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• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Susan Hall AM: Mr Mayor, there is real growing local support and a very positive campaign from the splendid Elliot Colburn MP [for Carshalton and Wallington]. Will you start to seriously consider the extension of the Overground from West Croydon to Sutton?

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Mr Mayor, in terms of going further, let us look at the ULEZ. The first phase came in in April last year. It has been a huge success and I really welcome its extension in October 2021, but I do have some questions about how the wider zone is going to operate. Firstly, it is going to go up to but not include the North and South Circular. I am wondering, will you consider revising the border to include the North and South Circulars?

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Susan Hall AM: First of all, bravo for those questions. Thank you very much, Assembly Member Arnold, for that. I am sure the Mayor is as surprised as I am - for once we will share an emotion - that the Assembly Member for Harrow and Brent did not even mention the wretched Metropolitan line, which has been a complete disaster for the last year. We have had nothing but trouble being turfed off trains and so on. Mr Mayor, I will ask you: are you happy with the service that -- Tony Arbour AM (Deputy Chairman): Hang on, Assembly...

• Reference: 2020/0932
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

How many times was the rapid charging point which is located in the Copper Box car park actually used for charging electric vehicles during the month of January 2020.

• Reference: 2020/0933
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

I understand that 43 charging points have been installed for charging electric buses at the Waterloo bus garage on Cornwall Road. Has any assessment been undertaken as to how frequently these charging points are used and whether they could be used for other vehicles such as Taxis at specific times of the day?

• Reference: 2020/0949
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

There have been media reports of cars being inaccurately charged for entering the Low Emission Zone, such as the report from the Guardian published on the 31 August 2019: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/aug/31/i-was-charged-20000-for-d… Please state how many occasions appeals against the Low Emission Zone by car drivers have been successful during 2019. If figures exist please provide a breakdown between UK and EU drivers.

• Reference: 2020/0934
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Please set out what evaluation Transport for London has made of the estimated cost of the Beckett Rankine proposal for a temporary road bridge alongside Hammersmith Bridge.

• Reference: 2020/0935
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

I understand that Dial-a-Ride bookings provide a 15 minute leeway for any booking. Please publish statistics showing how many bookings have exceeded this 15 minute margin during 2019.

• Reference: 2020/0936
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

The Centre for London, in their recent report on Building for a New Urban Mobility claim that: "Sadiq Khan set an objective to increase the share of public transport, walking & cycling from 65% today to 80% in 2041. Based on the rate of progress in the last 5 years, our forecast indicates that London will only reach the 80 per cent target in 2070." Do you agree with this prediction?

• Reference: 2020/0937
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 05 March 2020

Please explain how the Silvertown Tunnel will help fulfil your public pledge to make London carbon neutral by 2030?