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On 14 November, CRP launched Alb-E, London’s first electric workboat aboard the Dixie Queen at Butler’s Wharf Pier.

The official launch event was attended by vessel owner and project partner, Net Zero Marine (NZM), as well as participants such as Thames Marine Services and TMS Engineering. Many of our partners and stakeholders also attended, including our including our including our CRP Board public sector Co-Chair, Mary Durcan, Chairman of Port Health and Environmental Services Committee at the City of London Corporation.

Alb-E was converted from a diesel vessel to an electric one over the summer. The project was part of our Defra-funded Clean Air Logistics for London programme which wrapped up in June of this year.

Thanks to monitoring the vessel’s emissions, we were able to calculate that we have removed at least 2.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year by making Alb-E electric.

Additionally, NZM expects to save money on fuelling costs – a single charge, which takes Alb-E 75 nautical miles, cost approximately £57 in September. To cover the same distance, diesel would cost £246.

For more information, read our official press releas e and Deep Dive report, or contact CRP Project Manager Sefinat Otaru sefinatotaru@crossriverpartnership.org

The Mayor of London has launched Round 4 of his Mayor’s Air Quality Fund for London Local Authorities and their partners to bid into. The Mayor has set aside £5.3 million for organisations to bid into, bringing match funding with them. The application deadline is 5pm on Friday 19th January 2024.

Priorities of the fund including tackling the creation of NO2 and Particulate Matter from different sources, as well as reducing exposure of vulnerable groups to these pollutants.

CRP will be leading a collaborative application to the fund, building on the success of its previous Mayor’s Air Quality Funded programmes, including Healthy Streets Everyday, Clean Air Thames and Clean Air Better Business. The maximum amount that collaborative bids can apply for is £1 million.

Successful programmes will be announced in March 2024, with delivery starting soon after for a period of up to three years.

If you think you might like to join in with CRP’s collaborative application, please contact CRP Director susannahwilks@crossriverpartnership.org or CRP Senior Programme Manager fionacoull@crossriverpartnership.org ASAP for a pro forma.

Last week was #GreenInfrastructure week.

The Green Infrastructure Framework was launched back in January. The Green Infrastructure Framework is an invitation to re-imagine England’s towns and cities with nature at the heart, to help more people benefit from better access to nature and all its benefits for health, wellbeing, climate, and the economy.

Green Infrastructure is integral to addressing health inequalities, biodiversity loss, climate change, and levelling up. The Green Infrastructure Framework resources aim to:

inspire the creation of nature-rich, climate resilient towns and cities.
provide certainty about the quality and quantity of GI required to create better places for people to live, work and relax.
show how green infrastructure can support developers and local authorities in delivering statutory requirements such as Biodiversity Net Gain and Local Nature Recovery Strategies to support nature recovery.
provide a route map for developing good green infrastructure strategies.

CRP delivered a Mayor’s Air Quality Fund Round 3 programme called Healthy Streets Everyday, with 19 CRP Partners, that delivered all sorts of Green Infrastructure and other Air Quality-improving interventions. Read the programme summary on the CRP website.

We look forward to continuing to prioritise Green Infrastructure with all of our public and private sector partners.

For any ideas please contact CRP Director susannahwilks@crossriverpartnership.org or CRP Senior Programme Manager fionacoull@crossriverpartnership.org

Photo credit: CRC for Water Sensitive Cities

Evidence has become critical to create healthy streets and neighbourhoods. Cross River Partnership‘s (CRP) insightful traffic and active travel reporting can support Local Authorities, Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and landowners with evidence of how spaces, streets and neighbourhoods are used.

We measure and analyse movement and dwelling data at various scales to create clear and insightful reports. Our findings can provide the proof of concept to create long-term sustainable change in the public realm, and support local authorities and BIDs with an evidence base to make impactful changes to their areas.

CRP have partnered with Vivacity Labs to use their artificial intelligence sensors to provide insights and reporting into:

Active travel and traffic count analysis that measures all vehicle classes
Movement and directionality mapping, modelling and visualisation
Air quality and emissions modelling
Speed and road safety evidence
Public realm and behaviour analysis

For more information about this service, please email CRP Sustainable Transport Manager Ross Phillips rossphillips@crossriverpartnership.org

Happy to see our CRP micro logistics hub trials in Pimlico and Wandsworth progress so well these last few months! You can find our most up-to-date insights below:

Wandsworth Micro Logistics Hub Trial (ending on 21/02/24)

Positive impact after 2 months of operations:

Average of 163 daily parcels (fresh flowers) being moved via the hub
2,208 kilometres (1,260 miles) travelled by electric vans
Total emissions reduction of 191 kg of CO2, 941 g of NOx, and 22 g of PM2.5
Translated into more tangible examples, by using our CRP Clean Air Tool, this would mean:

- CO2 emissions from 3 football pitch-sized forest fires
- NOx emissions equivalent to what 29 people emit in one day
- 0.5 sycamore maple trees required to filter out these PM2.5 emissions
More information on the hub found here.

