Environment, transport and clean air

Should TFL not start off with replacing all of the traditional lighting with LED lights, saving 80/90% on energy and also quite a lot on heat? More use of solar panels another option to reduce energy use. How much electricity is used running the night tubes that are 20% full, lighting the whole station and relevant signage? 

Can see many shopping centres, department stores in Central London all closing as people will not be able to afford to travel with all of these charges. Fancy using the tube with your arms full of shopping. Soon it will only be the rich who can travel in London with their cars. I fear for the SMEs as these additional costs will ruin them. EVs are not cheap and the lack of charging points (and time to charge) are all negative points. Is London ready for full scale EVs? methinks not.

I read somewhere that brake dust is almost as bad as car fumes, the article recommending that speed bumps be removed as one of the contributing factors. Intelligent Traffic Light Systems would do much to reduce congestion as too would be the removal of some of these ridiculously placed parking boxes. Councils should really look at the placement of these boxes, many of which block whole lanes, making 2 lanes into 1.

I have worked in the London Underground environment for nigh on 20 years and on many occasions, the air quality has been raised as an area of concern. Several years ago, we used to have the tunnel cleaning trains and, although it was impossible to do any 'night work' on the lines when running, I am sure that these trains did much to remove the dust, dirt and grime from these locations. Not sure if these were done away with due to the cost but I dread to think what people are breathing in every day when waiting for their tubes. I read various articles on various modern tube/MTR networks but it is hard to compare as the London infrastructure is so old.

Every night, we have hundreds of cleaners patrolling the lines and perhaps they could use those portable/vacuum like units to collect these particles, not sure. It has been suggested that the polution below is far higher than above? I don't really know but interesting though.

What is the reason for waiting until October 2021 to extend the ULEZ?

My sons school is on one of the most conjested sections of the North Circular so I'm interested in what impact the mayor thinks the expanded ULEZ will have on the North Circular itself?

As part of the clean air for schools reports it was recommended my sons school, via Barnet, take certain steps to protect the children but Barnet has been allowed to ignore all the recommendations. Who can help?

In an ideal world it would be better that children went to the nearest school to where they live. Unfortunately, the Greenwich Judgment of 1989 put paid to that idea so we have children (even many senior school ones) being ferried all over London by their parents in cars which then congest the roads twice a day. As someone who lives on the A222 in Bexley Borough we certainly notice the difference during the school holidays.

I also suggest that some traffic lights have a flashing amber light during night time as it is ridiculous at 2am to wait for two or more minutes at some junctions when there is no other traffic in sight. This sort of system is used in Berlin. It would also stop some pollution if you are not having to wait.

We need kinder driving and less traffic-streets intended for people to live on are becoming uninhabitable due to excessive use of Navigational apps,driving traffic up our,once, quiet streets.Driving is so aggressive and angry-drivers need to slow down and priority needs to be given to pedestrians and cyclists.Stop prioritising vehicles!!Let's plant more greenery on our roads and make them safe-this will encourage peope to walk more-at the moment London is not a pleasant place to walk around-even a stroll to the shops is a stressfull and depressing- experience-crazy drivers and litter and rubbish everywhere.It's bad for our mental health and for the health of our planet!!Please let's clean up our streets and enjoy a walk!!

A huge clamp down on use of private cars throughout London. City is so walkable ( an activity good for general health in itself). Alternative transport such a bicycle taxis can be available for people with mobility problems. 

What does "establishing London as a National Park City" actually mean? Is there any aspect of the Mayor's work around green spaces that could not be delivered through existing channels?

 Ensuring that cycling and pedestrians are a priority at road junctions and on the roads is crucial. Vehicle drivers think they own the roads we need to change that mindset. 

expand santander  bikes to past brixton towards streatham and beyond.

more cycle areas past oval - brixton is so dangerous for cyclist and pedestrians

more car free days in the city 

outpatients transport makes up a significant element of short car journeys we need a better solution 

much better recycling needed - more street recyclijng bins 

more school streets - no cars round schools 

I totally agree with and look forward to the ULEZ expansion. 

I would like less parking available for new homes, prioritising those that need it.

