• Reference: 2022/2976
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

As part of your Vision Zero Programme, does TfL receive any information from bus operators about the outcomes of disciplinary hearings of bus drivers involved in safety incidents? If so, for the period July 2018 to the present, please provide me with detailed data showing the number of disciplinary hearings involving bus drivers resulting from safety incidents that could cause (or have caused) death or serious injury presented as follows: 1. Month of Incident 2. Severity of Incident (Death, Serious Injury, Near Miss) 3. Incident Category (collision, slip/fall) 4. Travel Mode of Victim (passenger, pedestrian, cyclist) 5. Age & Sex...

• Reference: 2022/2975
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Does TfL receive copies of individual bus company disciplinary procedures resulting from safety incidents that could cause death or serious Injury? If so, could you provide each of these procedures to me?

• Reference: 2022/2974
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Despite TfL announcing the ‘restructuring of its management team’ on 19 January 2022, the organisation chart TfL displays on its website is dated 1 April 2021 and does not (a) reflect any of the organisational changes made by the Commissioner in early 2022 or (b) the recent departure of the Deputy Commissioner and other executives. Will you request that TfL post an updated organisation chart immediately? Do you accept that TfL’s failure to post an organisational chart in real time undermines your stated dedication to transparency?

• Reference: 2022/2973
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Per Recommendation 3 of UCL IHE’s Phase 2 Study, did TfL ever conduct a “short term review of shift lengths, patterns and rotas”? If so, please provide me with a copy of this review and all background documentation (emails, memos, handwritten notes) associated with it. If no such review was conducted, please explain why.

• Reference: 2022/2972
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Recommendation 3 of the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE) “Report of the Second Stage of Study of London Bus Driver Mortality from Covid-19” states: “Fatigue is a pre-existing issue for some bus drivers, with some evidence that COVID-19 infection and lockdown has contributed to this. Action, already being taken following previous research into factors contributing to tiredness, should be enhanced to address any new issues arising from the pandemic, following a short-term review of shift lengths, patterns and rotas.” Will you commission the University of Loughborough to update its study on London bus driver fatigue to take into account...

• Reference: 2022/2971
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

A 16 April 2020 BBC report quotes you as stating— "I'm lobbying our government and advisers to change their advice, and I want us to do that sooner rather than later. They are already reviewing this on the basis of our representation". However, your responses to questions 2022/1212, 2022/1211 and 2022/0792 do not appear to produce any evidence that (a) the government reviewed any ‘representation’ from you and/or (b) such a ‘representation’ ever existed. Do you accept that your comments to the BBC might be interpreted as attempt by the Mayor’s office to (a) cover your failure to use your...

• Reference: 2022/2970
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Further to your response to question 2020/1213, after you made a public declaration about the effectiveness of masks against Covid-19 on 16 April 2020, do you regret your failure to use your statutory powers to immediately mandate that masks be worn on TfL buses on or immediately after that date?

• Reference: 2022/2969
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

In relation to question 2022/2147 from June and your answer “that TfL is updating its figures for 2020/21 and 2021/22 and intends to publish them in the next few weeks”. Can you be more specific as to when?

• Reference: 2022/2968
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

With a recent tariff fee increase by BP Pulse, a dedicated taxi charge point supplier, making costs per mile comparable with petrol, what help and support will you and TfL provide for drivers who were told significant energy fuel savings would mitigate the cost of these very expensive ZEC vehicles?

• Reference: 2022/2967
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

With the decrease in taxi driver numbers, one significant consideration for older licensees when renewing is high and prohibitive vehicle insurance premiums. Will you work with the insurance industry to find a solution?