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• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

Going back to the line of questioning that my colleague, Tony Arbour, was pursuing. Would it not be at least sensible, if you were going to have to shed projects that did not find the money, to shed the ones that were least popular? Would it not be obvious to drop the West London Tram, given that it has not got popular support in the area where it is meant to be operating? It looks like it is going to be extremely expensive. Would that not be an obvious one to drop off your wish list?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

Can I draw your attention to the Eddington Report which I would not think gives much comfort to those of you who support the idea of a West London Tram. He has looked at heavy infrastructure projects to alleviate extra pressures and has pointed out that the cost of delivering them is likely to be very high which may well constrain the relative returns from such fixed infrastructure. Of course we know his report is directly on behalf of the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, and he will be taking that as a good argument against giving the kind of funding that...

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

No, because it probably is not!

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

I have the Department of Transport's road speeds in front of me. They are significantly lower now than they were ten years ago. Is it not the truth that your traffic measures, such as adding bus lanes wherever you can, and rephasing traffic lights quite consistently across London - you would no doubt tell me to benefit pedestrians - has slowed up traffic? While it may be true that fewer cars are coming into London there is as much congestion as there ever was which is why we are seeing gridlock back again. You are taking with one hand and...

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

Thank you, you might as well.

• Reference: 2006/0417-1
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

TfL's current philosophy for solving London's chronic traffic problems seems to be a mixture of road pricing, capacity reduction and modal shift. Would you agree that the current approach has been too heavy handed, and that not enough traffic policies focus on positive incentives?

• Reference: 2006/0445-1
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

Why are you removing the footbridge at Perryn Road on the A40, when your own statistics (London Road Safety Unit, 2003) show that pedestrian footbridges are overwhelmingly safer than pelican crossings?

• Reference: 2006/0446-1
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

You have stated that you are removing the pedestrian bridge at Perryn Road on the A40 primarily to provide disabled access, through means of a pelican crossing. Have you investigated the feasibility of modifying the existing bridge to make it more accessible, and have you also investigated the possibility of keeping the bridge, whilst still providing the pelican crossing?

• Reference: 2006/0447-1
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

Given that the current zone makes up only 1.3% of the Greater London area, and that Band G vehicles only make up 18% of the total, and that transport emissions only make up 21% of the total emissions output, and that emissions are not static, how effective do you think the proposed amendments will be in improving air quality and reducing carbon emissions?

• Reference: 2006/0448-1
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

Will the proposed amendments to the pricing structure of the congestion charge will applicable to all vehicles retrospectively, or only on vehicles manufactured from a certain date?