Purpose

This report seeks approval from the Chief Engineer,
following consultation with the Director of Environment and
Sustainability, to implement Phase 8 of the Dockless Bike Hire and
Rental E-Scooter (DBH&RES) parking bay Programme. This consists
of proposals to provide 12 new DBH&RES parking bays and extend
9 existing DBH&RES parking bays at 21 sites across the Borough
(15 on street and 6 on the pavement). Public consultations on the
proposals for 23 sites detailed in this report were undertaken from
29th February 2024 to 22nd March 2024. Proposals to amend existing
traffic management orders for 16 sites were advertised in a
statutory Traffic Management Order (TMO) consultation also
undertaken from 29th February 2024 to 22nd March 2024, in parallel
with the public consultations. The pavement sites were not included
in the TMO consultation as they would not require TMO amendments.
Officers recommend taking forward proposals for 21 of the 23
sites.
 
The proposals meet the objectives of We Make Camden by
helping create clean, vibrant, and sustainable places by providing
new or extended DBH&RES parking bays at 21 sites, which would
help to encourage residents to cycle and e-scoot more (while
helping to enable the continued rental e-scooter trial in the
Borough) instead of driving motor vehicles, or using over-crowded
public transport systems. This would in turn contribute to
improving air quality and lowering carbon emissions in the
borough.

Content

THAT the Chief Engineer, following consultation with the
Director of Environment and Sustainability, and having considered
the proposals in relation to the objectives set out in the Camden
Transport Strategy, the public consultation results (Section 6 and
Appendix H), the Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) (Section 4 and
Appendix E), having due regard to the needs set out in section 149
of the Equality Act 2010, and subject to compliance with relevant
statutory requirements and detailed design:
 
1)   
notes the responses received relating to the installation of new or
extended DBH&RES bays at 23 sites during: (1) the public
consultations undertaken from 29th February 2024 to 22nd March
2024, and; (2) the statutory Traffic Management Order (TMO)
consultation also undertaken from 29th February 2024 to 22nd March
2024;
2)   
approves the recommended proposals for 21 of the 23 proposed sites,
including where necessary the making and implementation of the TMO
amendments consulted on, for the DBH&RES sites as summarised in
sections 2 and 7 of this report and listed in Appendix
‘A’;
3)   
and delegates to the Transport Design Team Manager the authority to
take any further decisions required for the implementation of the
recommended proposals.