Pimlico Micro Logistics Hub Trial (ending on 31/12/23)

Positive impact after 7 months of operations:

The e-cargo bikes have travelled a total of 17,321 km (10,763 miles) so far
Total emissions reduction of 3,260 kg of CO2, 13,054 g of NOx, and 215 g of PM2.5 when compared to polluting van deliveries (calculations by Delivery Mates’ in-house emissions tool)
Translated into more tangible examples, by using our CRP Clean Air Tool, this would mean:

- CO2 emissions from 66 football pitch-sized forest fires
- NOx emissions equivalent to what 396 people emit in one day
- 4.8 sycamore maple trees required to filter out these PM2.5 emissions

More information on the hub found here.

Please contact CRP Project Manager Isidora Rivera Vollmer with any queries isidorariveravollmer@crossriverpartnership.org

This month CRP held the latest Task Force Meeting for the Smarter Greener Logistics (SGL) Programme. The Task Force focussed on the SGL kerbside management workstream, with a presentation and Q&A from GRID Smarter Cities.

This was particularly timely given that the King’s Speech referenced the requirement of Digitised Traffic Regulation Orders (DTROs) to enable digital kerbside management solutions.

As part of SGL, partners are being invited to take part in a ‘Kerbside Management Trial’, helping them to better understand how to utilise this technology and lead the way forward to unlocking the variety of benefits that it can provide.

The Task Force was a great opportunity for partners to learn more about the trial, decide if they want to participate, and to go over any specific questions with GRID about potential locations.

There was also an optional site visit to a digital loading bay on Abbey Orchard Street at the end of the task Force so that partners could see one in practice.

Finally, the event was also a lovely opportunity for SGL partners to network and understand more about activities in other boroughs and BID areas.

We look forward to the next SGL Task Force on the 19th of March 2024!

For further information, please contact CRP Senior Programme Manager Fiona Coull fionacoull@crossriverpartnership.org

CRP are pleased to announce that we submitted our application last week for the next round of Air Quality Grants from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). The scheme helps eligible local authorities improve air quality and has awarded more than £90 million since 1997.

In recent years, CRP and project partners have been successful in our bid funding, award-winning schemes like Clean Air Villages, as well as Clean Air Logistics for London and our current Smarter Greener Logistics programme.

For this round, CRP have partnered with 21 organisations to reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions and other harmful emissions produced by how we move goods and services around London. We hope for a successful bid when Defra announces the results in Spring 2024.

For more information, please contact CRP Senior Programme Manager Fiona Coull fionacoull@crossriverpartnership.org

World Mental Health Day will be held on Tuesday 10th October all around the world. It was first established on the 10th October 1992 by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH), who will also be celebrating it’s 75 years of operation this year! WFMH are a global organization responsible for raising awareness in the global community about mental health agendas, collaborating with multiple partners, taking positive action, and developing long-lasting changes.

World Mental Health Day, is a day that encourages us to enhance our conversations about mental health, learning more about how mental health can affect you, your family, friends, colleagues or even your neighbour.

This year’s theme is “mental health is a universal human right”, understanding that we all have the right to be protected by mental health risks, the right to available, accessible, acceptable, and good quality care, and the right to liberty, independence, and inclusion in the community.

Find out more how you can get involved!

The CRP team will use their team meeting today to talk about what they do to look after their mental health.

CRP recently submitted a response to the Department for Transport and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ Freight, logistics and the planning system: call for evidence.

CRP has provided detailed evidence drawing on our range of case studies and trials delivered as part of Clean Air Logistics for London and our current Smarter Greener Logistics programme.

CRP’s freight-related expertise is wide-ranging, and includes focus on:

Micro Logistics Hubs – spatial planning, possible locations/spaces
Rail Freight potential at Waterloo Station – spatial planning, permitted development, prioritising freight/logistics-handling uses over further retail
Cargo bike logistics
River freight
Walking freight
Freight/logistics-related trials
Parcel lockers

For further information, please contact CRP Director Susannah Wilks susannahwilks@crossriverpartnership.org

CRP’s Sustainable Transport Manager Ross Phillips will be taking part in a panel discussion on Air Quality & Climate Co-benefits as part of the Ricardo Air Quality & Climate Seminar 2023.

The seminar is taking place on Thursday 19th October, 13:00 – 16:30 and will focus on topics of indoor air quality and PM2.5.

Book your place here: https://emaq.ricardo.com/course/view.php?id=292

For any queries, contact Sustainable Transport Manager Ross Phillips rossphillips@crossriverpartnership.org

Archives: News Articles

CRP officially launches London’s first electric workboat

Mayor’s Air Quality Fund Round 4

Green Infrastructure

CRP City Vision

CRP Micro Logistics Hubs – Updates

SGL’s November Task Force: the Key to Kerbside Management

2023/24 Defra Air Quality Grant

World Mental Health Day

Freight, logistics and the planning system: Call for evidence

Ricardo Air Quality & Climate Seminar 2023