Rob Gibson â Head of Environment Strategy, London ... - DAIR Project
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18 th December 2012<br />
Getting to Heathrow sustainably, is this desirable or essential<br />
<strong>Rob</strong> <strong>Gibson</strong><br />
<strong>Environment</strong>al <strong>Strategy</strong>
Today I’ll discuss....<br />
• Noise, air quality and climate change.<br />
• What are local priorities and why<br />
• The solutions – what are they<br />
• Does improving surface access resolve all<br />
<strong>of</strong> the problems equally
Airport Expansion Issues - Heathrow<br />
Important to note, LB Hounslow is<br />
• Against a third runway<br />
• Against mixed mode<br />
• LBH do not want Heathrow to close<br />
on economic grounds
LBH <strong>Environment</strong>al Priorities - Heathrow<br />
1. Noise<br />
2. Air Quality<br />
3. CO 2 Emissions
Reasoning for stance<br />
1. Noise<br />
– Affects everyone in the borough to some degree<br />
– It causes annoyance and poor health<br />
– It’s an immediate issue<br />
– It’s a political priority<br />
2. Air Quality<br />
– Well defined health effects, less visible<br />
3. CO 2 Emissions<br />
– Recognised as important but it’s a long term issue
For all environmental parameters<br />
• Surface transport is a significant<br />
influence on emissions<br />
• Transport congestion is an issue<br />
in its own right
Noise – <strong>London</strong> Noise Map<br />
Source - http://www.londonnoisemap.com/
Heathrow Road Noise Map
Heathrow Air Noise<br />
2011 LAeq 16hr dB actual<br />
Source – DfT https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/3933/heathrow-2011-report.pdf
Air Quality in Greater <strong>London</strong><br />
Copyright - Mayors Air Quality <strong>Strategy</strong><br />
Predicted Annual Average Nitrogen Dioxide Level (2005) μg/m3
• Heathrow and carbon emissions
Heathrow’s CO 2 Emissions (Aviation Related)<br />
• In 2005<br />
– Domestic flights to and from Heathrow<br />
and international departures from<br />
Heathrow generated 17.1 million tonnes<br />
<strong>of</strong> CO 2
Heathrow’s CO 2 Emissions (Carbon Footprint)<br />
Activity<br />
CO 2 emissions<br />
(tonnes)<br />
Aircraft landing 260,000<br />
Aircraft departing 420,000<br />
Aircraft moving on the ground 630,000<br />
Passengers travel 380,000<br />
Staff travel 240,000<br />
Energy use 330,000<br />
Water use 30,000<br />
Other >0.05<br />
Total<br />
2.31 million<br />
http://www.heathrowairport.com/about-us/community-and-environment/sustainability/environment/climate-change
Solutions - Improved Transport<br />
• Staff / Passenger travel<br />
• Improved modal split (currently 40%)<br />
• Restrict parking<br />
• Prevent “kiss and fly”<br />
• More buses<br />
• Cleaner bus fleet (Second biggest bus<br />
terminus in the UK)
Solutions- Heavy Rail Links<br />
• Existing<br />
– Piccadilly line<br />
– Heathrow Express<br />
• New<br />
– Western Access<br />
• We want<br />
– Airtrack Lite<br />
• High Speed 2
“Novel” Solutions - Heathrow Pod Parking<br />
Transit link between car park and T5
Solutions will.......<br />
• Reduce car use (pods don’t!)<br />
• Reduce CO 2 depending on electricity<br />
generation (for rail)<br />
• Improve air quality<br />
• May reduce noise for some<br />
– Rail noise
Issues <strong>of</strong><br />
• Cost<br />
–Particularly who pays<br />
• Priority<br />
• Public acceptance
Putting Heathrow Expansion in Context<br />
• Heathrow now<br />
– Approx. 480,000atms / 68mppa<br />
• Could get to<br />
– 90mppa<br />
• Mixed mode<br />
– 540,000atms<br />
• Runway 3 605,000-702,000atms / 122mppa<br />
• Runway 4
Conclusions<br />
• Heathrow is a significant emitter <strong>of</strong> CO 2<br />
• Getting people to and from the airport is a<br />
significant proportion <strong>of</strong> Heathrow’s emissions<br />
• Most solutions reduce noise CO 2 and air<br />
pollution<br />
• There are issues around implementation<br />
• Airport expansion makes all things worse
18 th December 2012<br />
Getting to Heathrow sustainably, is this desirable or essential<br />
<strong>Rob</strong> <strong>Gibson</strong><br />
<strong>Environment</strong>al <strong>Strategy</strong>
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