People's Question Time Online

Powered two wheeler riders are the most vulnerable road users in London. Making up 20% of all fatalities despite being 1% of all journeys. Shockingly the number of powered two wheeler fatalities has increased by over 50% in the last year. What is being done to make the roads safer for powered two wheeler riders?

We've seen how this Government have treated with utter contempt, the Mayor of Greater Manchester and its people.

There are now reports that they will be targeting London next with threats of Mr Schnapps taking over and imposing an extended congestion charging zone, increase in council tax, raising fares, etc...

It is quite ironic that Mr Johnson is looking to impose this when he removed the extension in order to gain votes. It's also quite silly as we are being told to avoid public transport as much as possible yet this measure will see an increase in people using the tube. I'm so uncomfortable using the tube at the moment because I want to protect my parents so I walk as much as possible or drive them to the shops, etc.

The government seems to be dangling the bailout and tagging these conditions which would impact small businesses, residents, transport etc especially during a pandemic. And it appears to be doing this for political reasons too.

You've already stated that there will be no hike in fare prices however, how do you propose to fight them on the extension of the congestion charge? 

And if the congestion charge extension is to go ahead, will you be reinstating the residents discount? 

When will the resident discount for congestion charge be implemented again ?

I am a midwife and my husband a nurse. We live in the congestion zone and have done for many years.

We did not have a need for a car until recently. 2 children under 4years, we are both working full time and extremenly hard. We need a car and cant afford to pay congestion charge every day.  Please give key workers who live in the congestion zone the discount. I hate using the tubes to go to work in these times and carry the virus to the vunerable mothers and newborns. There is no room on the tubes to social disctance it is a hazard for hospital workers

What is the mayor going to do to support borough councils for rolling out EV charging points?

I live in an apartment building with no provision of charging points. The nearest EV charging point is 25 mins walk away. 

Will the mayor support proposals or even monetary support to councils to increase the number of charging points? 

As there is no button to click to ask a question, I am asking my question on this comments page.

Question: Were the wands, bus stop pontoons and the removal of business and disabled parking bays on the A24 consulted on, impact assessed and risk assessed before implementation?

And if not, why not?

Good evening to the Mayor and other readers, I am using this space as I have not found another option.  As a 71 year old who is being extremely careful not entering any closed spaces. The mayor is committing a grave error and punishing people by wanting to extend the congestion zone ! You, the mayor are planning to isolate ue even more by taxing us and anyone who needs to visit us even for an emergency! For someone who is a member of the Labour Party . I am all for environmental  safety .

Secondly the area of Finchley Central and Temple Fortune has an extremely high rate of infection though I don't enter closed spaces shops etc., Even so people can carry infection.

what are you doing to ensure that guidelines are followed everywhere ? Talking to the government is one thing but the expectation that the police can cope on their own is another.  One can talk the talk but doing is something else

Streetspace is an important initiative, but it's being patchily implemented by the boroughs. What are you doing to ensure that the boroughs work together to create a joined up network of safe cycle and walking spaces? And how are you ensuring that cycle routes adhere to best practices (the ones in Harrow for example, are much lower quality than the ones in Camden).

Also, the boroughs had big, shovel-ready transport plans to make our streets safer and quieter, under the TfL Local Implementation Plans. My street - a dangerous rat run - for example, was going to be made into a safe 20mph zone. But that's now on hold. When will those funds be released?

Dear Mayor

As many Londoners I have been affected by the Covid 19 particularly financially, luckily still healthy at present. I work for the NHS so I am a key worker and I have never stopped working. On the other hand, my wife is trying to start a new business, she works from home and her business has been heavily affected . She still has not been able to start earning and her income is practically null.  I cycle to work every day and my wife works from home, but we have a car and we pay tax and insurance the same as other people who use the car on a daily basis. We practically usa the car when on holidays or very rarely during the weekend, even if most of the time we walk or cycle.

I would propose a way to pay the road tax and insurance with a very reduced form, maybe tracking vehicles and so on. The tracking could be installed by MOT garages or so. Involving people not to use cars would have a number of beniits for London in many ways.

Whos clever idea was it to block all the roads and stop traffic from using side roads around London?. The 1 hour journey to visit my nan has been DOUBLED,causing issues with travelling with a young baby. 

