• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly member. Hirani, please. Krupesh Hirani AM: Thank you, Chair. My question is to the Mayor. You committed to unleashing a public transport revolution in outer London, building on the success of Superloop 1 by introducing a second Superloop. Firstly, can you give us some details on how Superloop 1 is performing?

• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Best, please. Emma Best AM: Thanks. Good morning. I would like to ask first about the Pedicabs [(London)] Act that passed in April [2024]. I know that TfL is currently scheduling for early 2025 for consultation. It is somewhat disappointing that it has taken so long. Behind the scenes there may well be reasons, but it seems there is rarely an opportunity for a law where you have industry, residents and cross-party support to bring something into effect as soon as possible. Could you confirm to me that early 2025 means January...

• Question by: Bassam Mahfouz
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Mahfouz, please. Bassam Mahfouz AM: Thank you, Chair, and good morning. My question is to the Commissioner. The Mayor at the recent election made a very welcome pledge to expand the step-free access programme to cover half of the Underground network by 2030. The question is: how do you decide what stations are going to be included in that programme?

• Question by: Thomas Turrell
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you, Assembly Member Turrell, please. Thomas Turrell AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Mr Mayor. Good morning, Commissioner. I would like to direct my questions to the Mayor, please. Residents and businesses in west London have a lot more river crossings and no tolls, whereas residents out to the east of Tower Bridge have much fewer crossings and now face tolls on the majority of their crossings. Could the Mayor outline some plans he has to address this unfairness?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Desai, please. Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Commissioner. Good morning, Mr Mayor. Mr Mayor, in your opening remarks, you quite rightly talked about the need for a safer transport network. However, recent figures from the BTP show an increase in the number of recorded violent crimes against women and girls on the transport network in the last year. How is TfL working with the police and the Government and other partners to keep London’s public transport system safe?

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you, Assembly Member Bailey, please. Lord Bailey of Paddington AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Mayor. Good morning, Commissioner. I want to quickly talk about fare evasion. I am going to start with the Commissioner and come to you secondly, Mayor. Estimates around fare evasion are that it costs TfL around £150 million. Is that a figure you recognise, or do you think it needs to be revised up or down?

• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Ahmad, please. Marina Ahmad AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Mr Mayor. Good morning, Commissioner. Mr Mayor, my questions are to you. Following on from the off-peak Fridays trial, how else will TfL be working to encourage Londoners into the city on Fridays and increasing footfall in the nighttime economy?

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Hall, please. Susan Hall AM: Thank you. Good morning, Mr Mayor, Commissioner. We bumped into each other at the station, therefore you are aware of my first question. I am asking a question, really, on behalf of all those with sight difficulties, but on this occasion for a Harrow resident who has used the Underground frequently and, unfortunately, has been subjected to an awful lot of hate abuse, has been hit, etc. Now, when he was at Bond Street and had an issue, he went to a help point because he has...

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member McCartney please. Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you. My question is to the Commissioner. Commissioner, as you are aware, I have been campaigning, along with others, for average speed cameras on the A10 in Enfield between the North Circular Road and the M25. We were partly successful when we succeeded in getting them installed on the northern section four years ago. However, it always seemed an anomaly that the whole section of roadway was not covered by average speed cameras. I wrote to the Mayor and Deputy Mayor in January of this year...

• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

Andrew Boff AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Prince, please. Keith Prince AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Mr Mayor, Commissioner. First of all, I would like to ask, on behalf of my Upminster and Cranham residents, is there any truth to the fact that the bus route 347 is to be scrapped?