• Reference: 2025/1769
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Thank you for your answer to my question 2025/0793, in which you said: “If no route across the river is available for buses (e.g. if multiple tunnels had to be closed), cyclists and pedestrians would be diverted to alternatives such as the London Cable Car, Jubilee Line, DLR, or Greenwich and Woolwich Foot Tunnels as appropriate.” However, constituents tell me that the lifts at both foot tunnels are often out of service and there is no reliable information on whether the lifts are working before people get there. Given the strategic importance of these foot tunnels for people walking and...

• Reference: 2025/1768
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Have you conducted any research into the length of time bus users are prepared to wait before they seek alternative forms of transport and, if so, can you share it with me?

• Reference: 2025/1767
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Why has bus use in London dropped, according to the National Travel Survey from the Department for Transport (DfT), at a time when it is rising elsewhere in England?

• Reference: 2025/1766
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Do you think the 20km of bus lanes proposed to be delivered by boroughs over the next three years is sufficient to reverse the recent decline in bus use and to increase it in line with the mode share target in the Mayor’s Transport Strategy (MTS)?

• Reference: 2025/1765
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Thank you for your answer to my question 2024/3248, in which you said: “To date, Transport for London (TfL) has introduced 11.79km of new bus lanes on the TfL and borough road network and remains on track to achieve the 25km target by end March 2025.” Yet, according to the TfL bus priority webpage, this 25km target has been pushed back until December 2025. Could you explain the reasons for this delay?

• Reference: 2025/1764
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

What were the actions that arose from the Transport for London (TfL) bi-annual Meal and Grocery Delivery Company Road Safety Forum held on 6 February 2025, which was dedicated to e-bikes?

• Reference: 2025/1763
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Could you confirm what data, analysis and reports you plan to publish to assess the environmental, social, economic and traffic impacts of the Silvertown Road Tunnel since it opened and when you will do so?

• Reference: 2025/1762
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Could you provide the baseline and expected traffic flow changes for all vehicle types arising from the opening of the Silvertown Road Tunnel for: a) Dartford Crossings, b) Woolwich Ferry, c) Blackwall Tunnels, d) Silvertown Road Tunnel, e) Rotherhithe Tunnel, f) Tower Bridge, g) London Bridge, h) Southwark Bridge, i) Blackfriars Bridge, j) Greenwich Foot Tunnel, and k) Woolwich Foot tunnel?

• Reference: 2025/1761
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

Please can you tell me: a) what meetings you have had with the Whitgift Foundation regarding the regeneration of Croydon town centre, b) who has been present at the meetings, and c) how you are ensuring that residents are able to coproduce and benefit from any plans?

• Reference: 2025/1760
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 22 May 2025

What are you asking the Government for in the June Spending Review to support the acquisition and building of more social housing?