• Question by: Samantha Heath
• Meeting date: 19 December 2001

Darren referred to the air quality strategy and the things you intend to do now that Terminal 5 is going ahead. I was curious about proposal 45: "The Mayor will urge the Government to do more to reduce emissions at airports, particularly Heathrow, by all means available." Apart from congestion charge and the low emission zone, which we have already rehearsed, are you working on any other means?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 19 December 2001

Samantha Heath: When you went to Washington with your former environmental adviser, Ken, did you go by steamboat? The Mayor: The point is made. Darren Johnson: I always get the train when I go to Europe for my holidays, though, Sam. If it is available, that is the means of transport I use.

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 19 December 2001

Absolutely. The inspector set a limit, that the flight numbers should not exceed 480,000. Do you agree that that limit must be observed, and will you make a firm commitment to do everything possible from your platform as Mayor to ensure that it is?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 19 December 2001

Do you agree that a broader issue arises here - the lack of capacity on the overground services in south-east London? Will you be proposing in the coming year to involve yourself, with the limited powers you have, in working with the overground railway operators - both the train operators and the SRA - as a higher priority; and particularly pressing for an early delivery of South London Metro and improvements to capacity on the North Kent line?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 19 December 2001

It could do if it was looked at within the context of the Orbirail network. The Mayor: Do you live around the corner? Darren Johnson: I do, yes. I have been lobbied heavily by local people in the Brockley Cross Action Group, who have been pushing this. But this idea is getting support from across the political spectrum locally. As you say, some questions have still to be answered, but we need a feasibility study for the area, the cost of which is estimated at £70,000. If other partners such as Lewisham Council and the Strategic Rail Authority came on...

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 19 December 2001

Darren Johnson: This station could have some strategic importance - Brian Coleman: Are you standing in that ward? The Chair: Darren, don't be distracted - just get on with your question. Darren Johnson: We are not discussing Liberal Democrat election strategy, or Green strategy, either. This could be an important station strategically. The TfL document "Improving Commuter Railways" talks about Orbirail and the need to identify particular interchanges on the Orbirail route. The site has yet to be identified, but I think that the Brockley site could be ideal: it is on the line to Charing Cross and could be...

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 19 December 2001

I welcome your support for extra stopping stations on some of these lines around London. I wonder whether you are as impatient as we are in west London to get resolved the issue of the two new stopping stations on the west London line at White City and Imperial Wharf, given that the -

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 21 November 2001

That is absolutely true. One of my problems with the TfL budget this year is that it is sending conflicting messages. The £22 million you spoke about is based on an increase in the precept, which will cover £20 million of that. So the actual expenditure could be only £2 million. The real problem is a lack of strategic thinking. Bob Kiley has already said that he does not think we can spend money on pedestrians and on cyclists this year. He thinks that there are two separate cases to be made. Within the base plan, there is £13 million...

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 21 November 2001

We spent £8 million last year, but it was spent via the £110 million going to the boroughs. We are going to spend £8 million next year, but that is out of £120 million going to the boroughs. So the boroughs are not complaining,

• Question by: Louise Bloom
• Meeting date: 21 November 2001

Whichever way you look at the figures Jenny described, Ken, I am sure you will agree that the fact that only 2% of journeys in London are made by bike is a bit pathetic - especially compared with Copenhagen's 22% and Amsterdam's 28%. The fact that we are comparatively low down the list needs to be addressed. The Liberal Democrats in the past have told you about our idea of a "take bike" system, whereby commuters or tourists could use a smartcard to pick up a bike at a rail station or one of the interchanges - Earl's Court, King's...