• Reference: 2008/1345
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

Further to your answer to Question 1106/2008, is it the case that the cost of a standard return between West Brompton and Hackney Central has risen from £3.40 to £8 (135 per cent) for a passenger paying for an individual journey in cash? Is it also the case that the cost of a return journey for that passenger between Wembley Central and Clapham Junction has increased by 50% from £4 and £6? If either is true, do you find this acceptable and will you act to change it?

• Reference: 2008/1344
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

Further to your answer to Question No: 1016 / 2008, and in view of the fact the Personal Travel Plans have been known to reduce car use by almost as much as congestion charging, can you explain what will be the results of the budget reduction you have announced?

• Reference: 2008/1343
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

In view of your response to Question 1010 / 2008, can you clarify whether the 540 Routemaster Mark 2 buses you will require (in order to deliver the same capacity as the existing 388 'bendy' buses) will be delivered as part of TfL's plan to deliver 500 hybrid buses by 2012, or will be subsequent and additional to that plan?

• Reference: 2008/1342
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

Do you support the installation of CCTV in the next generation of bus shelters?

• Reference: 2008/1341
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

Given the considerable challenge of replacing 388 "bendy" buses with 540 new Routemaster Mark 2 buses before 2012, will you prioritise withdrawing 'bendies' from routes involving narrow roads and sharp turns? Can you itemise your objections to operating articulated buses on long straight routes where there is high demand, such as the Old Kent Road, the Mile End Road, and Uxbridge Road?

• Reference: 2008/1340
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

Your letter of 20 May 2008 to Borough Councillors invited them to contact you on issues they would like to raise. What is your current average response time to letters sent to you by (a) councillors (b) Assembly members?

• Reference: 2008/1339
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

Will you ask TfL to consider introducing an orbital limited stop bus route between Wembley and Ealing via Park Royal, which is claimed to be Europe's largest single industrial estate?

• Reference: 2008/1338
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

What progress has been made towards the installation of a live-interactive bus-tracking system across London's bus network? What indications do you have about the cost and timescale for this work?

• Reference: 2008/1337
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

Please give an update on London Underground's plans to provide air-conditioning for Tube trains and an indication of what is now planned to mitigate high temperatures on the deep lines. What costs are indicated so far? Has an environmental impact assessment been done on the plans, and if so, what does it tell us?

• Reference: 2008/1335
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

Do you believe that the police should prosecute people who fraudulently claim council housing?