• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 16 October 2002

Why did you have to lean on him and his American advisers, some time ago, when they were proposing to chop the cycling budget?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 16 October 2002

What would you say to those criticisms about Bob Kiley that, whilst he might be the number one world expert in running underground rail systems, he has not necessarily shown the same level of interest and sympathy with the needs of pedestrians and cyclists?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 October 2002

Why do you keep pretending that in New York, Bob had some sort of no-strike agreement with the unions? In fact, it was the product of no-strike laws which have existed there since 1967 that there weren't any strikes or industrial action. The last time there was a planned strike on the New York Subway, Rudi Giuliani threatened to arrest anyone who went on strike; that's the difference between New York and London, isn't it? If you disrupt public transport in New York, you get arrested; if you disrupt it in London, you get an Easter present from the Mayor.

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 16 October 2002

There is a question which I think is worth asking today, which is about transparency in Transport for London. I anticipate a slippery reply but I may be happily surprised. Do you not agree that for the top tier of Transport for London, and for those who provide direct advice to the board of Transport of London, transparency is an essential part of democratic accountability, and it would make sense for the remuneration and the other benefits of those employees, to be published in the same way as the salaries of politicians and senior executives in the private sector are...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 27 February 2002

I think there is huge public support for all these schemes - you obviously know which one I am interested in - but the process with TfL seems quite opaque. Although it was supposed to be brought into the age of accountability and democracy by the creation of the GLA, it is difficult to discover what tests are being applied, what the timetable is for decisions and over how long a period you are talking about planning. Will you be making a clear announcement and giving all the background information on this? If so, when?

• Question by: Toby Harris
• Meeting date: 27 February 2002

It probably is true that most people use buses in the outer area, because no one in his right mind would try to get a bus from the outside right into the centre of London. Many people do want to commute in, and they do so, by and large, by Underground. Under those circumstances, what confidence are you able to give people living outside zone 1 in the outer-London areas about Underground and rail services, given the prospect of yet another strike next week? What is your attitude to that? What message are you sending to Londoners?

• Question by: Toby Harris
• Meeting date: 27 February 2002

Well, that adds up to a vision, but it seems to suggest a vision in which most of the suburbs will simply be looking at new routes out for their residents perhaps into a few nodes around the centre. Could we try to find some specifics? What specific plans do you have to improve bus services in outer London? You said that was what you intended to do: what are your specific plans, apart, of course, from the London bus initiative, which we all understand and worship?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 27 February 2002

Returning to outer London, you reported the great success of your London bus initiative, but I think we are all aware that the relationship with the boroughs is in a terrible state and needs to be repaired. Have you made any progress with your proposal to review travelcard boundaries, another outer London issue which causes a lot of grief?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 27 February 2002

Would you simply say whether or not you disapprove of the Royal Parks Agency limiting the access of Londoners to the park in the ways they currently propose?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 27 February 2002

One aspect you did not mention in your list is the function of the open spaces, particularly the Royal Parks, in outer London, which represent a major lung for central London and a major amenity for south-west London. Would you care to tell us how the SDS is going to deal with its relationship with the Royal Parks Agency, who seem hell-bent on limiting access to the Royal Parks by Londoners? They have a current proposal to close the Robin Hood gate in Richmond Park. They have a proposal to close the Pen Ponds car park, which is the principal...