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Welcome to the 4th annual Healthy Streets Scorecard; THE big event on London borough calendars!

And we kick off today with an introduction from Alice Roberts @ClaptonAlice, @CPRELondon Head of Campaigns, #HSScorecard coalition coordinator & today's chair.

#HSScorecard2022

@ClaptonAlice @CPRELondon @Sustrans @RoadPeace @Wheels4Well @FutureTranspLon @_wearepossible @London_Cycling @LDN_LS @livingstreets @londoncouncils We're excited to present the #HSScorecard2022, tracking the progress of #London boroughs in delivering healthier & more sustainable mobility.
At today's event we'll explain results & new #HealthyStreets metrics on bus priority, diesel cars, & housing density weighting...

And we have 3 special guest speakers; @mayorofhackney, @sianberry & @AlexanderEhmann to discuss their own perspective on delivering #healthystreets.

We’ll be live tweeting, so follow the thread & use hashtag: #HSScorecard2022

First up, @MoreOllie, Snr Policy Officer at coalition member @SustransLondon.
Ollie will present the overall scores, outline the big changes over the last year & indicator results, including
#LTNs🚶‍
20mph limits🚗
CPZs❇️
#CycleTracks🚲
#SchoolStreets🎒
Bus lanes #FreeTheBus🚌

A quick About Us from @MoreOllie:
The Healthy Streets Scorecard is published by a coalition of 8 campaign groups & supported/partnered by 3 more.
Our aim is to promote action to put people's health & wellbeing at the forefront of all borough's transport planning.
#HSScorecard2022

The Mayor’s Transport Strategy has 3 key targets by 2041:
1. Increase trips made by sustainable modes’ (walking, cycling, PT) from 63% to 80%
2. Everyone to undertake the daily 20 mins of active travel
3. #VisionZero for road danger on London's transport system
#HSScorecard2022

London’s boroughs control 95% of London’s roads so the measures tey implement are critical to whether the Mayor’s Transport targets will be met or not.
The Scorecard shows to what extent councils are putting in place 5 key measures (input indicators) & 4 key outcome indicators.

The #HSScorecard2022 indicators:
INPUT:
Bus priority (NEW)
20mph
CPZs
LTNs
Cycle tracks
School Streets + STARS

OUTCOME:
Sustainable mode share (2021 data)
Active travel 5x/week (2021 data)
Serious road injuries & deaths (2021 data)
Car ownership & polluting vehicles (NEW)

* Note #BusPriority data is presented but isn't included in overall Scorecard results for 2022, but will be included in 2023.
Data from the Bus Priority map (created with info from @tfl, @sustrans, @LonTravelWatch & @FutureTranspLon):
tinyurl.com/HSS2022Bus
#HSScorecard2022

@TfL @Sustrans @LonTravelWatch @FutureTranspLon Now onto Overall Results.
🥁
Highest scoring #London boroughs:
@cityoflondon, @IslingtonBC, @hackneycouncil & @CamdenCouncil in Inner London.

@wfcouncil is top Outer borough. @LBRUT overtakes @Merton_Council to take 2nd place.

@lb_southwark top South London borough.
👏👏

And the lowest scoring #London boroughs in the #HSSscorecard2022 are
@Hillingdon, then @lbbdcouncil & @RedbridgeLive.

Read commentary from the coalition for every London borough & City:
healthystreetsscorecard.london/your_borough/

#HSScorecard2022

More densely populated boroughs have an advantage in the Scorecard, so we publish data showing density-adjusted scores.
@wfcouncil @CamdenCouncil & @LBRUT achieved a higher score than predicted.
@TowerHamletsNow @lbbdcouncil & @Hillingdon performed worse.
healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/#Resul…

What were the big changes highlighted in the #HSScorecard2022?
1. Decline in car ownership in higher performing boroughs
2. Continued growth in #SchoolStreets

#CarOwnership decline in #London.
Particularly big falls in:
@NewhamLondon at 4.0% (2,860 fewer cars)
@lb_southwark 3.7% (2,145)
@CamdenCouncil 3.2% (1,331)
@wfcouncil 2.9% (2,260).
In total equating to a reduction in land area of 64 football pitches!

Growth in #SchoolStreets
Yes in @hackneycouncil and @IslingtonBC
But also growth in @LewishamCouncil @haringeycouncil @EalingCouncil @lbbdcouncil @RBKingston @RedbridgeLive and @Hillingdon

HT @MumsForLungs for data gathering & collating

Time to delve into the indicators!
1st #BusPriority & a phenomenal map (kudos to @GiulioFerrini & @SustransLondon team):
tinyurl.com/HSS2022Bus
Key
🟨= bus route
🟧= bus lane
🟦= low traffic neighbourhood
& score is proportion of bus routes with bus priority.
#HSScorecard2022

#BusPriority Inner #London
40%-50% routes prioritised: @hackneycouncil @IslingtonBC & @lambeth_council

∼30%: @LewishamCouncil @wandbc @CamdenCouncil & @haringeycouncil

∼20% routes prioritised: @TowerHamletsNow @CityWestminster & @LBHF

just 5% routes prioritised: @RBKC

#BusPriority Outer #London

@EalingCouncil (18%) @lbbdcouncil (15%) & @Merton_Council (15%) have the highest scores. 👏

@LBofBexley @LBofBromley @RedbridgeLive @BarnetCouncil & @SuttonCouncil had lowest scores (less than 5% of routes are prioritised) with #Bexley on 1%.

