2. Sustainable Travel to the Olympics
Plain Sailing –
Sustainable Travel to the Olympics
Chris Hook
Travel Advice for Business
London 2012 – W&P 2

3. Next Friday

4. Weymouth and Portland, Dorset
Olympic Games (10 medals)
27 July – Opening Ceremony
29 July - First event
11 August - Final event
12 August – Closing Ceremony
Sailing: Noon – 6pm daily
Paralympic Games (3 medals)
1 September First event
6 September 2012 Final event
Sailing: 11am – 6pm daily
Whose involved……
62 countries
600 Olympic Family
60,000+ spectators
Additional points:
Activity prior to and immediately following the start and end dates as those that make the Games happen move into/out of the area.
Local cultural events being considered throughout the period to encourage visitors to enjoy the experience.
2 months of activity including the Paralympic Games
Load in and load out times
4,600 tickets for Nothe – first 10 days sold out first ballot (3 times oversubscribed), final 4 days had limited availability.
Ticketed Nothe and other associated large scale will not happen for the Paralympics
The Live site may be at Paralympics subject to funding 4

5. Weymouth Town Centre
Quick overview of the plans – NOTE Live Site is now only 15,000 with the other 10,000 now in Festival Arena (no longer village).
Transport Hub – location for all P&R, direct coach, tour coach (bookable online now)
1.5 mile walk to Nothe from there
Train Station – over 2,000 people during peak hours

6. Weymouth - getting around by road

7. Games transport challenge
Provide safe, secure and reliable transport for all client groups
Keep Weymouth, Portland and Dorset moving
Leave a legacy and facilitate regeneration (£120 million – WRR, WTP, LTP and Stats)
Games transport strategy
Public transport Games
Accessible Games
Sustainable Games
Influence Travel Behaviour
Athletes that compete, not commute

8. Olympic Route Network (ORN)
Minimise impacts on other (non-Olympic) road users during Games time whilst keeping London and the rest of the UK working
Enable safe, secure and reliable transport for the Games family to achieve target journey times, within budget
Ensure reliability of the route network in terms of journey times

9. Enhanced transport services
Park & Ride
5,300 temporary spaces
1,795 existing spaces
Transport Hub
Rail
additional capacity
Cycling
additional spaces inc. temporary
Direct coach services
Midlands and South West
Local Roads & Parking Plan
crowd/vehicle management
event day parking

10. Weymouth - getting around by road
From 27 July - 12 August 2012: 
The Esplanade, part of Kings Street and Westham Road will be closed to traffic between 10am-10pm
The harbour area will be access only for those who live, work or are resident in a hotel/guesthouse in the area
Provisions will be made for visitors with a disability
Extra park and ride sites available along the Dorchester to Weymouth corridor. Four sites using 60+ buses to transport visitors in and out of Weymouth
Find out more at:

11. Finding your way on foot or bike
Dedicated pedestrian routes set up
Team of around 150 ambassadors on hand to help visitors find their way
Residents encouraged to use sustainable travel (walking/cycling)
Extra cycle parking will be available at Weymouth Train Station, Swannery Hub, The Nothe, Westham Bridge, North Quay, Pavillion Complex and Brunswick Terrace
All about safety of pedestrians and enhancing the visitor experience

12. www.traveldorset.org Travel Dorset – Dorset Traffic Control Centre
Help manage incidents
Manage the day to day operation of the highway network
Reduce the disruption caused by incidents
Provide drivers with real-time road traffic information
Provide fast and accurate information on alternative routes
Provide reliable information on journey times
Free online traffic and travel information service
Real-time information via a PC or mobile device

13. Providing support to businesses….
We want to ensure that the business community is:
aware of the increased pressure that will be experienced on the transport networks during the Games
understands the challenges for their staff, customers, visitors and suppliers
encourages a change in usual travel behaviour
feels supported in minimising the potential impacts on your operations
To help in that process London 2012 will in the coming months be working with all parts of the business community to help in your preparations:
Starting today we are raising awareness of the possible transport challenges next year – it will be significantly busier than normal summer holiday period.
We wish to encourage all businesses to consider the impact of the Games on all parts of their operations.
We are asking them to develop a plan of what you’ll do to mitigate potential challenges.
And we wish to support you throughout the process.
SO, What is it that we are asking you to do…..

14. Action Plans... getting you Games Ready
Will you be impacted? When and by how much for how long?
What does your plan include?
Reduce – home working, leave, alternative office, pre-ordering goods
Re-time – avoid AM/PM peak, organise for staff to come in at 7am or 3pm?
Re-mode – it will be a wonderful walking and cycling in the summer
Re-route – could you walk last part of journey from the station, or deliver avoiding ORN
Then need to communicate this to:
Staff
Suppliers
Customers
Business travellers

15. Marketing & Communications
Freight, Deliveries and Servicing
Business marketing with round 2 commencing in September, and round 3 in January.

16. Residents & Spectators

17. Influencing Travel Behaviour
getaheadofthegames.com

18. www.getaheadofthegames.com @GAOTG

19. Thank you Reduce Re-time Re-mode Re-route Websites of interest:
getaheadofthegames.com
dorsetforyou.com/london2012/transport
tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/london2012
maritimemix2012.com
weymouthbaysidefestival.com
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