Electrifying buses makes sense but over time the ULEZ would greater educe pollution due to volume. 

It would be great if there were regular tree / shrub planting events that Londoners can attend.

Human caused climate change is undeniable and the air quality issue for human health very real. No scaremongering,  just plain science.

In my area we have the A23 - the most polluted road in London.  It is a very long road and mostly very wide - needs better planning - need real separated like north London (not rubbish white line -not safe from traffic) cycle lane all the way from Croydon to Kennington  - and/or why not  get creative and radical remove bussed and replace with a tram all the way with small bus routes off the main road - or continuations at the end of the tram route - too many different buses going the same way down the A23. Trams take more people a can be cleaner - hence limit the cars - use park and ride at various points.

Further, please do something about the Victoria line, the noise when sitting on it, is intolerable and I am sure it breaches permitted noise levels. I, like many others have to block our ears to prevent damaging our ear drums it is so bad.  How can this line, which is younger than most lines be so noisy compared with all other lines!

Stop taking over the railways. It matters not how good TfL might be, it's lack of funds means that the railways will be hit hard in the long run and TfL fails to understand the rules that govern National Rail services (which London Overground/Crossrail/TfL Rail are). Also sort out fares in London. Talk of freezing fares is nonsense when it costs £9.80 to use a paper return ticket on the Underground in Zone 1 only. It is cheaper for me to use SWR to get into London than it is to use London Overground (which is National Rail) and the Underground (a paper return ticket from Kew Bridge to London Terminals is £8.00 on SWR, it is £9.80 on LO from Gunnersbury to London Terminals, both being journeys from Zone 1 - 3).

Please help people to understand how bad is idling. Our school is ina  quiet area, but at drop of/collection time it's awful to see how many parents neglecting this and idling. Also please rethink the rules of the heating of living boats. In Southwark there are plenty and at Greenland and South dock it is be choking smoke on a windless days and there are plenty houses facing these. As far as I know they are free to use wood for heating. It would be great to see an improvement or scheme to change these to electric heaters. Also make more electric charging points please.

Please expand the ULEZ to cover all of London – here just north of the North Circular traffic is terrible, and people don’t use buses because the buses just sit in traffic... those wonderful new electric buses need fully functioning bus lanes! 

No idling signs and traffic officers posted outside schools across London would be welcome – parents genuinely don’t seem to be aware of the impacts of idling their engines and drop-off and pick-up times are terrible.

I am all for ULEZ expansion and wish it could actually happen sooner but have to say that I fear it will be a total fiasco if you don't have a robust charging infrastructure in place a year earlier. There are quite a few people that are keen to trade their current diesel for an EV but really concerned that they will not be able to reliably charge them. I can't blame them. If you don't have off street parking, at the moment, your charging options are slim. There needs to be a robust enough infrastructure to make the move a no brainer. To do that, you ought to have a fast charging centre in each neighborhood and the 7kWh trickle chargers that you have been installing on lamp posts need to be dedicated EV parking, or else they will keep being ICEd, as they currently are. You also need to do a proper information campaign because, at the moment, there is a lot of negative misinformation that has people scared at the prospect of going electric. Personally, I wish you also had the power to stop the sale of diesel passenger vehicles altogether.

Yes to 'No idling' signs - could there be one outside every school and community centre?

And yes to expanding parking wardens' authority to issue fines for idling.

Also, Can we plant more trees? Can some of the few remaining waste grounds be protected for tree planting rather than being sold for blocks of flats that no Londoners can afford to live in

Please spend money on: 

- 'No Idling' signs. Areas like New Park Road in Brixton are full of bad people sat idling their engines and toxifying the air for the local school

- Expand parking warden powers to issue fines for idling. 

These would save money, even make Money. 

The Mayor should increase funding of the Livable Neighbourhood and Healthy Streets programs. These are already delivering areas with lower pollution and less motor traffic but needs more funding to make a substantial difference across London. The Mayor should decrease funding of schemes that will create further growth in traffic such as the A3 Tolworth roundabout scheme. This will encourage cars and will worsen air pollution over the surrounding area.