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Hammersmith Bridge

  • Reference: 2020/2125
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
Please provide an update on TfL’s negotiations over securing extra funding for the full repair and strengthening of this bridge. What is TfL’s latest estimated date that the bridge will re-open to take single decker buses?

Representations about bringing forward step free access scheme on Network Rail services.

  • Reference: 2020/2124
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
Further to the Prime Minister’s speech on the 30 June 2020 which announced bringing forward capital investment projects will you consider making representations to the Prime Minister to prioritise bringing forward railway step free access projects under the Network Rail Access to All scheme?

Step free access at London Underground stations

  • Reference: 2020/2123
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
Please state the reasons why step free access was not completed at Cockfosters, Amersham, Ickenham, Wimbledon Park, Debden, Osterley, Hanger Lane, Northolt, Sudbury Hill, Harrow-on-the Hill and Burnt Oak London Underground stations by the end of 2019/2020 despite TfL website stating as recently as February 2020 that they would become step free by the end of 2019/2020. Further to your answer in 2020/0359 please also state the current revised dates, by month, that these stations will finally become step free.

International Bus Benchmarking Group and Covid-19

  • Reference: 2020/2122
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
Will you commission Imperial College’s International Bus Benchmarking Group (IBBG) to produce a study looking at how London compared to all other IBBG members for Deaths and Hospitalisations of Bus Drivers from Covid-19 in the first half of 2020?

Equality Impact Statement and Bus Driver Retention Payment

  • Reference: 2020/2121
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
Paragraph 3.4 of Mayoral Decision 2562 states “TfL will now work with bus operators to complete a full Equality Impact Assessment to ensure there are no discriminatory impacts from the implementation of the retention payment scheme" yet paragraph 3.3 clearly identifies that there are clear impacts based on age, disability, gender and maternity. Why was the retention payment allowed without a full Equality Impact Assessment being conducted before it was approved in March and when is one expected to be completed?

Agency Bus Drivers and Safety Performance

  • Reference: 2020/2120
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
Section 1.11 in Mayor Decision 2562 states “around 3 per cent of drivers are agency staff on any given day.” Does TfL have any time series data which analyses the safety performance of these agency drivers and how it compares to drivers who work directly for bus operators?

TfL’s Monitoring of its Bus Contractors’ Covid-19 Risk Reduction Actions

  • Reference: 2020/2119
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
Based on your response to 2020/1623, can I assume that no TfL employees are carrying out on-site monitoring of bus contractors Covid-19 risk reduction actions?

Screens in private hire vehicles

  • Reference: 2020/2118
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
What steps are TfL taking to ensure robust guidance is available that responsible private hire operators can realistically adopt as quickly as possible to enable the installation of screens in existing cars to separate drivers from passengers?

The London Plan and electric charging points

  • Reference: 2020/2117
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
In answer to question 2019/19622 you stated “In order to effectively monitor the implementation of draft London Plan Policy T6.1, the London Development Database (LDD) is updating its technical planning data standard to include the number and type of charge points proposed for a development. This is currently out for agreement by Borough Leaders. Subject to this agreement, the ongoing LDD automation project will automate the collection of this data and allow it to be more accessible to all Londoners from spring 2020.” Please provide an update on progress in making this data more accessible to Londoners.

Dedicated charging points for electric taxis

  • Reference: 2020/2116
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
In answer to question 2019/20160 you stated “TfL is currently looking at the process of utilising CCTV enforcement for EV bays.” Please provide an update.
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