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• Reference: 2020/2617
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

London is now a much quieter place, with fewer workers in the daytime, fewer revellers in the night-time, and fewer tourists visiting the city. This has reduced the demand for taxi journeys to an unprecedentedly low level. What plans do you have to support the future viability of the taxi trade in London as demand changes?

• Reference: 2020/2618
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

The economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have highlighted the dangers of insecure employment. Most Transport for London (TfL) funded cycle instructors are on insecure contracts that left them unable to be supported by the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. What measures will you and TfL take to ensure that instructors are offered secure employment?

• Reference: 2020/2619
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Would the Non-Domestic Rates (Public Lavatories) Bill, currently making progress in Parliament provide any added relief to the GLA or constituent bodies, including Transport for London (TfL), for the cost of providing public toilet facilities?

• Reference: 2020/2620
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

In your answer to my question 2016/4556 you confirmed there were trials of zebra crossings at bus stop bypasses. In July 2018 Transport for London (TfL) issued a guidance document (titled: Pedestrian crossings at Bus Stop Bypasses) which set an expectation that, by default, bus stop bypasses should have zebra crossings. Could you confirm how many bus stop bypasses there are in London, and how many now have a zebra crossing?

• Reference: 2020/2621
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

In May 2020 Healthy Streets funding, including Local Implementation Programme (LIP) funding, for boroughs was paused. Could you, for each borough and programme (Liveable Neighbourhoods, Mini-Hollands, Borough Cycling, junctions etc.), provide details of: a) the investment you have provided to date for 2019-20 and 2020-21, and b) the original announced funding for 2019-20 and 2020-21?

• Reference: 2020/2622
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

In answer to my question 2020/1657 you responded with details on funding provided in tranches one to three of the Streetspace programme in summer 2020. Could you also provide the same information for schemes funded in tranches four to six including: a) identification number, b) borough, c) project name, d) number of schemes, e) Transport for London (TfL) funding request, f) intervention type, g) initial funding, and h) a summary of projects by borough and scheme type?

• Reference: 2020/2623
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Are you working with London Councils to expand the Freedom Pass eligibility criteria to include those with hidden disabilities such as autism?

• Reference: 2020/2624
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Thank you for your response to my question 2020/1012 on the modernisation of pelican crossings. Given that pelican crossings are no longer approved in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD), how are your prioritising their modernisation, and when will they all be replaced?

• Reference: 2020/2625
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

How many fines have the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) issued, by year, for the past five years for cars with illegible number plates?

• Reference: 2020/2626
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

The Crossrail project is reporting significant cost implications and schedule delays due to coronavirus and the need for ongoing physical distancing at their worksites. Future investments in London must also be reviewed so that they fit with the green recovery London needs. What discussions have Transport for London (TfL) had with RiverLinx about altering the contract or payments for the Silvertown Road Tunnel in response to these changes in circumstances and priorities?