We have Travel Plans for many of our properties including Regent’s Place in London, Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield and Blythe Valley Park in Solihull as well as for our Head Office. View these at www.britishland.com/downloads.htm.
Since we first launched the Regent’s Place Travel Plan in 2001 the area and the use of transport have changed considerably. There are now 37 businesses and 6,100 employees on the site and the proportion of car users has halved. In 2006 we developed two new plans for Osnaburgh Street in Regent’s Place to take these changes into account. One Plan covers the proposed 160 new homes and the other covers the proposed 40,000 square metres of commercial office and retail space in Osnaburgh Street.
The Osnaburgh Street Travel Plans build on our key achievements which include:
- Twice yearly Transport Forums attended by occupiers, Camden Council and other interested parties
- Travel information available through www.vicinitee.com
- 10,000 Regent's Place Travel Booklets or CD Roms provided free of charge
- A Bicycle Users Group and 140 cycle spaces
- Systematic and consistent pedestrian signage and ‘step-free’ footways.
They include the following additions:
- Offer membership of the Transport Forum and Bicycle Users Group to new residents
- Encourage the Registered Social Landlord to include travel information in the Tenancy Packs circulated to residents
- Consider installing new bus shelters on Euston Road and Hampstead Road
- Consider increasing motorcycle and bicycle parking spaces
- Investigate sustainable ways for making deliveries to Regent's Place, such as joint ordering systems.
Management at Blythe Valley Park in Solihull purchased six bicycles, helmets and locks for the people who work on the 170-acre site. The mountain bikes provide an environmentally friendly way for people to get around the site, enjoy the parkland area or simply to exercise. A local provider is servicing and maintaining the bicycles. This is just part of Blythe Valley’s sustainable approach to transport which includes a Travel Centre, a travel website, financial support for buses, a car sharing initiative, footpaths and cycleways.
At Eastgate Shopping Centre in Basildon Bikeability was extended in 2006 to provide the free use of bikes to shoppers and occupiers as well as employees.
