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Concern (Supplementary) [9]

  • Question by: Navin Shah
  • Meeting date: 20 June 2012
Mr Mayor, you gave a commitment to make London 2012, the London Games, the most accessible Games ever. If you are serious about this pledge, why are the temporary manual boarding ramps being introduced to 16 stations only temporary, given that you are talking about leaving a permanent legacy for the Olympic Games, which you said will be the most accessible ever?

Concern (Supplementary) [8]

  • Question by: Andrew Dismore
  • Meeting date: 20 June 2012
In light of that, do you accept the findings of the TfL study in 2010 that showed that, for accidents involving cyclists, motorists were responsible for three times as many as were the cyclists themselves, bearing in mind your suggestion at the last Mayor's Question Time that cyclists were largely responsible through road infractions?

Concern (Supplementary) [7]

  • Question by: Valerie Shawcross
  • Meeting date: 20 June 2012
Equally, Mr Mayor, the relationship is such that TfL, you control the fare box. So, if the bus drivers are having to help accommodate another 800,000 people on the buses every day during the Olympics, then that funding does come back I think to TfL. So clearly there is a responsibility for a service you commission, but I am encouraged by what you have had to say, Mr Mayor and Peter, and I just hope that you do not leave it there and think that you have acquitted your responsibility. If the employers do not respond, I would like to...

Concern (Supplementary) [6]

  • Question by: Valerie Shawcross
  • Meeting date: 20 June 2012
Thank you very much. I am pleased to hear you say that you think the employers and the unions should negotiate because the union has been very clear and is still saying that they have not had a single meeting with any of the employers, and I think there are 20, 21, involved in this, nor have they had a meeting with TfL to negotiate.

Concern (Supplementary) [5]

  • Question by: Joanne McCartney
  • Meeting date: 20 June 2012
In respect of those improvements that you would hope to have an influence on, would you set minimum standards for staffing at stations?

Concern (Supplementary) [4]

  • Question by: Murad Qureshi
  • Meeting date: 20 June 2012
Mr Mayor and Commissioner, the biggest environmental issue that TfL could help deal with is clearly poor air quality, given it has various powers, the Public Carriage Office, the Low Emission Zone, and congestion charging. I am just keen to see if we are going to see some new light at the beginning of the second term, and if I could start with Peter. It was interesting, when the Low Emission Zone was put out and set up, a comparison was made against road casualties. The problem was four times the numbers of people suffering road fatalities. Subsequently it is...

Concern (Supplementary) [3]

  • Question by: Andrew Dismore
  • Meeting date: 20 June 2012
All right, OK, well I do not think I want to dispute that, but I think if I accepted, and from what you say, that it is part of your responsibility too to make sure that cyclists are kept safe and this blame-the-cyclist routine is something of a smokescreen to divert attention from that responsibility. I will give you a specific example: Henly's Corner. I am sure you are familiar with it because you visited it during the election and with a great fanfare you claimed credit for the remodelling of the junction, but in fact it is a lot...

Concern (Supplementary) [2]

  • Question by: Jenny Jones
  • Meeting date: 20 June 2012
How many will there be?

Concern (Supplementary) [1]

  • Question by: Navin Shah
  • Meeting date: 20 June 2012
OK. Could you tell us, you mentioned Harrow on the Hill . There is also a question of Stanmore Station, Mr Mayor, where we have an acute problem of accessibility. Could you give me assurance that you will be making those stations accessible during the term of your office?

Government Delivery of Mayoral Policies (Supplementary) [14]

  • Question by: Tom Copley
  • Meeting date: 20 June 2012
Of course. You have actually pre-empted a question I was going to ask about Euston's ability to cope without Crossrail 2 if HS2 does go ahead. Do you think it is the case, then, that HS2 cannot go ahead into Euston if we do not get Crossrail 2?
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