The first ever (and first of what’s planned to be an annual event) London Boroughs’ Healthy Streets Scorecard launched today. You can see the LCC blog with the media release and download of the full report and spreadsheet here: https://lcc.org.uk/articles/healthy-boroughs. It has also been covered in the Evening Standard.
What is the Scorecard?
The Scorecard aims to track boroughs on nine metrics relating to the Healthy Streets methodology and the Mayor’s Transport Strategy aims. These nine are broken into four “outputs” – the long-term results of making streets healthier – such as serious collision rates, mode share and car ownership, and four inputs, one of which is a combination of two metrics. These are things every borough can and should be doing to improve streets and will mean all boroughs can affect their scoring and standing on the Scorecard within a year, without huge amounts of funding – such as modal filters installed, km of cycle track, 20mph and CPZ coverage of the borough’s roads.
All of the scores have been designed to not only be sourced from public sources of information (TfL mostly, but also DfT etc.) but also should be replicable on an annual basis. All the metrics have also been normalised – so, for instance, boroughs with more walking and cycling shouldn’t automatically do badly on collisions for vulnerable road users.
What the scorecard means for Barnet
Overall, Barnet comes 28th out of 33 boroughs, above Hillingdon, Bromley, Bexley, Redbridge and Havering. The areas where investments have the most potential for improving Barnet’s overall score are 20 mph zones and provision of protected cycle tracks, followed by Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and CPZs.
The eight Healthy Streets indicators used for the 33 London Boroughs are:
| Indicator | Measure | Barnet’s position – out of 33 Boroughs |
| 1. Modeshare: Sustainable Modes (PT+W+C) | Trip-based mode share for active, efficient and sustainable modes (Walk, Cycle & Public Transport), by borough of residence, LTDS 3 year average, 2015/16-2017/18. | 23rd |
| 2A. Active Travel-Walking | % of adults who walk 5+ times a week | 25th |
| 2B. Active Travel-Cycling | % of adults who cycle 5+ times a week | 32nd |
| 3. Casualties (Tot % P&C) | Average Annual Pedestrian and Cyclist Serious and Fatal Casualties (2015 to 2017)/1,000 daily walking and cycling stages (Stages per day, 3 year average 2014/15-2016/17) | 4th |
| 4. Cars per Household | Number of cars per household (2018) | 25th |
| 5. Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (Modal filters) | Number of modal filters (Source: TfL CID. Data collected 2017-summer 2018)/km of road length (DfT – 2017) | 26th |
| 6. 20mph | Proportion of borough managed roads (by length) with a 20mph limit (TfL) | 32nd |
| 7. CPZ Coverage | Length of roads covered by Controlled Parking Zones (CPZ) (Source: Appy Parking) | 21st |
| 8. Provision of Protected Cycle Track | Total length (kms) of protected cycle track (covers – Segregated (on- and off -carriageway), Stepped Lane/Track and Partially/light segregated (on- and off-carriageway)per km of road length (DfT – 2017) | 32nd |
The scorecard is certainly not comprehensive or perfect – but it’s a really good start we think, and the aim is to improve it, so please let us know your feedback.
Barnet Cyclists 