Olympics-Transport worries could cut equestrian crowd
“What we don’t want is to have huge queues of people for
unacceptable periods of time,” Hendy added as he appeared before
the London Assembly Transport Committee.Critics fear London’s transport system will struggle to cope
with the additional demand which the Games will place on it.The equestrian cross-country event on Monday July 30 at
Greenwich Park, on the southern banks of the river Thames, has
been highlighted by Transport for London (TfL) as a potential
congestion hotspot during the London Olympics.Hendy said TfL had recommended that someone from the
Olympics operations side should consider how any additional
tickets beyond the 50,000 already issued could intensify
congestion.The maximum capacity for the event is around 75,000 and the
London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) said it has not yet
decided on the total number of tickets it will make available.”We are still working on exact spectator numbers for
Greenwich Park depending on crowd modelling and transport
assessments,” a spokeswoman from LOCOG said.”We will be submitting further details to the Greenwich
Council Planning Authority in the near future.”
