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• Reference: 2003/2379
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

What plans does London Underground have to use ultrasonic trains, such as are used on the national network, for track inspections? .

• Reference: 2003/2380
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

How much time is lost on overground Tube lines in London owing to leaves on the lines and what measures are being taken to contain this? .

• Reference: 2003/2381
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

There were news reports on Monday 8th December that TfL have been sending fines in error to people who entered the congestion charging zone owing to the closure of Tower Bridge between Friday 31st October and Wednesday 5th November because of the protest by David Chick. How many such fines have been issued in error and how many have been rescinded? .

• Reference: 2003/2382
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

In the light of last week's fire on the No436, is it safe to continue using bendy buses until the cause of the blaze has been fully investigated and established? .

• Reference: 2003/2383
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

Could the Mayor provide an update on progress made on the Crossrail project in 2003? .

• Reference: 2003/2385
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

Are you concerned that the Government may provide funding for some of the larger transport infrastructure schemes, such as new roads, whilst keeping spending on more human scale measures at the baseline? Have you considered that the result will be a distorted transport strategy which fails to deliver on cycling, walking, travelsmart, Safe Routes to School schemes and London wide traffic reduction? Would this unfortunate scenario reflect your failure to prioritise these human scale measures as strategic priorities and to sell them as big projects which are as essential as the infrastructure?" .

• Reference: 2003/2386
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

Does your planning team encourage the use of car clubs and car sharing in combination with promoting car free developments around transport interchanges? Do you agree that this is a more cost effective approach to traffic reduction? .

• Reference: 2003/2387
• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

A report by the European Union's Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia cites evidence that anti-semitic incidents in Britain have risen in accordance with events in the Middle East with criticism of Israel's politics on one hand and anti-semitism on the other. It also cites the spokesman for the Chief Rabbi stating the anti-Israeli bias of much media coverage here has made British Jews more vulnerable. Do you agree this is the case? .

• Reference: 2003/2388
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

Have you considered the option of downgrading the A3004 Richmond Road/St Margarets Road to a B road, instead of strengthening the Railshead Bridge so that it can take 40 tonne lorries as part of TfL's London wide bridge strengthening policy? Are you aware that this is a small, narrow back road that heavy vehicles don't tend to go down and many people in the local community are opposed to the bridge strengthening, not least because of the disruption to the popular H37 bus? .

• Reference: 2003/2389
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

Do you believe that strengthening bridges across London so that intercontinental lorries can use them, is a priority for TfL's restricted budget?" .