GOAL - Greenways for the Olympics and London
Greenways Area Studies
During the financial year 2008/09 Sustrans conducted four Greenways Area Studies across 16 London boroughs. The final feasability reports are now ready for the North East and South Central.
North East Feasability Report, April 2009 (3MB, pdf)
South Central Feasability Report, April 2009 (5MB, pdf)
For further information please email the London office.
What is GOAL?
Greenways for the Olympics And London (GOAL) aims to improve the lives of all who live in or visit London by creating a safe and attractive environment for walking and cycling.
This will enable people of all abilities to choose to walk and cycle for more of their everyday journeys, benefiting both their health and the environment.
What will GOAL look like?
GOAL routes will follow traffic-free, green corridors through parks and open spaces. Linking sections will follow quite, traffic-calmed and tree-lined residential streets with the aim of giving priority throughout their journey to pedestrians and cyclists. An example of this can be seen in the photograph (left).
Part of the proposed GOAL network would be a new iconic bridge for pedestrians and cyclists (the first major bridge of its kind for London) connecting Southwark and Canary Wharf. This will provide more direct access for thousands of people from the south of the River Thames to the Olympic Park, Canary Wharf and the rest of the City and North and East London. For more information on this please see the London Route Development page.
How will GOAL be developed?
Sustrans has been working with the London Boroughs to identify potential Greenways routes across all of London. GOAL brings together Sustrans' work on the National Cycle Routes, Connect2 and DIY Streets in London, as well as other routes funded through Transport for London's Cycling on Greenways programme.
Many of the proposed GOAL routes are already well defined but need to be refurbished and extended with many links into and through communities all over London. To ensure that pedestrians and cyclists benefit from continuous and direct routes, GOAL will link Greenways using on-road sections of the route. Wherever possible these will be "greened" through tree planting with emphasis on maintaining a safe and pleasant environment for pedestrians and cyclists by ensuring traffic speeds are reduced and crossing and junctions give people priority.
One aim of GOAL is to ensure that Greenways feed into all Olympic venues by 2012. However, the ultimate aim of the project is to deliver a comprehensive, London-wide network of Greenways that will change people's perceptions of travelling in London ultimately so that they instinctively want to walk or cycle journeys under 5 miles. This would be a truly fitting legacy for the Olympic Games in London.
Will you help us achieve our GOAL?
Please take a few moments to pledge your support for GOAL in our GOAL online survey. Entering your email address at the end of the survey will allow us to provide you with regular updates about GOAL.
Further Information
To find out more, download the GOAL document - March 07 update (PDF).
GOAL project updates are located on the Route development in London page.
For further infomation contact the London office on tel: 020 7017 2350 or email: london@sustrans.org.uk