Olympic organisers champion ‘no car’ games

24 October 2007
 
London 2012 Olympics organisers want to ban spectators from driving their cars to all venues during the games, and enforce a 100% reliance on alternative transport modes instead.

In its commitment to become the first ‘sustainable’ games, the Olympic Delivery Authority this week announced there would be no private car parking areas or facilities for spectators at any of its venues, except for some blue badge parking.

The ODA’s latest transport plan states that strict, albeit temporary, parking controls will be enforced around each venue to support the strategy.

The ODA aims to ‘host a “public transport” games’, with the intention of having 100% of ticketed spectators travel to the games by public transport, or by walking or cycling, through an ‘active spectator programme’.

The ODA is also working with Transport for London, local authorities, and trade representatives to ‘define the role that bus, coach, taxi, and river and canal services will play to help deliver the transport strategy’. Two types of park-and-ride services are planned – one coach-based and one rail-based, to meet different spectator demand.

The ODA report also states that the Olympic Park will be a low-emission zone during the games. Carbon dioxide levels are hoped to be even lower than the Greater London LEZ levels.

Meanwhile, the London Assembly this week suggested in a report to the ODA that public transport tickets should be integrated with event entry tickets, which would help reduce queues. It has also recommended that stadium owners should contribute to transport infrastructure investment.

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