• Reference: 2011/1501
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Further to my question 1005/2011, what is the cost-benefit ratio for the New Bus for London?

• Reference: 2011/1500
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

There is a widespread belief that the Vauxhall Gyratory needs a total overhaul and a return to two-way working. Is it therefore sensible to run a new and costly Cycle Superhighway through what is currently a deeply unsatisfactory road junction in need of complete reconfiguration in the not-too-distant future?

• Reference: 2011/1499
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

When Assembly Members have made visits to view engineering works taking place on the tube - for example on overnight visits - we receive a health and safety briefing and protective clothing. Transport for London's own staff training material also warns staff of the dangers of, in particular, Leptospirosis (or Weils disease), which can be caught from, for example, coming into contact with infected rats' urine in tunnels. Staff are advised to use appropriate protective clothing. What advice and protective measures have TfL provided to those passengers who have had to be evacuated along tunnels following service failures, who presumably...

• Reference: 2011/1498
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

When can Londoners expect the long promised additional journeys and enhanced capacity on the Jubilee Line to be in place?

• Reference: 2011/1497
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Please confirm how many trains per hour will be running a) along the central section of the Crossrail line and b)to each of the termini.

• Reference: 2011/1496
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

What were the criteria used when selecting the route and termini for the cable car? What were the reasons for choosing the Greenwich peninsula and Excel? Which other routes were considered/shortlisted and why were they rejected?

• Reference: 2011/1495
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Please provide an update on how much TfL have spent thus far on developing the cable car. How much money is likely to be spent by a) TfL and b) other sources, by the time the cable car is up and running?

• Reference: 2011/1494
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Please provide an update on the timescales for the installation and completion of the Thames cable car? Are you confident that it will be completed by the Olympics?

• Reference: 2011/1493
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

My attention has been drawn to some very interesting maps on the DLR section of the TfL website which show potential extensions southwards from Lewisham to Catford and Forest Hill and even westwards to Victoria and north to St Pancras. What funds have been allocated to developing these proposals so far and how much funding do you intend to allocate in total? When do you envisage these proposals being included in the TfL Business Plan?

• Reference: 2011/1492
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

The BBC report that Michael O'Leary, Chief Executive of Ryanair has described your proposals for a new hub airport in the Thames Estuary as 'absolutely nuts'. What is your response?