• Reference: 2011/0512
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Thank you for your answer to question 282 / 2011. I was pleased to hear that the work at the Hoe Street/Selborne Road has finally been finished. Following from your answer, my constituent would like to know: Why it took 18 months for the signs and traffic lights for cyclists to be sorted out at this junction? Why there was a lack of information to cyclists provided on site or via Waltham Forest Cycling group?

• Reference: 2011/0511
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

One of my constituents in Waltham Forest was recently pushed through the gates by a freeloader when she swiped in at Walthamstow Central. No staff was available at the gates to stop this from happening. She would like to know: Why the staff level at this already understaffed station has now been reduced even further? What measures have been put in place to ensure the safety of paying passengers at Walthamstow Central station?

• Reference: 2011/0510
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Will you join me and local Islington MPs in condemning plans by Royal Mail to shut Highbury Corner post office and merge it with the Upper Street Branch?

• Reference: 2011/0509
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

The newly installed cycle stands on Kingsland Road have been placed in clusters on the footway and are now taking up more footway space than before. Was the negative impact on the pedestrian flow along this busy road taken into consideration during the planning process?

• Reference: 2011/0508
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Brand new cycle stands were recently installed on the footways of Kingsland Road even though the old ones were only 1-2 years old. Will you please provide me with the costs involved in replacing the existing bicycle stands?

• Reference: 2011/0507
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Will you support Hackney cyclists who argue that the work to improve Kingsland High Street aimed to encourage the use of walking and cycling offers a great opportunity to introduce a 20mph zone on this red route similar to the trial zone on Camden High Street?

• Reference: 2011/0506
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

In answer to question 2096/2010, you replied that 'TfL's new bus specification provides a wheelchair space significantly in excess of the minimum legal requirements and should be capable of accepting most of the bigger wheelchairs currently available.' Judging by the many complaints about inaccessibility from wheelchair users who tried out the mock-up model, will you now agree that the prototype of the new bus fails to meet the needs of wheelchair users?

• Reference: 2011/0505
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Why is TfL preventing Islington Council from using its Local Improvement Plan (LIP) funding to keep the PlusBus service running?

• Reference: 2011/0504
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Since it was reopened with full MPS funding in April 2010: How many roadside checks of freight vehicles has the Commercial Vehicle Education Unit undertaken? In how many faulty cases have been identified?

• Reference: 2011/0503
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

In your letter to me about the Commercial Vehicle Education Unit of 11 January 2010, you said you were 'keen to look at all kinds of innovative solutions that will help improve safety for cyclists.' One of my constituents has suggested the installation of sensors and cameras on lorries as this measure is now more affordable and should be widely applied. Have you discussed the introduction of such equipment with the Secretary of State for Transport?