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• Reference: 2018/0701
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 08 March 2018

Given the current financial situation of TFL, how will this impact on your capital investment programme?

• Reference: 2017/3467
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

Given the sweeping powers and far-reaching consequences of the decisions taken by Transport for London, would the Mayor not agree with me that, in the interests of the people of London, an Ombudsman with sole responsibility for TfL should be put in place to ensure the highest standards of integrity and accountability?

• Reference: 2017/3469
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

Further to a conversation with Deputy Mayor for Transport Val Shawcross and TfL Commissioner Mike Brown in the recent Plenary session of the London Assembly and a recent letter to Mike Brown, what are the number of vehicles and drivers for all TfL licenced PH operators with over 1,000 vehicles or 1,000 drivers?

• Reference: 2017/3470
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

On 22 August 2017, the Evening Standard reported that there were 6,057 violent and sexual offences on the capital's railways, tube trains and stations in 2016, compared to 5,137 the year before. In response, the Labour MP Chris Williamson has suggested that the introduction of women-only train carriages could combat the rise in sexual offences on public transport. I recall that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn mooted the same point, during his leadership campaign in 2015. Does this suggestion have your support?

• Reference: 2017/3471
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

To ask the Mayor why the phasing of the traffic lights both before and behind Marble Arch are set on such a short 'green man' phase. The current settings demand feats of athleticism on the part of local pedestrians not normally found in the general population.

• Reference: 2017/3472
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

Further to a conversation with Deputy Mayor for Transport Val Shawcross and TfL Commissioner Mike Brown in the recent Plenary session of the London Assembly, will you act to relieve the blight on residents living in Spout Lane North and near Harlington Fields from PH vehicles parking in residents bays and idling, littering and worse in these areas, as they wait for lucrative jobs at Heathrow Airport?

• Reference: 2017/3473
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

While there are more than two billion passenger journeys a year on the bus in London, numbers are in decline. Between 2014/15 and 2016/17, the number of passenger journeys made on buses dropped by six per cent. Traffic speeds in London have dropped from 9.8mph three years ago, to 9.2 mph today. Is the reason for the decline in numbers predominantly due to the rise in traffic congestion on the roads?

• Reference: 2017/3474
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

Why have TfL ignored the conclusions of the Jacobs Report which states that: "Virtually all taxi drivers are self-employed and would therefore have to bear the cost of a new vehicle themselves while at the same time seeing the value of their present taxi diminishing. With a new zero emission vehicle costing approximately £40,000, and a high proportion of drivers over the age of 50, there is a risk, even with mitigation, of an exit of drivers and vehicles from the market. Taxi drivers with older vehicles can: invest in new vehicles, including second hand that meet the age limit...

• Reference: 2017/3475
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

Was it TfL TPH's intended policy to drive taxi drivers out of business, given that a table in the Jacobs Report shows that the number of PH Drivers has grown by 67% in the period between 2005 when PH Licensing was completed (and TfL took over running the Taxi & PH Industry from the Met. Police) whilst taxi drivers have only grown by 4%, and the report states: "If data on the number of registered drivers is a good indicator of relevant market share, it would appear that taxis have been challenged by PHVs in London over the last decade...

• Reference: 2017/3476
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

What will be the punishment for TfL staff who do not comply with the instruction not to use the words 'ladies and gentlemen'?