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Effect of transport emissions on London taxi and private hire drivers' health

  • Reference: 2014/4058
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 22 October 2014
How many taxi and private hire drivers have been found to have developed work-related illnesses due to the emissions that they breathe in on a daily basis?

Queen's Circus Battersea

  • Reference: 2014/4057
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 22 October 2014
Will you be committing to a Dutch-style cycle-friendly roundabout as part of the rebuild programme for Queen's Circus, Battersea?

TfL appointment of Chief Safety Officer

  • Reference: 2014/4056
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 22 October 2014
In your response to 2014/2989 you make clear that no one person at Transport for London has overall line management authority for safety. New York's Mass Transit Authority created a Chief Safety Officer position in April. Will you consider introducing such a role at TfL to ensure safety policy is fully joined-up across the organisation?

Racist abuse and TfL

  • Reference: 2014/4055
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 22 October 2014
Following a recent well-publicised case where a passenger hurled racist abuse at a group of Jewish schoolchildren on the route 102 bus in Golders Green, yet the driver failed to take appropriate action, will you ask TfL to liaise with bus operators to ensure any incidents of racist abuse on London's buses are dealt with swiftly and appropriately and it is made clear that such behaviour is completely unacceptable?

Road Collisions involving TfL Buses

  • Reference: 2014/4054
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 22 October 2014
Please could you ensure TfL publish updated TfL bus collision data for 2012/13 and 2013/14 year-to-date?

New Bus for London

  • Reference: 2014/4053
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 22 October 2014
The business case for purchasing a further 200 New Routemasters has been reduced from 15:1 to 2:1. If it is found that the New Routemaster is actually more polluting than many other new buses, once the actual emission tests on all the new Euro 6 buses have been carried out, will you conduct and publish a further review of the business case and will you confirm whether a negative rating on such a business case stop you from going ahead with the purchase of a further 200 of the New Routemaster?

Bus defect (3)

  • Reference: 2014/4052
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 22 October 2014
The link provided in your response to 2014/3138 leads to the generic VOSA recall notice applicable to the United Kingdom. This is not the information requested in my question. Please publish a link to a continuously-updated listing of VOSA recall notices that pertain to buses being operated by TfL's subcontractors.

Bus defects (2)

  • Reference: 2014/4051
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 22 October 2014
Do you feel assured that the lack of hands-on monitoring by Transport for London of serious bus collisions will not become an issue in any subsequent coroner's investigations?

Bus defects (1)

  • Reference: 2014/4050
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 22 October 2014
In your answer to my question 2014/3136, you state that since the recall date "there have not been any serious bus accidents in which foot brake failure has been a factor according to TfL's monitoring of investigations." Can you confirm that there have not been any VOSA inspections since the 2008 recall where they have required buses to be immediately taken off the road for inspection as they are concerned about this issue?

Taxis and engagement with the RMT

  • Reference: 2014/4049
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 22 October 2014
Given that the RMT represents a significant number of taxi drivers, why was the RMT not invited to your emissions strategy meeting on 13th October? Will you endeavour to include the RMT in future meetings concerning taxis in order to improve engagement with all key stakeholders in the taxi trade?
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