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• 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?

• Reference: 2006/0449-1
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

Now that the Mayor has proposed varying the charge based on engine emissions, have TfL officers been asked to prepare plans for varying the charge depending on the time you enter the zone?

• Reference: 2006/0451-1
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

Will the cameras that are currently used to enforce the congestion charge be used to enforce the Low Emission Zone?

• Reference: 2006/0452-1
• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 06 December 2006

It is encouraging that TfL and Volvo are now addressing the problem of excessive noise, and I am encouraged that the cooling fan has been identified, and action is being taken. However, this is not the whole story, as the local Council and I are still receiving complaints about the low frequency noise of these vehicles, caused by the engine block and exhaust. Can you detail what further tests you are planning to carry out to address these further problems?

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 15 November 2006

We were assured at the time by the Mayor and everybody else that that was a robust costing. So you can imagine how depressed we feel when it turns out not to have been anything of the sort.