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• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

Honestly, this is completely outrageous. You are spending your time in saying that any criticism, any scrutiny, which is our function, is a criticism of the Games coming to London. None of us is criticising the fact that the Games are coming to London. We are criticising that we will have to pay unfairly for this, for something which really ought to be paid for nationally. You are placing an unfair burden on many Londoners who really are not going to get any of the substantial benefits that you are describing.

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

Mr Mayor, we have constantly heard from you that London is subsidising the rest of the country to the tune of £20 billion a year. So do you not think that it would have been a relatively small return from the rest of the country to pick up this particular bill, given that in 1948 when the Games were last held in London, they were seen as something which was going to be of benefit to the nation and hence they were subsidised by the nation. Similarly, the Millennium celebrations were held in London but they were funded nationally. Do...

• Reference: 2002/0105-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 16 October 2002

Will Transport for London ensure that bus-operating companies are enabled to vary the length of their vehicles so that they are compatible with the roads on their routes? .

• Reference: 2002/0043-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 13 March 2002

In view of the current inadequacies in the provision of public transport, will the Chairman of TfL consider a more flexible approach to bus size and frequency so that it is more appropriate to the areas and residents concerned? .

• Reference: 2002/0033-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 13 March 2002

What consultation, if any, has the Chairman of TfL carried out to determine the type of bus people prefer? Will the Chairman comment on my own consultation of residents in my constituency concerning bus routes 406, 272 and 485 where residents have indicated a preference for small, less frequent buses rather than the large ones which it is proposed to redirect onto quiet residential roads? .

• Reference: 2002/0044-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 13 March 2002

There have been frequent complaints by my constituents who live along the route of bus H26 that it runs at unsociable hours, is unnecessarily frequent and causes great discomfort to residents alongside the route. How will the Chairman of TfL try to meet the objections of local residents? .

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 13 March 2002

Thank you very much for that. Everyone accepts that your bus strategy is beginning to work and that buses are running on more and different routes from before, but what this question is driving at is that to fulfil that part of your strategy, which says that everyone shall live within 400 metres of a bus route, does mean that hitherto quiet, suburban roads are being treated - if treated is the right word - to very substantial buses, in terms of size, which are suited to a more urban route rather than suburban route. If I can give you...

• Reference: 2001/0128-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 05 September 2001

Has any member of Transport for London staff raised with you any concerns about the viability of the Mayor's Transport Strategy, with particular regard to expanded passenger capacity, in the aftermath of the court ruling on PPP? .

• Reference: 2001/0168-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 05 September 2001

Will Transport for London ensure that before new bus operating contracts are let; there is a proper trial to ensure that the new easy access vehicles required can actually negotiate the route? .

• Reference: 2001/0169-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 05 September 2001

What progress is being made on enabling Piccadilly Line trains to stop at Turnham Green? .