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• Reference: 2005/0070-1
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Eurostar - links with other transport modes The design of the new Stratford International station for Eurostar is such that it will involve passengers in a 500 metre walk to reach the Stratford public transport interchange for Tube, DLR and bus. What plans does TfL have to overcome this ludicrous situation - can some kind of transit shuttle be built?

• Reference: 2005/0075-1
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Why is the Oyster Pre-pay peak-hours discount only available on buses with conductors? How many routes are therefore excluded from the discount and what is this as a percentage of all bus routes?

• Reference: 2005/0079-1
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

Can you comment on the latest fire on one of the Mercedes articulated buses - were we not assured in the spring of 2004 that the problem that caused three fires on these vehicles previously had been overcome?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 17 March 2004

A small point, returning to this question of the utilities infrastructure and whether you are in this rich mix of cooks and broths and magic wands talking to the regulators, Ofcom, Ofgem and all the other `ofs', because in the old days the utilities, the phone, gas and electricity companies would have been able to put the infrastructure in ahead of demand. Now they are working on a private model they can only put the investment in if there is a sure payback, unless the regulators tell them they have to do that. So are the regulators part of this?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 17 March 2004

I saw that the LDA was putting a grant into some electricity substation, I cannot remember the details, and I thought `why is the LDA paying for electricity infrastructure?'

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 17 March 2004

As long as the money is coming back, because they are going to make money using it.

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

Thank you. Could I ask the Commissioner first whether he is happy with the quality of TfL budgeting in the London Underground area, given that there are some huge swings? Central Services with £72 million unspent, for example. Are you happy with how they are now managing the resources?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

I noted the near £100 million projected underspend on the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts and the PPP contracts, but, ever attempting to be fair, was not going to hold you responsible for the whole of that. Just one supplementary on that point before I return to the Mayor. The fines that are being levied - I think the note I have here is £32.2 million fines due to TfL from Metronet and Tube Lines - that is presumably not budgeted for. You do not budget for fines, so how does that interact in terms of the fines for the...

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

Where is that money going to? Because you are not, presumably, budgeting to have fine income come in. Where is that resource going to be deployed?