Agenda item

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Richard Berry, [email protected], 020 7983 4000

The Committee is recommended to note the report as background to putting questions to the Commissioner of Transport and note the discussion.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions to the following invited guests:

·  Mike Brown MVO, Commissioner of Transport; and

·  Simon Kilonback, Interim Chief Finance Officer, Transport for London (TfL).

6.2  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1.

6.3  During the course of the discussion, the Committee requested the following in writing:

·  The timeframe for TfL’s plans to improve motorcycle safety;

·  Further information on the roll out of Zero-Emission Capable taxis and current production times;

·  An updated figure on the cost of the fares freeze taking into account current inflation rates;

·  The metrics underpinning the estimate that the fares freeze would save families on average £200; and

·  To keep the Committee updated on how increases in bus kilometrage will be measured and reported.

6.4  The Transport Commissioner also agreed to arrange two briefings; one with the Committee and Gareth Powell, Managing Director for Surface Transport, TfL, to discuss the reconfiguration of bus services; and one with Assembly Member McCartney and Mark Wild, Managing Director of London Underground, to discuss complaints from residents about noise from the Night time tube at Seven Sisters.

6.5  Resolved:

  That the report and discussion be noted.