Key information
Date: Thursday 07th September 2017
Time: All day
Motion detail
“This Assembly urges the Mayor to take a tougher line on tube noise with Transport for London.
Assembly Members regularly receive complaints from residents who face all sorts of problems associated with tube noise, from loud PA announcements, vibration and noise. This has become markedly worse since the launch of the night tube, with some Londoners unable to sleep for 2 nights of every week. This Assembly considers that in many instances TfL’s responses have been slow, with some complainants seemingly lost in the system, with lengthy delays in responding, and in some cases, little by way of remediation. The Assembly notes that whilst rail grinding and the installation of shock absorbers have been met with success in some places, they have not been universally successful.
This Assembly recommends that TfL must consider other measures to reduce tube noise, such as slowing trains where appropriate and erecting sound barriers.
In addition, TfL should also dedicate more staff towards liaising with the public, some of whom are greatly distressed by very high noise levels.
This Assembly asks that TfL introduce a proper compensation scheme for those affected and in exceptional circumstances TfL must take responsibility for those severely affected.
Finally, TfL should adopt internationally recognised noise thresholds – no Londoner should be asked to live with noise above 40dB.”
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