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  • Cycle Superhighways

    • Reference: 2020/1046
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    What do you plan to spend on constructing and installing cycle superhighways, cycle quiet-ways and other cycle routes in the financial year 2020/21?

  • Advertising on the Underground

    • Reference: 2020/1054
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    In February 2020, you awarded £500,000 worth of free advertising on the London Underground to hosiery brand ‘Nubian Skin’. Their campaign features men and women in nude-toned underwear. What is the difference between this campaign and the Protein World’s ‘beach body ready’ adverts, which featured a fitness model in a bikini, which you banned in June 2016?

  • Taxi and Private Hire Trade (1)

    • Reference: 2020/1055
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    Since your mayoralty journey times in taxis have increased significantly, this is attributed to the fact that so many roads are now inaccessible to taxis. Do you acknowledge that taxi drivers are at the coal face and passengers are taking their frustration out on drivers for increased journey times and this is causing poor mental health for London's taxi drivers?

  • Taxi and Private Hire Trade (2)

    • Reference: 2020/1056
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    Since your mayoralty, journey times in taxis have increased significantly, this is attributed to the fact that so many roads are now inaccessible to taxis. Do you acknowledge that passengers are disputing the cost of the fares due to increased journey times and in an attempt to defuse any hostility, many taxi drivers are charging much less than what is shown on the taximeter? However, by trying to defuse these conflicts, taxi drivers are putting themselves in financial hardship when charging less than the metered fare - what advice can you offer?

  • Taxi and Private Hire Trade (3)

    • Reference: 2020/1057
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    Do you accept that your taxi policy has caused a deterioration in the overall mental health of taxi drivers?

  • Taxi and Private Hire Trade (5)

    • Reference: 2020/1059
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    In my experience from talking to taxi drivers, most of the taxi trade agree that your taxi & private hire action plan has failed. Do you agree and understand the frustration of taxi drivers?

  • Taxi and Private Hire Trade (6)

    • Reference: 2020/1060
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    What type of taxi service is your preferred choice in the future, is it a service where taxis are hailed directly from the street, or is it a service where taxis are booked on demand via an App?

  • Taxi and Private Hire Trade (7)

    • Reference: 2020/1061
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    Do you believe that app companies are operating on the wrong side of the employment laws, and if so, how are you going ensure that app companies who TfL licence are compliant with all laws?

  • Diesel

    • Reference: 2020/1062
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    In the last Plenary meeting of the London Assembly, Commissioner Mike Brown stated that there were three sub-standards within Euro 6 standard for diesel vehicles, some of which were not clean. What are the implications of this for your policies on the bus fleet, private hire vehicle licencing, ULEZ, LEZ, and Via Van and other on-demand bus services which use Euro 6 diesel vehicles?

  • King’s College

    • Reference: 2020/1063
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    How much has TfL paid in total to King’s College with regard to research on air quality since you took office on 8th May 2016?