The cycle lanes need to go due to the fact that i have seen the emergency services struggling to get through. Peoples lives could be in danger and the emergency services are being slowed down by the road changes.

Are these changes reversible ? 

I appreciate the intention & effort to improve London's air & reduce traffic. However I find that the imposition of the streetscape cycle lanes with many 'no left' or 'no right' turns for vehicles has increased traffic & journey times which does not improve air quality.

The space for emergency vehicles to pass safely has been reduced significantly.

Surely we must all learn to share the roads, cyclists, cars, delivery vehicles taxis, mopeds as well as electric scooters.

Since the introduction of cycle lanes with restricted left/right turns I see junctions which were not hazardous, become a hazard. I am a cyclist as well as a driver. At certain junctions cyclists are not stopping at red traffic lights but blaze on, ignoring signals. Traffic signals create a flow as well as gaps for vehicles to turn left/right safely - but not if cyclists jump lights.

In the streetscape programme it says there are 'black spots' for cyclists, but it avoids mentioning where specifically. Not every left/right turn is a black spot but I fear that streetscape cycle lanes will create them.

Streetscape cycle lanes on red routes are challenging local businesses. People can not pick up goods which may be too heavy to carry. There is no place for them to stop for even 20 minutes. This system assumes that everyone is able-bodied and can carry any-sized purchase. A business needs space to load/unload merchandise near their premises, and not create more congestion in side roads.

There are no spaces for disabled/blue badge holders to stop near chemists, doctors surgeries & restaurants. This creates & increases stress for these residents. The consequences are an appalling & disappointing step backwards in London's transport system.

Please remove what has been put in place & start again. Future electric cars & electric delivery vans will still need road space, alongside cyclists. We need to create a shared road space that can be used respectfully by everyone.

I am a born and bred Londoner, and I live and work in London.

We are entering a new era by leaving the Europpean Union, and it is important that we are viewed as a modern progressive city, where mulinational companies will vist and form trade links.

What is the purpose of destroying the road system in London, which only ensures that it is almost impossible to get around, and that incoming businessmen will get so frustrated that they will no ;onger visit.

The road system is being turned into one continuous bike lane, where it should be being groomed to carry only electric cars.

I cannot see incoming businessment cycling round london to their meetings, nor would I at my advance age consider getting on a bicycle.

If TFL thinks that the roads are too conjested, then stop licencing companies like Uber, which will immediately result in an enormuos reduction in the traffic flow.

I would like the Mayor to tell us his strategy for increasing the availability of EV charge points across the capital, especially in areas of high social housing, where the lack of such points is holding back many people from joining the e-revolution.

Thanks

What is the long term plan in regards to congestion charge...will the current times be a permanent change or will there be an adjustment.

When is this awful "Waze" removed from the collaboration with TFL: It creates havoc in conservation areas and - combined with those Uber cabs - causes a huge nuisance to hitherto quiet areas.

STOP WAZE

We have been advised by Boris Johnson to avoid public transport and use personal vehichles if possible but then ULEZ and congestion prices are going up? i strongly think this is the government thinking about the community financials instead of the welfare for its inhabitants.

How is this meant to be effetctive when people are already financially struggling due to lack of jobs?

I'd like to know if the mayor is closing all these roads in all the different boroughs of London calling them LTN's which is causing so much traffic which in turn is causing so much more pollution to be able to say in a few months time to reduce the pollution (Which he's caused) we need to bring in a congestion charge between the North and south circular along with the ULEZ in 2021. In the meantime people like myself who suffer from lung problems are struggling to go to places like supermarkets as the main roads are so congested and the emissions from idling cars are too much making ot hard for people like myself to breathe. Is this the plan, if so in the meantime peoples health ar suffering  

Emergency vehicles noise levels. Since working from home from the past months, I have noticed that the noise levels of these vehicles are extremely high, really disturbing and causing noise pollution. I understand the purpose behind this high level of noise and I appreciate the work done by our NHS but I am sure that multiple ways can be found in order to reduce that noise (see other big cities, New York, Paris etc.) Also, this does not happen only at day, but during the night as well where it woke us up lots of times. As more and more people are working from home, I will ask the mayor to please reconsider the noise levels of these vehicles and reduce it accordingly in order to achieve their purpose on getting to their destination faster in the most efficient and "quiet" way.