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  • Lessons Learned from Beijing (Supplementary) [4]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2008
    Just watching the Games you got the impression that it was a very top-down operation. Obviously the authorities in Beijing were able to direct the activities of their population, even down to telling them that they could only protest in one particular park and that type of thing. London, as you know, is very much more complex and rebellious than that. What plans have you got in place to ensure the Games can take place without making it a completely claustrophobic event for the people who have to live and work here?

  • Olympic Route Network (Supplementary) [3]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 10 October 2006
    Are you planning for the possibility that Crossrail might be being constructed at the same time as the Games or are you effectively leaving that out of the equation, saying, `Well, it is probably going to happen afterwards'?

  • Olympic Route Network (Supplementary) [5]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 10 October 2006
    Thank you. The Mayor tells us that he expects one in five Londoners to go away during the Olympics. I am not quite sure whether that is the sort of target you would have in mind. Is that something which you are relying on?

  • Olympic Route Network (Supplementary) [6]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 10 October 2006
    I was talking more about construction than completion because a lot of the work for Crossrail at its eastern end would be close to the Olympic Park and if it was taking place at the same time that would provide you with extra challenges that you would need to overcome. Is that something you are planning for?

  • Olympic Route Network (Supplementary) [7]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 10 October 2006
    And you are satisfied the bus lanes have the capacity to be able to take this extra traffic and not disrupt the bus service?

  • Olympic Route Network (Supplementary) [8]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 10 October 2006
    You told us that you have got 240 kilometres of Olympic Route Network planned. How much of that is based on existing bus lanes and how much of it is going to be new work, effectively?

  • Olympic Route Network (Supplementary) [9]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 10 October 2006
    During the Games?

  • Olympic Route Network (Supplementary) [10]

    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 10 October 2006
    Finally, with the Chair's indulgence, obviously we would like to encourage people to use cycling or walking to get to the Games where possible. I note the Mayor has refused to rule out the possibility that bicycles may be banned from the Olympic Park, public cycles anyway, because there might be a security risk around taking them in there. Is that something that you have considered or come to a conclusion on yet?

  • Olympic Route Network

    • Reference: 2006/0246-1
    • Question by: Roger Evans
    • Meeting date: 10 October 2006
    The successful movement of the Olympic Family will depend on the 240 km Olympic Route Network. Given the current congestion in central and east London, what projections have you made of future traffic growth, and what plans do you have to ensure efficient traffic control during the Games?