• Reference: 2025/1535
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Can you provide any data that TfL has collected via recent trials regarding the relationship between carriage speed and Tube noise produced on TfL’s Underground lines, particularly for those occupying houses above ground?

• Reference: 2025/1534
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Can you provide a detailed explanation as to TfL’s exact policies with regard to tackling Tube noise, as well as how each instance/complaint is examined and prioritised?

• Reference: 2025/1533
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Can you provide a breakdown of the number of complaints received by TfL relating to Tube noise, by borough and month, between January 2023 and the present day?

• Reference: 2025/1532
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Can you provide a detailed breakdown of any and all work that has taken place in South Wimbledon to tackle persistent noise pollution affecting residents living above the Northern line between January 2023 and the present day?

• 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?