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Cost of Brexit

  • Reference: 2023/0674
  • Question by: Marina Ahmad
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2023
Bloomberg found that Brexit is costing the UK economy £100 billion a year. How much has Brexit cost London’s economy each year since 2020?

Reusing old London Underground station entrances

  • Reference: 2023/0673
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2023
What progress has Transport for London (TfL) made in reopening former station entrances, such as the former entrance on the east side of Holloway Road at Highbury & Islington to provide new escalator and step-free lift access?

Collaborative and third-party enhancement schemes

  • Reference: 2023/0672
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2023
In June 2017, the Programmes and Investment Committee of Transport for London (TfL) considered a paper on London Underground Stations. This paper included details of collaborative and third-party enhancement schemes for Edgware Road, Colindale, Finsbury Park, Tottenham Hale, Walthamstow Central, Highbury & Islington, Bromley-by-Bow, North Greenwich, Southwark, Elephant & Castle, Knightsbridge, South Kensington, Earl’s Court, Notting Hill Gate, White City/Wood Lane and Paddington. What is the current status and expected delivery date (if any) of each of these schemes?

Escalators, lifts and rolling stock in London

  • Reference: 2023/0671
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2023
Across all the relevant stations and services under the wing of Transport for London (TfL), including the Underground, DLR, Overground and Elizabeth Line, could you provide the total number of: a) trains in service fleets, b) escalators within stations, and c) lifts within stations?

Allowing bikes or cargo bikes to use the proposed Silvertown Road Tunnel

  • Reference: 2023/0670
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2023
What consideration have you given to the case for opening up space within the proposed Silvertown Road Tunnel for use by bikes and/or cargo bikes, and has this included considering the potential for changing the planned use of the HGV and bus lane to allow only buses and bikes?

Transport for London adverts for Mayor and Assembly work

  • Reference: 2023/0669
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2023
Since the 2021 election, could you provide details, including the total number of placements and the total actual or nominal cost to the GLA, of advertisements placed with Transport for London (TfL) to promote each of the following aspects of the work of the Mayor and Assembly: a) People’s Question Time (PQT) adverts featuring Assembly Members, b) PQT adverts featuring the Mayor, c) State of London debate adverts featuring the Mayor, d) adverts promoting the work or achievements of the Mayor? Where this is available, could you provide further details of the type of service promoted and copies of the...

Sales of travelcards

  • Reference: 2023/0668
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2023
Could you provide data for each quarter since Q1 2019 for sales of a) paper-based and b) digital travelcards for each of the following time periods: i) daily, ii) weekly, iii) monthly, and iv) annual? Could you provide this data in table format?

Removal of the Oyster and contactless discount from cable car

  • Reference: 2023/0667
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2023
Why have you removed the one pound discount for Oyster and contactless fares on the cable car in your March 2023 fares decision?

Borough support for safer lorries

  • Reference: 2023/0666
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2023
I was pleased to see that Urban Design London, working with Transport for London (TfL), held a webinar for boroughs in December 2022. In this, they set out how work-related road risks could be managed by using procurement powers to promote safety standards, including for lorries through the Fleet Operators Recognition Scheme (FORS) silver grade, the Direct Vison Standard (DVS), and also through the Construction Logistics and Community Safety standard (CLOCS). Will you join me in encouraging all boroughs to adopt these standards in their procurement terms, as TfL has done, and could you also tell me which boroughs have...

Requests by businesses for improvements in crossing the Thames by public transport and cycling

  • Reference: 2023/0665
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 23 February 2023
The October 2022 report, Silvertown Tunnel Socio-Economic Monitoring: Year 1, says that a third of Londoners in the study area (34 per cent) believe the lack of Thames crossings impacts their choice of travel mode. What actions are you taking to develop plans to reduce the barriers that the Thames, and major roads such as the approaches to the Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels, present to active travel journeys?
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