• Reference: 2025/1531
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

With the impending launch of the “Orbit Clipper” service, the UK’s first fully electric cross-river passenger ferry, will you call on clipper management to ensure: A reasonable regular adult fare (instead of the £11.80 return fare on the RB4 which currently services the route, for a journey that last circa 3 minutes each way.) Free tickets for children under the age of 11 and/or other discounts for families with children. Discounts for local residents on both sides of the river crossing (with suitable proof of address)?

• Reference: 2025/1530
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Given that less than 1% of PHVs in London is wheelchair accessible—and despite past claims by operators such as Uber to promote Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (WCAV) options—the burden of social inclusivity continues to fall almost entirely on the licensed taxi trade. In light of the Public Sector Equality Duty, will you instruct TfL to explore a mandatory levy on all non-WCAV private hire bookings, modelled on existing environmental levies, with revenues ring fenced to support the Taxi card scheme, retention of the wheelchair accessible taxi fleet, and a grant programme to support PHV drivers in purchasing WCAVs?

• Reference: 2025/1529
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Will you consider a universal exemption mechanism for all licensed taxis when carrying a disabled passenger, regardless of whether they are using the TaxiCard scheme?

• Reference: 2025/1528
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

What steps will you take to ensure that borough-level exemptions under LTN policies do not result in de-facto commercial monopolies or the exclusion of compliant taxi drivers and disabled passengers based on platform affiliation?

• Reference: 2025/1527
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Will you commit to expanding the TaxiCard platform to allow other TfL-licensed black cab operators or apps — such as Gett, Sherbet, or FreeNow — to accept TaxiCard bookings and register eligible vehicles for LTN exemptions?

• Reference: 2025/1526
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Has TfL or London Councils conducted an equality impact assessment on the current administration of the TaxiCard scheme, particularly with regard to access discrimination against passengers using non-ComCab black cabs?

• Reference: 2025/1525
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Do you believe it is fair or legal that only ComCab drivers are currently able to receive automatic LTN exemptions, while other black cab drivers transporting equally disabled passengers are issued Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs)?

• Reference: 2025/1524
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Why is ComCab (owned by Addison Lee) currently the sole platform through which the London TaxiCard scheme operates, despite thousands of other fully licensed black cab drivers operating across the capital?

• Reference: 2025/1523
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Will you engage with Hackney Council and other London boroughs to ensure that all licensed London taxis — regardless of platform affiliation — are granted equal access through Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) when carrying disabled or vulnerable passengers, not just those affiliated with ComCab?

• Reference: 2025/1522
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Given TfL’s responsibility for regulating London’s taxi fleet, how does it plan to ensure that drivers are not left with vehicles that are unaffordable to repair due to LEVC’s lack of support?