At Esri UK Annual Conference 2014 The role of GIS in managing London’s Road Space London is changing. The population is set to grow to 10 million by 2031 and the economy is recovering. London’s road space is central to enabling this growth. Alan will share with us how the team at TfL are implementing an enterprise-wide GIS as the foundation to support the planning and operational challenges associated with the variety and extent of construction and changes to the road space over the next 20 years. Alan’s challenge is how he can enable the transformation of London’s road space, whilst not impeding the movement of people and goods around the city so that London continues to be a great place to live, work, do business in.

1. Active Traffic Management
Tactical Deployment
Alan Bristow
Director of Road Space Management
Transport for London
The role of GIS in managing
London’s Road Space

2. The role of GIS in managing London’s road space
• Setting the scene – TfL does roads?
• The GIS journey so far
• London is growing – the challenge we face
• Next generation GIS

3. TfL’s Road Management Responsibilities
• Transport For London Road Network (TLRN) – the ‘Red
Routes’ – 5% of all road space in London
• Coordination of road works on TLRN and a further
500km major roads (maintained by London boroughs)
• Maintenance, management and operation of all of
London’s 6,300 traffic signals on all roads across
London
• Real time operational command and control through
the London Streets Traffic Control Centre (LSTCC)

4. Economic significance of London’s roads
• 80% of all passenger journeys (including
around 10m car trips/day) use London
roads
• 90% freight movements use London roads
• London’s strategic roads are 40% more
densely trafficked than roads in other UK
conurbations
• London has around 20% of the UK
congestion, costing London’s economy at
least £2bn a year
• Cycling growth has saved economy £128
million through fewer sick days

5. London Streets Traffic Control Centre
Dedicated team working round the clock to mitigate the impact of 40,000
disruptions across London every year
• 12,000 planned (works, public events, construction)
• 28,000 unplanned (incidents, hazards, emergency works)
3,300 cause
serious or
severe traffic
disruption
24/7 situational awareness is critical to manage the road
space in real time

6. The GIS journey so far
• The Games Playbook
– Detailed spatial data showing the planned operational situation
for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games every 15
minutes (July – September 2012)
• New GIS-based operational system for the LSTCC
– Traffic Information Management system to enable control centre
operators to enter the specific location and attributes of every
known traffic disruption in London
– Output live, spatially accurate data to 3rd parties (i.e. sat navs)

7. The Games Playbook
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8. Traffic Information Management System
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9. London is growing
London’s population
likely to be 10m by
2031
London’s economy is
expected to grow by
42%.

10. Holborn Circus
Wood Green Town CentreAldgate High Street
London BridgeVauxhall
East-West Cycle Route
North-South Cycle Route
Waterloo IMAX
Elephant and Castle
Victoria Station Upgrade Old Street VisionBrent Cross
£4bn investment plan for London’s Roads to 2022

11. Next generation GIS
GIS as a service built on an Esri’s ArcGIS Server platform to harness full
capability of our software and hardware investments.
 New, resilient servers to support the mapping component of the
Traffic Information Management System (TIMS)
 Scalable servers and databases needed for Surface Playbook
 Foundation platform for the centralised management of our spatial
data and GIS software assets
 Provide map services for existing map-based applications (CCTV)
An enterprise-class GIS infrastructure to service all
mapping and spatial data requirements across Surface Transport

12. So in summary...
• Transport for London has a challenge to manage. London is
growing and the investment programme for roads is
extensive.
• GIS is a vital tool to help us understand where and when
changes are planned, and help my team effectively manage
the transformational changes to London’s Road Space for
the next 15 years.

13. tfl.gov.uk