• Reference: 2019/6171
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Before the new Taxi Delicensing scheme kicks in, the Taxi Fleet has dropped by 10% in less than 2 years; how many vehicles does the Mayor believe will be on the road by the end of 2020?

• Reference: 2019/6170
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

In the Economic Integrated Impact Assessment carried out in 2014, a new ZEC Taxi was assumed to cost £40,000 and the Jacobs Report said there is a risk, even with mitigation, of an exit of drivers and vehicles from the market. With a new ZEC Taxi actually costing a whopping £65,000 how many drivers does the Mayor think will exit the market now?

• Reference: 2019/6169
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Did TfL carry out surveys or an integrated impact assessment on the effect of the Taxi Delicensing scheme or are these just estimates, guesstimates, predictions, presumptions and assumptions?

• Reference: 2019/6168
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

What was the staff turnover rate in TfL and in tube drivers over the last 12 months?

• Reference: 2019/6167
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Given that TfL just licenced over 1,200 Euro 6 diesel vehicles for Addison Lee, but no longer allows the registration of new Euro 6 diesel taxis, why are you inconsistently and disproportionately disadvantaging taxi drivers in the name of cleaning up London’s air, while continuing to register thousands of the same vehicles which are now banned for taxi drivers?

• Reference: 2019/6166
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Do you accept that TfL-TPH licenced operators, vehicles and drivers using apps which calculate a fare by time and distance rather than calculating the fare in advance are not ‘pre-booked’ but are actually ‘ply-for-hire’, and should be regulated as taxis rather than as private hire vehicles?

• Reference: 2019/6165
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

You stated in your answer to question MQ2019/0220 that you believe taxis will cause 30% of NO x emissions in Central London in 2020. Does this figure include taxis only, or is it a combined figure for taxis and private hire vehicles? In either case, what percentage of NO x emissions ­ in Central London do you estimate will be caused by private hire vehicles in Central London in 2020?

• Reference: 2019/6164
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Do you agree that Lord Winston is correct when he stated in the House of Lords that cycle superhighways increased levels of pollution by forcing cars and vans to travel more slowly?

• Reference: 2019/6163
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Do you understand that it is not possible to cut congestion, have a population which is increasing by 100,000 per year and to narrow road space for motor vehicles by constructing cycle superhighways all at the same time?

• Reference: 2019/6162
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

How many stand-up comedians have been investigated by the Metropolitan Police for hate speech over the last three years?