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Trustees of the Garden Bridge Trust

  • Reference: 2018/2123
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
Following the published legal advice by Jason Coppel QC that stated: "It is likely that the Trustees of the Trust had breached their duty to act with reasonable skill and care in relation to the construction contract with Bouygues", what steps do you intend to take to ensure that further investigations are undertaken into Transport for London's handling of the awarding of public money to the Garden Bridge Trust?

Camberwell Station

  • Reference: 2018/2122
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
In answer to question 2017/3325 you stated: "Transport for London (TfL) is carrying out a study of the potential benefits and costs of re-opening Camberwell National Rail station on its former site, and of introducing an associated extra stop on Thameslink services to serve Camberwell." The report is now public, could you please set out what actions TfL is now taking to help re-open Camberwell station?

Reporting smoky vehicles

  • Reference: 2018/2121
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
Please state whether you have any plans to create a website or provide another form of public access for members of the public to report vehicles that are creating unnecessary pollution due to their exhausts needing to be maintained or replaced?

Applying "Complaints Handling Procedures" found in the Conditions of the 26 June Uber Decision to TfL Surface Transport Contracts

  • Reference: 2018/2120
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
According to Clause 12 of the Uber London Limited judgment made by the Westminster Magistrates Court on the 26 June 2018, Uber must comply with a number of well-defined complaints handling conditions. In the interest of improving the operational safety performance of its Surface Transport Contractors will the Mayor seek to compel all relevant companies to adhere to similar "Complaints Handling" procedures?

Applying "Independent Assurance Procedures" found in the Conditions of the 26 June Uber Decision to TfL Surface Transport Contractor Contracts

  • Reference: 2018/2119
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
According to Clause 4 of the Uber London Limited judgment made by the Westminster Magistrates Court on the 26 June 2018, Uber must comply with a number of well-defined "assurance" conditions. In the interest of improving the operational safety performance of its surface transport contractors, will the Mayor seek to compel all relevant companies to adhere to similar "independent assurance" procedures?

Applying "Board Composition Requirements" found in the Conditions of the 26 June Uber Decision to TfL Surface Transport Contractor Contracts

  • Reference: 2018/2118
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
According to Clause 1 of the Uber London Limited judgment made by the Westminster Magistrates Court on the 26 June 2018, Uber "shall maintain a Board, comprising at least three independent directors who shall be in the majority (one of whom shall be the Chair) and at least two executive directors". In the interest of improving the operational safety performance of its Surface Transport contractors, will the Mayor seek to compel all relevant companies to maintain a Board composition where independent directors shall be in the majority, one of whom shall be the Chair?

Cash Payment to Transport for London's former Managing Director for Surface Transport for "Loss of Office"

  • Reference: 2018/2117
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
An Evening Standard report on the 31 May 2018 referred to £444,598 "compensation for loss of office" paid to Transport for London's outgoing Managing Director for Surface Transport, yet a TfL statement that appears on TfL's website of 8 September 2017 states that he "had intended to retire in 2015 but agreed to stay on after my appointment as Commissioner." If the former Managing Director for Surface Transport intended to retire, how do you justify this massive payment?

Memorialising Crossrail Deaths and Vision Zero

  • Reference: 2018/2116
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
Further to your reply to Question 2018/1301, please provide an update as to when a plaque will be installed at Fisher Street Headhouse to commemorate Renè Tkàčik who tragically died while working on the project in 2014. Please also state whether there are any plans relating to memorialising the three cyclists and one pedestrian killed by Crossrail Contractors' lorries between 14 November 2010 and 10 February 2016?

Bus Safety Incident Time-Series Data in TfL's Quarterly Health & Safety Report

  • Reference: 2018/2115
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
Further to your response to Question 2018/1722, can you confirm that bus safety data information will regularly appear in all future Quarterly health and safety reports?

Bus trips in London

  • Reference: 2018/2114
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
Transport for London claims in a recent document 'Future plans for the bus network' that it wishes to see the number of daily bus trips growing from 3.4 million to more than 5 million by 2041. Will you set out any interim targets relating to this objective, including what you expect the number of bus trips in London will be by 2020?
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