Sutton would be spent.
There seemed to be a lot of soft marketing strategies that are worth giving a go.
I suggested that TfL also pilot a hard marketing strategy in another borough by putting on 18 hours a day bus services with 5-8 minutes frequency.
I also pointed out that more and more Sutton residents are commuting not to London and Croydon, but to Surrey and the M4 corridor and public tranport was weak in this area. There seem to be weak linkages with Surrey and GLA Transport Strategies.
In the breakout sessions I went to the one on the future of Hackbridge. The BedZed people seem to have come up with some good ideas, but the only they way they will be funded is through private sector led regeneration. For example to fund environmental improvements they may have to accept a "clone town" retailer.
There seemed to be a lot of soft marketing strategies that are worth giving a go.
I suggested that TfL also pilot a hard marketing strategy in another borough by putting on 18 hours a day bus services with 5-8 minutes frequency.
I also pointed out that more and more Sutton residents are commuting not to London and Croydon, but to Surrey and the M4 corridor and public tranport was weak in this area. There seem to be weak linkages with Surrey and GLA Transport Strategies.
In the breakout sessions I went to the one on the future of Hackbridge. The BedZed people seem to have come up with some good ideas, but the only they way they will be funded is through private sector led regeneration. For example to fund environmental improvements they may have to accept a "clone town" retailer.
posted by Charlie Mansell at 6:21 pm
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