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CRP City Vision

28th November 2023 / Posted by Ross Phillips

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  

CRP Micro Logistics Hubs – Updates

28th November 2023 / Posted by Isidora Rivera Vollmer

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

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

28th November 2023 / Posted by Fiona Coull

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

2023/24 Defra Air Quality Grant

10th October 2023 / Posted by Sefinat Otaru

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

10th October 2023 / Posted by Sobastian Frazer

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.  

Freight, logistics and the planning system: Call for evidence

10th October 2023 / Posted by Katherine Fairfax

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  

Ricardo Air Quality & Climate Seminar 2023

10th October 2023 / Posted by Katherine Fairfax

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  

CRP Conversations: Transport Equity

10th October 2023 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP have been busily planning our next CRP Conversations for November! This hybrid event, focusing on Transport Equity, will take place 4pm – 5pm on Wednesday 29th November 2023.  

Join Cross River Partnership (CRP) for CRP Conversations 6: Transport Equity. The event will explore different understandings and applications of equity in transport research, policy, and delivery. 

We will be joined by representatives from academia, policy development, and business: 

  • Dr Tom Cohen (Reader, Active Travel Academy) will present the ATA’s work around transport equity and the guidance produced to encourage local authorities to put equity principles into practice.   
  • Millie Mitchell (Senior Researcher, Centre For London) will present Centre for London’s recent project ‘Moving with the Times’, exploring how financial incentives can be designed to encourage sustainable transport choices effectively and fairly. 
  • Alper Muduroglu (Founder, Our Bike) will present the Our Bike scheme and how community bikeshare helps reduce barriers to accessing zero-emission freight. 

Following presentations and a Q&A, in person attendees can network at the Lord Mayor’s Parlour at Westminster City Hall where refreshments will be provided.  

We hope to see you there! 

Sign up to the event via Eventbrite.  

CALL Pier Usage Analysis Reports

10th October 2023 / Posted by Isidora Rivera Vollmer

Cross River Partnership are excited to publish our Pier Usage Analysis reports, which were created as part of CRP’s Defra-funded Clean Air Logistics for London (CALL) programme.

CRP’s Clean Air Logistics for London (CALL) is a Defra-funded project which aims to move more freight into London via river rather than road, supported by zero emission delivery methods in Central London. 

The three reports focus on Greenland (Surrey Quays) Pier, Wapping Pier, and Woods Quay. This pier monitoring initiative seeks to understand movements around and onto/from certain piers and identify whether they may be suitable for future river freight operations based on their current underutilisation at specific time periods.

You can download them via the links below! 

Greenland Pier here 

Wapping Pier here 

Woods Quay here 

For any queries, please contact CRP Project Manager Isidora Rivera Vollmer isidorariveravollmer@crossriverpartnership.org 

Smarter Greener Logistics Update

10th October 2023 / Posted by Fiona Coull

Another month has gone by of CRP’s Smarter Greener Logistics Programme and as usual the team have been working hard to get various programme schemes and initiatives off the ground!  

This month has been a particularly big month for CRP’s Waterloo development work, with several reports and models being finalised and completed. These will be officially launched at CRP’s next CRP Conversations event, taking place in the Lord Mayors Parlour on Wednesday 11th of October (see here for more details). We would love to see you all there! 

This month has also been particularly successful for the SGL Hub workstream. Over the last few weeks, CRP and Westminster City Council announced an extension of the Pimlico hub enabling low emission deliveries to be carried out for another 3 months in the Westminster area and beyond. Similarly, the Southside Shopping Centre Hub also successfully completed its first whole month of deliveries! These are both excellent outcomes, helping to improve air quality across London. 

Finally, the end of October marks the deadline for CRP’s first quarterly report to Defra on the SGL programme. As part of this, all SGL Partners have been asked to complete their ‘Partner In Kind Match Funding Template’ by COP Friday 13th of October. This information is essential to feed into the quarterly reporting. 

To find out more about the SGL Programme, or to get support regarding your Match Funding Template, please contact Senior Programme Manager Fiona Coull fionacoull@crossriverpartnership.org  

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