Agenda item

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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The Committee is recommended to note the report and put questions to representatives of Transport for London.

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

·  Peter Hendy, Commissioner of Transport; and

·  Christopher Garnett, Board Member, Transport for London.

6.2  A record of the discussion with the guests is attached as Appendix 1.

6.3  During the course of the discussion, the Commissioner for Transport undertook to respond to the Committee in writing with further details about:

·  TfL's work to look at less expensive ways to introduce step-free access at outer London stations (including specific detail on proposals at Stanmore);

·  Discussions with the London Borough of Barnet on the upgrade of Colindale station and how it would be funded;

·  A list of the 28 stations to be made accessible; 

·  Clarification on whether funding for the New Bus for London was included in revenue expenditure rather than bus capital expenditure in the business plan;

·  Clarification on the level of operating revenue surplus;

·  Detailed breakdown of the spend on cycling across the 10 years of the Business Plan;

·  Numbers of people killed or seriously injured on London's roads for 2012 (when available); and

·  Any plans TfL had for more safety cameras and any change in the criteria applied by TfL for introducing cameras.

6.4  The Chair put on record the Committee’s thanks for Transport for London’s positive response to the Committee’s report on TfL customer service and to Christopher Garnett on the occasion of his last appearance at the Committee before standing down from the Board of TfL.

6.5  Resolved:

That the report and discussion with invited guests be noted.