Agenda and minutes
Transport Committee - Wednesday 9 March 2016 10.00 am

Venue: Chamber, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London, SE1 2AA. View directions

Contact: Dale Langford, Principal Committee Manager; Telephone: 020 7983 4415; Email:  [email protected]; Minicom: 020 7983 4458 

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence and Chair's Announcements

To receive any apologies for absence and any announcements from the Chair.

Minutes:

1.1  An apology for absence was received from Steve O’Connell AM, for whom Tony Arbour AM attended as a substitute Member.

2.

Declarations of Interests pdf icon PDF 86 KB

The Committee is recommended to:

 

(a)  Note the offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, as disclosable pecuniary interests;

 

(b)   Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any disclosable pecuniary interests in specific items listed on the agenda and the necessary action taken by the Member(s) regarding withdrawal following such declaration(s); and

 

(c)   Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any other interests deemed to be relevant (including any interests arising from gifts and hospitality received which are not at the time of the meeting reflected on the Authority’s register of gifts and hospitality, and noting also the advice from the GLA’s Monitoring Officer set out at Agenda Item 2) and to note any necessary action taken by the Member(s) following such declaration(s).

Minutes:

2.1   Resolved:

 

  That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

3.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 91 KB

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Transport Committee held on 9 February 2016 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

3.1  Resolved:

 

That the minutes of the meeting of the Transport Committee held on 9 February 2016 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

4.

Summary List of Actions pdf icon PDF 81 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact Dale Langford, [email protected], 020 7983 4415

 
The Committee is recommended to note the completed and outstanding actions
arising from previous meetings of the Committee.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

4.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

 

4.2  Resolved:

 

That the completed and outstanding actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee be noted.

5.

Transport Accessibility for Londoners with a Sensory Impairment pdf icon PDF 114 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Richard Berry, scrutiny@london.gov.uk, 020 7983 4199

The Committee is recommended to note the report, put questions on transport accessibility for Londoners with a sensory impairment to the invited guests and note the discussion.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions on transport accessibility for Londoners with a sensory impairment to the following invited guests:

·  Helen Drew, Customer Services Safety and Standards Manager, Chiltern Railways;

·  David McNeill, Director of Public Affairs and Stakeholder  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

6.

Motorcycle Safety pdf icon PDF 83 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Richard Berry, [email protected], 020 7983 4199

The Committee is recommended to agree the report, Easy Rider: Improving motorcycle safety on London’s roads, attached at Appendix 1 to the report.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

 

6.2  Resolved:

 

That the Committee’s report, Easy Rider: Improving motorcycle safety on London’s roads, be agreed.

7.

Light Commercial Traffic pdf icon PDF 118 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Matt Bailey, [email protected], 020 7983 4014

The Committee is recommended to:

 

(a)  Agree the output of its work on light commercial traffic; and

 

(b)  Note the letter from the Commissioner of Transport responding to the Committee’s recommendations on light commercial traffic.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

7.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

 

7.2  Resolved:

 

(a)  That the output of the Committee’s work on light commercial traffic be agreed; and

 

(b)  That the letter from the Commissioner of Transport responding to the Committee’s recommendations on light commercial traffic be noted.

8.

Transport Committee Work in 2012-2016 pdf icon PDF 167 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Richard Berry, scrutiny@london.gov.uk, 020 7983 4199

The Committee is recommended to note the report as a record of its work in the current Assembly term.

Minutes:

8.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

 

8.2  Resolved:

 

That the report be noted as a record of the Committee’s work in the current Assembly term.

9.

Date of Next Meeting

The establishment of committees and dates for committee meetings in the 2016/17 Assembly year will be agreed at the London Assembly’s Annual Meeting, scheduled to take place on 13 May 2016.

Minutes:

9.1  The Committee noted that the establishment of committees and dates for committee meetings in the 2016/17 Assembly year would be agreed at the Assembly’s Annual Meeting, scheduled to take place on 13 May 2016.

10.

Any Other Business the Chair Considers Urgent

Minutes:

10.1  On the occasion of her final Committee meeting, the Chair thanked Members and staff for their contributions to the Committee during the previous eight years.  The Chair highlighted the cross-party basis of the Committee’s reports which had helped to achieve real improvements to transport in London, and thanked Caroline  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10.

11.

Close of Meeting

Minutes:

11.1  The meeting ended at 12.48pm.

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