Travel demand management

Background

The Travel Demand Management programme (TDM) programme, run by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) in conjunction with Transport for London (TfL), aims to reduce background demand for road space and public transport by about 30 per cent during the Games.

The programme offers advice and planning tools, primarily to businesses, that show how changes to normal work patterns can ease demand for the transport network. In particular, they advocate: re-timing journeys and deliveries to avoid busy periods; changing transport mode (walking and cycling instead of driving, for example); and encouraging home working or stocking up on essential supplies to avoid journeys and deliveries altogether.

A presentation from TfL on transport hotspots during the Games and how TfL plans to manage transport demand can be accessed here Opens in a new window.

Information on expected demand on London Underground, the London Overground line and Docklands Light Railway can be found here.

Our focus

While we support the general principle, we are concerned that there is no contingency in place; all planning has been based on achieving this 30 per cent reduction. London Councils feels there should be a ‘Plan B’ in the event that this reduction does not materialise.

London Councils hosted two borough workshops facilitated by the ODA Travel Advice to Business (TAB) team to help ensure that the services boroughs provide can keep on running effectively during the Games. Presentations from these workshops can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.