Request ID: FOI-0324-2324 Date published: 20 June 2023
You asked
Please respond to the following:
1. We would like the data of traffic coming from the TLRN into either Malpas Road or Florence from the A2.
2. We would also like to know how TfL is reducing traffic on their network.
3. How if TfL working with Lewisham council to mitigate the impact of traffic moving from the TLRN into local streets.
Please could I have the last 5 years of data for this junction?
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-0324-2324 Thank you for your request which we received on 25 May 2023, asking about traffic data at the junction of Lewisham Way (A20) with Malpas Road and Florence Road.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require. You asked:
We would like the data of traffic coming from the TLRN into either Malpas Road or Florence from the A2. Please could I have the last 5 years of data for this junction?
Please find attached the traffic count data we have from the junction in question. One set is from the junction of Lewisham Way (A20) and Malpas/Florence Road and the other set is from the junction of the A2 and Florence Road. Both are from March 2018. These are the only traffic counts we hold from these locations in the last 5 years.
We would also like to know how TfL is reducing traffic on their network.
This junction usually operates a system which uses detectors in the ground to ascertain the demand for each approach and the timings for each approach are automatically adjusted depending on the demand. Unfortunately, due to a fault, this junction is currently running a fixed duration on all approaches, but this will be resolved shortly.
3. How if TfL working with Lewisham council to mitigate the impact of traffic moving from the TLRN into local streets.
We work closely with the London Borough of Lewisham and have partnered with them to implement the Mayor's Transport Strategy in the borough. For more information on how we work together, please see our website here: https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/boroughs-and-communities/lewisham
Some of the projects to better manage traffic in the London Borough of Lewisham include;
• School safety measures including, continuing the award winning programme of school streets, school travel planning and safer routes to school programme • Speed compliance measures including, speed monitoring, vehicle activated signs and traffic calming • Traffic management measures to reduce congestion and improve safety • Cycle infrastructure improvements such as for Quietways, cycle contraflows and segregated cycle routes • Cycle training across the borough for children and adults • Continuing rollout of the Cycle Hanger Programme with about 75 new hangers installed in 2022/23 • Borough wide studies including towards future Healthy Neighbourhoods (Lee Green Healthy Street already implemented), HGV restrictions borough wide and Mobility Hubs • Strategy review for sustainable mobility and development of integrated cycling and walking implementation plan • Refresh of the electric vehicle (EV) charging strategy and development of borough wide implementation plan, which includes 40 additional EV chargers installed in 2022/23 • Sustainable Streets Programme to reduce the number of car journeys by making it safer and more attractive for people to walk, cycle or use public transport as part of an innovative and sustainable parking management solution • Introduction of a monitored e-bike trial across the borough
Introduction of more car club bays
We are also currently looking at improvements in nearby Deptford including the High Street and Deptford Church Street Cycleway
Lewisham Town Centre Revitalisation – This levelling up funding will be used to make the high street greener, safer and better connected, with new access routes through the town centre, improved cycle infrastructure, more pedestrian crossings and new lighting and CCTV. These improvements will ensure the high street, market, library, shopping centre and key transport hubs are better linked.
The schools street schemes and initiatives Lewisham is doing locally include; .
Haberdashers' Hatcham College, Pepys Road School Street recently in place
Myatt Garden, Upper Brockley Road /Rokeby Road J/W Ashby Road School Street recently in place
Lucas Vale, St Nicholas Street recently in place
St James Hatcham School Street currently to be considered in Tranche 7
Edmund Waller in consideration for school street
In addition, we run healthy streets and safety schemes for safer junctions and crossings, bus priority and EV charging points on the TfL road network.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely
Eva Hextall FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
