OLYMPIC GAMES

Olympic Games and Its Effects on the Underground Network in London

Olympic Games and Its Effects on the Underground Network in London

Introduction

The 2012 Olympic Games will be held from July to September in London, UK. The main site for the London Olympics will be in the Lea River Valley in East London, which is currently derelict industrial land. On the south east corner of the site is the main public transport interchange, at Stratford. A main-line railway forms the southern boundary, while two motorways connecting to national arterial roads form the west and northern boundaries. The Olympics development has three linked phases: construction of the site, holding of the Games in 2012 and regeneration (demolition, new infrastructure and redevelopment) up to 2021 to form the Legacy.

Through its winning bid, London is committed to achieve a high level of sustainability. One of the five sustainability aims is to “encourage healthy living” for the Olympics to inspire people to take more physical exercise.

Tradition and expertise are being conveyed simultaneously in London Olympics 2012 as the city's iconic red motor advisers obtain a green makeover (John, 2001). But the kinds of schemes that will propel this change are yet to be very resolute and the choices are initiating partition amidst the UK's technology community. Earlier this month, Mayor Boris Johnson revealed a life-size mock-up of the well renowned open-backed Route expert coach at the London Transport Museum. The coach is anticipated to be on London's roads throughout the Olympics as part of a broader design to roll out 300 hybrid motor advisers in London by 2012. At the instant, nearly all of Transport for London's (TFL's) motor advisers is driven by diesel motors, with the exclusion of 56 motor advisers that use hybrid propulsion systems. The hybrid fleet was a test commenced in 2006 when a number of manufacturers were conveyed in to check the suitability of distinct hybrid propel teaches in the built-up environment. The choices were dividing into two categories: aligned hybrid, where the coach is propelled by the electric battery or exactly by the motor, or a sequence hybrid scheme, where there is no direct connection between the motor and wheels, with the coach propelled solely by electric battery power.

Discussion

Transport in London

Transport in London is managed mainly by Transport for London (TfL), is one of four areas of competence of Mayor of London. TfL controls the majority of public transport including the metro, the Docklands Light Railway, the buses and trams but has however no authority over rail services in the Greater London except the lines of the London Over ground . TfL also controls the toll roads.

Nicknamed the Tube, the London Underground is the oldest underground transportation system in the world. The first line opened in 1863 and more than 3 million people (nearly one billion per year) use every day its 12 lines today. These lines connect the suburbs to the main central London and major railway stations in the city. The northern part of the city is better served than the south. This results from the nature of the soils north of the Thames, in competition with rail transport on the surface and the fact that London began to develop from the north bank of the river. South London is mainly served by a network of light rail on the surface.

The Underground or London Underground is a network of public transport railway electric (one meter or underground system) that runs both above and below ground throughout the area of Greater London. Transport system is the oldest of its kind in the ...