• Reference: 2007/0262-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

What is Transport for London doing to speed up plans to make the former Eurostar platforms at London Waterloo operational as soon as possible?

• Reference: 2007/0260-1
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

When Heathrow Terminal 5 opens, approximately 29,000 people will work there. TfL's decision to introduce no extra bus routes from Hayes (350), Southall (482) and Northolt in my constituency will prevent and discourage both commuters and customers from using public transport to travel to Heathrow from Ealing and Hillingdon. Would the Commissioner of Transport for London please reconsider his position?

• Reference: 2007/0259-1
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

Does the Commissioner believe that the 482 bus route is an entirely new route or an extended version of the 435?

• Reference: 2007/0258-1
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

Does the Commissioner believe that the 350 bus route is an entirely new route or an extended version of the H50?

• Reference: 2007/0257-1
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

How does the total capacity of 102 single deck bus journeys compare to the capacity of 56 double deck bus journeys?

• Reference: 2007/0256-1
• Question by: Richard Barnes
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

Does the Commissioner agree with the advice that I received from TfL that the 423 bus route is simply the H23 bus route renamed?

• Reference: 2007/0255-1
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

The Assembly's Transport Committee recently observed a team of Revenue Protection Inspectors greeting a succession of bendy buses. We were told that in a 2-hour period, the RPIs could expect to find 100-130 bus users without tickets and on every bus we saw a great number of bus passengers rush to escape from the bus as soon as they saw they would be checked. Unsurprisingly, it is difficult to ascertain quite how many passengers surreptitiously swiped their Oyster cards only after they had seen they would be checked. Is 100-130 bus users without tickets an acceptable figure?

• Reference: 2007/0254-1
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

The Oyster system and the Oyster online system are not properly integrated as they have different passwords, and it is not possible to check your journey history online if you have topped up your card at a station. When customers request information by email, they are told that it can take up to 5 days, which means it is actually quicker to get it by post. Does the Commissioner believe that this system is cheap, efficient or environmentally friendly?

• Reference: 2007/0253-1
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

Does the Commissioner believe that the Mayor is acting honestly in trumpeting the amount of money that TfL has given to London boroughs this year when, for the second year running, London boroughs have received a real terms cut in the amount of money Transport for London are providing them for improving the capital's roads and footpaths?

• Reference: 2007/0250-1
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

What are the extra costs involved in cleaning tube trains littered with free newspapers? Shouldn't the papers be charged for this?