• Reference: 2019/19678
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Unite the Union has written to Assembly Members raising their concerns about the Briggs Marine contract to operate the Woolwich Ferry. Will Transport for London (TfL) consider bringing this contract in house when awarding the new contract from April 2020?

• Reference: 2019/19677
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

In April 2019, the London Air project of King’s College London produced an interim analysis of the effects of the Extinction Rebellion climate protests. These interim figures show the protests reduced pollution on nearby streets at the time. What analysis or research have your officers conducted into the effects on traffic and pollution of events such as Extinction Rebellion protests and Car Free Day, and will this be published?

• Reference: 2019/19676
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Thank you for your answer to my question 2019/17400. Work by Transport for London (TfL) to support a Workplace Parking Levy has found new regulations are necessary due to a lack of secondary legislation. What steps has TfL undertaken to investigate any similar gaps in the legal basis for smart, fair, London-wide road pricing schemes?

• Reference: 2019/19675
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

A case has been raised with me ( https://twitter.com/lastnotlost/status/1170704401910173698) where Twitter was asked to remove footage of a vehicle from an operator with Freight Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) accreditation parking dangerously outside a school. Can you ensure that operators involved in FORS and others who undertake contracts for the GLA group react with more appropriate actions than censorship to public complaints?

• Reference: 2019/19674
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Independent analysis of vehicle collision data ( https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/08/15/restrict-twice-as-d…) has identified a potentially higher risk of death for people walking when they are hit by vehicles with larger engines. What work is Transport for London (TfL) and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) undertaking to collect and analyse data on the characteristics of vehicles involved in collisions to target their actions as part of Vision Zero?

• Reference: 2019/19673
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

In September 2019, your Deputy Mayor for Transport said in correspondence with the Stop Silvertown Tunnel campaign that: “the [London climate] trajectory has been independently assessed by C40 to be in line with the advice of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with the level of carbon emission reduction required to put us on track to staying within 1.5C global warming.” Could you publish this independent assessment, along with related data and correspondence from the Mayor's office and the C40 Cities group?

• Reference: 2019/19672
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Given the existing and forthcoming investments for other charging infrastructure, when could Transport for London (TfL) deliver smart, fair road pricing on river crossings?

• Reference: 2019/19671
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

In your response to my question 2019/12014 concerning the reasons for building the Silvertown Tunnel, you referenced 700 closures per year in Blackwall Tunnel. What alternative measures have been considered to reduce the number of these closures, other than a new road tunnel?

• Reference: 2019/19670
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

The Project Assurance quarterly report for Q1 2019/20, provided to the Audit and Assurance Committee of Transport for London (TfL), lists seven recommendations for Silvertown Tunnel. Could you provide further detail on each of these recommendations?

• Reference: 2019/19669
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

On 24 September 2019, the sub-surface District and Circle line tube station at Victoria flooded, causing serious disruption. Work to improve Victoria station was completed in autumn 2018 at a cost of over £700 million. Why hasn’t that work addressed flood risks?