Travel Advice for Business - Glasgow City Council

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Travel Advice for Business Arial 20 Thursday 13th February 2014

What can you expect from this session? 1. The view from our stakeholders 2. Transport planning for the Commonwealth Games – Keeping Glasgow Moving 3. The view from business 4. Question and Answers

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Transport planning for the Commonwealth Games What do you need to know? Rose McArthur Travel Advice for Business team, Glasgow 2014


• Travel Demand Management for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games • What is it? Why is it needed?

• Travel Advice for Business – here to support you • The journey to Games time


Glasgow – Size and Scale…… • Sports – 17

• Competing nations – 70 nations and territories • Athletes and officials – 6,500 • Media officials from all over the world – 6,000 • Spectators – Over 160,000 on peak days • Spectator tickets sold – Up to 1 million • Days of competition – Morning, afternoon and evening over 11 consecutive days • Venues – 14 venues, 1 Athlete’s village & 3 clusters • Audience expected to tune in – 1.5 billion www.getreadyglasgow.com

In the Athletes village, approximately how many…… • Meals will be consumed – 390,000 • Chefs will be hard at work - 170 • Tonnes of pasta will be consumed – 10 tonnes • Tonnes of mushrooms will be consumed – 11.6 tonnes • Pillow cases will be used – 12,600 • Bin liners will be required – 1,000,000 • Towels will be used – 30,000 • Toilet rolls will be used – 20,000 www.getreadyglasgow.com



Road Events

Road Events

Road Events

Festival 2014 • Saturday 19th July – Sunday 3rd August • The Games Experience – the experience of sport, culture and the city

• Key components •

Queen’s Baton Relay

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Live Zones

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Large-scale site specific events

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Community hosted events

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Existing cultural venues

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Active travel routes www.getreadyglasgow.com

Festival 2014 - Live Zones • Wednesday 23rd July – Sunday 3rd August

• Glasgow Green • Merchant City • Kelvingrove Bandstand


Our Transport Plan to Keep Glasgow Moving


• Prioritising great sport • An active travel Games

• A public transport Games • An accessible Games KEEP GLASGOW MOVING!


The Core Games Route Network Tollcross

Celtic Park Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls

Velodrome & Emirates Arena

Scotstoun Sports Campus Glasgow Green Road Courses

Village Hockey Centre SECC

Ibrox

Hampden Park


What is the Games Route Network?

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A crucial part of any major multi-sport event

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A £4.5 million investment to Keep Glasgow Moving

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Reliably and efficiently moving athletes between key venues

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Covers around 30km, out and back

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Just 13.5% will make use of dedicated lanes for Games travel

When will it be in place? •

Work getting underway on route and will continue into June

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Will be fully operational from 21 July


Local Area Traffic Management and Parking (LATM&P)? •

Traffic management to protect the residents and businesses around competition venues (like on event days around the football stadiums)

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Not like London 2012 measures. Less access control.

Key objectives: •

Protect residents and businesses from informal spectator parking

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Ensure Games related traffic can access the venues


Where will LATM&P be in place? •

Within 10 minutes of a venue, parking restrictions are likely to be in force in order to protect residents and businesses

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Within 20 minutes of a venue, assessments are being conducted as to which areas may require protection

Where will I find out about it? •

Our intention is that you will have access to an online mapping system which will allow you to view the areas in which road restrictions will be in place


When will LATM&P be in place? •

The detailed design process is currently ongoing. This will inform the detail of when measures will be in place

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We are working to ensure that protective measures are kept to the minimum necessary to keep Glasgow moving and protect residents and businesses

When will I find out about it? •

It is planned to communicate the detailed designs for LATM&P through a series of sessions in May or earlier if possible

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Earlier than for London 2012. www.getreadyglasgow.com

LATM&P Next Steps Local Area Traffic Management and Parking Design Finalised • Beginning of April/start of May Communication Events by Venue • From March to Games Permit Allocations where necessary • May - June Implementation of Measures • By venue requirement Enforcement

• By venue requirement


Active travel enhancements •

Cycle parking will be provided across all venues

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700 cycle parking spaces

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Bike Hire in place for Games time

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Legacy!!


Public transport enhancements •

Providing additional capacity on core Glasgow rail routes that serve our venues;

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Providing additional capacity on the wider rail network;

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Putting on shuttle buses to augment public transport capacity where required;

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Delivering temporary Park & Ride facilities to serve core venues

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Enhancing cycling options and walking routes www.getreadyglasgow.com

G2014 – Helping You Get Games Ready


“Helping everyone get ready” •

Spectators - information, advice and opportunity to plan their journey

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Those living, working and playing – understanding that things will be different

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And of course the business community…….


Glasgow and the surrounding area will operate differently in transport terms, it will be busier than usual This is an amazing ‘once in a lifetime’ trade opportunity

We are here to help you get Games Ready …..but we can only help you help yourselves

To keep your business running smoothly and make the most of the opportunities that the Games present, it will be necessary to understand how your operations may be affected and plan ahead.


We are asking businesses to plan using The 4 Rs and use all the information we have available. Retime, Reroute, Re-mode, Reduce Retime

– Peak spreading, starting earlier, leaving earlier, deliveries outside of operational hours of LATM&P/GRN

Reroute

– Avoid driving around venues at competition times, use a different station if yours is likely to be busy

Re-mode – It will be a fabulous walking and cycling city in the summer Reduce

– Can you pre order non perishables, do you have staff who would like to work from home 1 day of the Games





Support available to business from G2014 •

Dedicated Games-specialist Travel Advisors and dedicated email address

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Site Specific Advice programme

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Workshops (first 10 announced, more to be held)

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Collateral to help your planning

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Presenters at your events, copy for newsletters, case studies

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Travel Action Plan Templates and examples all downloadable

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Email updates, freight focus groups, forums, template presentations,

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Direct Support • 2hr workshops led by a team of specialist Travel Advisors • Site Specific Advice – invitation only • Attendance at business events

Where are the workshops? • Glasgow City Chambers and other locations throughout the city

When are the workshops? •

Beginning 5th March - register now

How do our businesses sign up ? • Information on signing up and dates at

www.getreadyglasgow.com www.getreadyglasgow.com

What is next ? • Awareness raising • Support package role out – more info added when available. You will always be first to know • Getting action plans written and tested • Games Time information channels www.getreadyglasgow.com

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Games Route Network – Alastair Stewart / George Vincent, Glasgow City Council

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Local Area Transport Management and Parking Plans – David Pye & Richard Robinson, Glasgow 2014

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Venues – John Fryer, Glasgow 2014

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Road events – Berna Ucel, Glasgow 2014

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Queen’s Baton Relay – Jillian Elborn, Glasgow 2014

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Festival 2014 / Live Zones – Jennifer Devlin, Glasgow 2014

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Capacity Enhancements – Derek Walsh, Glasgow 2014

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Travel Advice for Businesses – TAB team www.getreadyglasgow.com