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No idling campaign

  • Reference: 2011/3133
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2011
What further plans are there to promote TfL's no idling campaign, particularly to encourage people to report problems to the no idling email address?

Clean Air Fund - shrubs

  • Reference: 2011/3132
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2011
In answer to MQ 2541/2011 you stated that £1m of the £5m Clean Air Fund will be spent on Green Infrastructure (Green Walls, Green Screens and additional Tree and Shrub Planting). Please detail how many walls, screens, trees and shrubs will be planted/installed; at what cost; and where and when they will be on London's streets?

Air pollution - nitrogen dioxide limits

  • Reference: 2011/3131
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2011
Are you concerned that Government has submitted to the European Commission an Air Quality Plan for London which does not see London meeting EU limits for levels of nitrogen dioxide until 2022?

Cleaner taxi incentives

  • Reference: 2011/3130
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2011
You have committed to a financial incentives scheme to encourage drivers to purchase the cleanest taxis. In July you said that TfL is working to finalise the exact details surrounding the scheme to encourage cabbies to purchase cleaner, practical and affordable taxis for use in London and will announce them later in the year [MQ 2033/2011]. Given that the rolling 15 year age limit for taxis is due to come into force in January 2012, when will more details of your financial incentive scheme be available - including when it will start, what the scale of the financial incentives will...

Big switch - taxi

  • Reference: 2011/3129
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2011
Further to MQ 2539/2011, will you consider relaxing the turning circle requirements for a pure electric taxi?

Big switch - buses

  • Reference: 2011/3128
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2011
Hybrid buses are already in use on London's street and a trial of hydrogen buses is underway. Will you therefore agree to a trial of pure electric buses?

CityAir

  • Reference: 2011/3127
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2011
The City of London's CityAir initiative has engaged with a range of businesses to develop a list of simple, effective actions that can be taken by companies to help improve air quality. Will you promote their good practice across central London, and also look at how the GLA Group can influence businesses through their supply chain?

Monitoring Air Quality on London Greenways

  • Reference: 2011/3126
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2011
Further to Sustrans' launch on 26 September of a month of monitoring of NO2 on London Greenways and nearby main roads, will you support further initiatives of this kind to get Londoners involved with monitoring, mapping and understanding air quality in their local areas?

Hawk costs

  • Reference: 2011/3125
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2011
How much has been spent per year since 2008 on hawks to control pigeon numbers in Trafalgar Square? How effective are the hawks being in controlling pigeon numbers?

London Energy Efficiency Fund

  • Reference: 2011/3124
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 12 October 2011
How much interest has there been in the London Energy Efficiency Fund? If there is overwhelming interest in the Fund will you look at increasing the required percentage of energy consumption reductions which are required?
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