FAQs: Transport

OPDC is committed to ensuring prioritisation of sustainable transport modes and encourage the general public to use other forms of transport rather than their own cars. All proposals will prioritise pedestrians and cyclists as the most important travel modes, followed by public transport and then, as appropriate, the private vehicle.

OPDC will require proposals provide high quality walking and cycling infrastructure, improvements to public transport and strict limits to car parking to change people's behaviour and attitude towards car use.

OPDC is working with the Boroughs, with TfL and the general public to ensure the walking and cycling network in the OPDC area is aligned to their walking and cycling strategies and connected to existing networks such as the Cycle Superhighways, Quietways and walking networks.

Cycle wayfinding and Legible London signage will be implemented across the OPDC area to ensure people can easily navigate the area by foot or bike. Especially along the high street as it will link a number of focal points within the redevelopment together, including Willesden Junction Station and Wormwood Scrubs.

OPDC plans to provide numbers in excess of London Plan minimum standards. Cycle parking facilities will cater for future demand, in line with the quantitative and qualitative requirements set out in the London Cycling Design Standards (2014).

OPDC is working with TfL to define how much higher than the London Plan standards cycle parking numbers should be provided. This will include private cycle parking for residents and employees, as well as generous provision for visitors and high quality facilities at public transport interchanges. OPDC will also be investigating the potential for cycle hire to be introduced in Old Oak and Park Royal.

OPDC is working with HS2, Network Rail, Department for Transport (DfT) and Transport for London (TfL) to ensure all new and improved transport infrastructure is well connected with high quality pedestrian and cycle links or roads which cater for buses as well as vehicles.

One of the supporting studies for the Local Plan is the Smart Strategy. This reviews how contemporary and emerging technologies can shape the Local Plan and the development of Old Oak and Park Royal in relation to transport, public realm, utilities and climate change mitigation/adaptation.

The early transport recommendations are to:

• address congestion
• enable mobility for all
• support efficient freight movement
• investigate future technology at stations, for example removing gatelines and 360 degree access
• investigate the proliferation of wearable technologies

OPDC is working with TfL, HS2 and Network Rail to forecast the increase in usage of the rail services and the number of people that will be using the services. This is done using Railplan modelling. The service frequencies and station size will be designed and planned based on the forecast data.

OPDC will also be undertaking a strategic rail study to identify potential rail improvements to increase access to Old Oak and Park Royal.

OPDC is working with TfL to review the bus network and plan potential changes. OPDC's aspirations are for a direct link between Park Royal and Old Oak and improved links to Wembley and White City. It will also be important to improve bus journey time reliability through implementing bus lanes and bus gates.

OPDC will be commissioning a construction and logistics strategy to investigate and minimise the impact of all the construction projects. As part of this strategy a number of interventions will be investigated to mitigate the impact on the roads, including rerouting and rescheduling, consolidation, and encouraging the use of the canal and rail freight.

There are a number of different controllers of the road network in Old Oak and Park Royal:

• some roads are privately owned
• London Borough of Brent, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and London Borough of Ealing are the highway authority of most of the roads
• TfL are the highway authority for the A40 and A406

OPDC are compiling a map of the roads owned by different authorities. The highway authority for the road will have responsibility for the road network and improvements.

Yes, Blue Badge parking is included within this figure.

The proposed hierarchy of the streets reflects their planned function.

Primary routes will be the routes that carry the most traffic through the area and have a strategic movement function.

Secondary routes will carry less traffic but have more of a function than tertiary routes.

Tertiary routes will be local routes; some of which will be pedestrian and cycle only.

Roads Task Force Street Types will be used to identify the movement and place functions of the existing and future network of streets across Old Oak and Park Royal.