• Reference: 2011/1260
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Can you outline the arrangements for monitoring the noise impacts of any temporary lifting of the night time lorry ban? How will you ensure that the experience of local residents will be an essential part of that process?

• Reference: 2011/1259
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Will the electric vehicles used by your contractors, such as SERCO, count towards the target of a 1,000 electric vehicles in the GLA group fleet by 2015?

• Reference: 2011/1258
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

What plans do TfL have to trial, or purchase, electric vehicles beyond the six Toyota plug-in hybrid Prius cars, the four Mitsubishi I-MiEV electric cars and the four Smith electric transit vans?

• Reference: 2011/1257
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

What projects to electrify the rail network in London are definitely funded and will go ahead between now and 2015? What projects are you hoping will receive funding and the go ahead in time for implementation by 2015?

• Reference: 2011/1256
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

In your answer to my question 0915/2010 on hybrid taxis in March last year, you hoped "to provide further details of the results of these active discussions in the next few months." Can you please explain why you failed to take forward this excellent initiative which aimed to provide a cheap, simple solution for taxi drivers wishing to both reduce pollution from idling and to reduce costs?

• Reference: 2011/1255
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Thank you for the answer to my question 0701/2011, but can you put the expected reduction from 'no idling taxi zones' in tonnes per year, as measured in 2011 and 2015 from the 2008 baseline.

• Reference: 2011/1254
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Thank you for your answer to my question 822/2011. Can you please outline the specific actions to be taken by the end of 2011, which will reduce emissions from idling taxis by the amount required in the modelling of your air quality strategy? Specifically, how will you raise awareness? What infrastructure and signage at taxi ranks is being improved this year? What technology is being utilised and will your additional training be in place this year?

• Reference: 2011/1253
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Are you actively lobbying the Government to implement the policy in your Air Quality Strategy which seeks to increase the £20 penalty charge for vehicle idling to bring it "into line with parking penalty charges, to provide a stronger deterrent and to encourage enforcement"?

• Reference: 2011/1252
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Will you be meeting Ministers to discuss the Government providing additional funding for the conversion of vehicles which fail to meet the requirements of the LEZ stage 3?

• Reference: 2011/1251
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

What success have you had with persuading the Government to extend the vehicle scrappage scheme to heavier vans, minibuses and taxis?