Next indicator results: #LTNs
Highest coverage: 70% of streets with Low Traffic Neighbourhood in @hackneycouncil (excluding The City) 💚

Lowest coverage: 4% with Low Traffic Neighbourhood in @LBofBexley

datawrapper.de/_/Z54q2/
#HSScoredcard2022

Next input indicator results: #ProtectedCycleTrack
Most cycle track as proportion of borough roads: 13% in @wfcouncil 👍
Least cycle track as proportion of borough roads: 0% in @RBKC

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#HSScoredcard2022

On to #20mph speed limit indicator:
19 boroughs have a 20mph default speed limit 🥇

Lowest coverage of 20mph speed limits as % of borough managed roads: 5% in #Barnet

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#HSScorecard2022

Now to roads under some form of controlled parking. Data is rolled-over from 2021.
100% of streets in #CPZ: @cityoflondon @IslingtonBC* @RBKC* @TowerHamletsNow* @CityWestminster*
*need to implement small-area CPZs

8% of streets in #CPZ in @LBofBromley

datawrapper.de/_/gg9ID/

School Provision (2-part indicator: #SchoolStreets & @tfl STARS)

Awesome = #SchoolStreets now cover 15% of schools (was 2% two years ago!)

49% of schools with traffic-free School Streets in @IslingtonBC 🎒🏫🚶

0% #Bexley, #HammersmithFulham & #Sutton

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@TfL @IslingtonBC The 2nd half of Schools Provision indicator is the @TfL scheme Sustainable Travel: Active, Responsible, Safe (STARS) 🌟

Top three boroughs are in outer London:
@LBofBromley (63%) 👏
@wfcouncil (57%) 👏
& @BarnetCouncil (53%) 👏

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#HSScorecard2022

Just to mention if you want in-depth analysis of the input indicators mentioned so far:
#BusPriority
healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/result…
#LTNs
healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/result…
#CycleTrack
healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/result…
20mph
healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/result…
CPZ
healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/result…
Schools
healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/result…

Onto Outcome indicators.
Polluting vehicles (part of #CarOwnership indicator)

Car registration data was analysed to ascertain % of polluting vehicles (weighted according to how different fuel types contribute to London’s poor #airquality).

healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/result…

For the final three Outcome indicators:
Road Collision Casualties #RoadDanger
Sustainable modeshare
& Active Travel rates
we have had to use 2021 data due to unavailability of some data (e.g. journey stages per borough).

Review the Outcome indicators:
healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/result…

A final thanks from @MoreOllie & the whole coalition: @SustransLondon @LDN_LS @London_Cycling @_wearepossible @FutureTranspLon @Wheels4Well @CPRELondon @RoadPeace

Siân Berry, Camden councillor and London Assembly Member @sianberry - speaks about importance of the Scorecard, her borough of #Camden (diesel surcharging works) and asks that we all contribute to the current @tfl #ULEZ consultation: #CleanAir haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/cleanair

@AlexanderEhmann, #Richmond councillor speaks about 'stickiness of measures' - working to make the changes stay (engagement etc.) Also need to have high quality schemes, not just high number. Difference between boroughs needs to be recognised. Tweaking the indicators may help.

@PhilipGlanville, @mayorofhackney & Chair of London Councils' Transport & Environment Committee: Scorecard creates healthy competition b/w boroughs and it feels like results day when #HSScorecard is published.
Appreciates @sianberry's compliments on #Hackney's #LTNs.

.@mayorofhackney continues - something for everyone to learn. Speed of change & results are used in LAs to focus on what to do next. #CleanAir is vital, roads too dangerous #VisionZero, #ActiveTravel & greening is important to address #ClimateCrisis.

.@mayorofhackney continues: importance of colloborate between boroughs.
Highlights 15% of #SchoolStreets in LDN, 19 boroughs at 20mph default & mentions boroughs doing well.
Political ambition important, but funding for #LIP & TfL has been reduced. Need funding in #ActiveTravel.

.@mayorofhackney has plans for Hackney - 100% LTN coverage, #SchoolStreets for Secondary schools, last mile delivery hub (announced yest.), cycle parking (clear the backlog) & more - we look forward to these announcements in due course.

On to Q&As co-ordinated by @emmagriffin from @LDN_LS.
Q: bus lanes - which roads?
A: includes TLRN rds. Details in blurb & on map google.com/maps/d/u/0/vie…

Q: LTNs are 'naturally-occurring' included?
A: yes LTNs include all types, designed and natural ones (eg a river boundary)

Q: Can other metrics be included, eg #parklets?
A: Difficulty of collating data on other metrics - but welcome others to gather info.
@AlexanderEhmann suggests something about accessibilty
@mayorofhackney agrees with Alex. Perhaps canopy cover metric (a GLA data set exists)?

.@sianberry metric - road lane length & amount for parking, including drives (difficult to do!), places to sit metric, public toilet coverage as facilitates walking - could explore adding in.
@mayorofhackney free public toilets are important & #Hackney has been refurbishing these

Another suggestion c/f metrics walking/cycling/bus provision & road casualities links.
Q. Reduction in car ownership & active travel links?
@sianberry: Need to restrict car dominance esp. when boroughs don't have many car owners.
@mayorofhackney Hackney had 40% through-traffic.

@sianberry @mayorofhackney Q. on #VisionZero - high KSI stats, explain how to reduce.
A. #20mph enforcement, infrastructure is key, but data is unstable due to Covid atm.
@mayorofhackney borough boundary can end safe infra, crossings/junctions need work, speed reduction on borough rds - community needs.

@sianberry @mayorofhackney Q. How to overcome the opposition to #HealthyStreets measures
A. @sianberry combination of evidence & experience of gd change (a vision), tweak where needed. It is for good.
@mayorofhackney reiterates pt on funding. Need leadership & listening to residents.

& it's a wrap! Thank you to everyone who attended, all the people & campaign organisations who helped create the Scorecard this year, @UDGUrbanUpdate for running the event, our guest speakers: @PhilipGlanville, @sianberry & @AlexanderEhmann, & you for reading til the last tweet!