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Cycle Superhighway 5

  • Reference: 2018/1445
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
According to Public Health England's statistics on child obesity and excess weight: small area level data, the highest rate of child obesity in the UK was in an 'obesity corridor' passing through Camberwell Green. Will you increase safe and convenient opportunities for walking and cycling by committing to a date to deliver Cycle Superhighway 5 (CS5), which was originally due to open in 2014 to serve the same area?

Better Junctions programme

  • Reference: 2018/1444
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
Are you and Transport for London (TfL) confident that quality assurance for the Better Junction programmes is robust enough to deliver significant safety benefits for every scheme, and will you commit to publishing quality assessments and findings for each scheme?

Cycle Superhighway 4

  • Reference: 2018/1443
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
Given that three cyclists have been killed this year in South East London, could you confirm in which year you expect Cycle Superhighway 4 (CS4) to open?

Copenhagen crossings on cycle superhighways

  • Reference: 2018/1442
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
Will Transport for London (TfL) look at making Copenhagen crossings a default design option on side roads off the cycle superhighways?

Hostile Streets and community severance in outer London

  • Reference: 2018/1441
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
In response to the London Assembly Transport Committee December 2017 report, Hostile Streets, Transport for London (TfL) acknowledged the community severance problem caused by busy roads, but there was no commitment to identify specific junctions for road danger reduction in outer London. However, TfL indicated some areas may be improved through the Liveable Neighbourhoods programme. In which areas does TfL expect to see improvements through this programme?

Hostile Streets and the Equalities Duty on the Transport for London Road Network

  • Reference: 2018/1440
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
In your response to the London Assembly Transport Committee December 2017 report, Hostile Streets, you said: "TfL is committed to inclusive design." When does Transport for London (TfL) aim to have upgraded all areas of street design and equipment that do not meet current standards of inclusive design on the Transport for London Road Network (TLRN)?

Bus driver toilets at Walworth Depot

  • Reference: 2018/1439
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
Bus drivers on route 68 based at Walworth Depot have contacted me about 30 pence charges to use toilets at the end of their route and have told me that bus drivers are being refused entry to toilets at train stations despite wearing full uniform and presenting their Transport for London (TfL) travel pass with a photograph. Following your commitment to: "improve working conditions for London's bus drivers by ensuring that all have access to a toilet on their routes for all hours of their working day," will you ensure that toilet facilities for bus workers are free to use...

Cycling Level of Service (3)

  • Reference: 2018/1438
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
Regarding concerns about the quality of quietway implementation raised by the London Assembly Transport Committee in its March 2018 report, London's Cycling Infrastructure, how will you and Transport for London (TfL) ensure that parts of the strategic cycle network currently being delivered by boroughs are of high quality?

Cycling Level of Service (2)

  • Reference: 2018/1437
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
Will you ask Transport for London (TfL) to prepare and use an auditing system to evaluate cycling schemes implemented by London boroughs fully or partly-funded by TfL, whenever the funding is higher than £50,000?

Cycling Level of Service (1)

  • Reference: 2018/1436
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 21 June 2018
A Transport for London (TfL) response to a recent Freedom of Information request (ref: FOI-4517-1718) revealed that: "TfL no longer uses the CLoS [Cycling Level of Service] assessment tool within the Quietway Programme." How does TfL now ensure TfL-funded cycle routes meet a minimum quality threshold?
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