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• 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: 2003/2388
• 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?" .

• Reference: 2003/2390
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

Do you agree that TfL should only give money to future local Car Free Day events, if they support and promote permanent outcomes, such as roadspace allocation, or othe traffic reduction measures? .

• Reference: 2003/2156
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

What prospects are there for ticket inspectors on Tramlink to be provided with more visible uniforms that will heighten the profile of their activities so discouraging fare evasion and instilling public confidence in fare enforcement ? .

• Reference: 2003/2157
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

Network Rail has recently seen fit to cancel the contracts of their private maintenance contractors. What means are provided to TfL take to ensure that safety and public confidence in the maintenance of the track infrastructure on the London Underground are maintained at a high standard? What measures are available to TfL and London Underground Limited, under PPP, to take action should safety and maintenance standards slip below an acceptable standard ? .

• Reference: 2003/2158
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

What can the GLA do to lobby for increased legislative powers to expedite eviction of travellers who trespass on public and on private land? .

• Reference: 2003/2159
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

With TfL's identification of a thousand pinch points on the London road network, will you guarantee that traffic reduction measures will be automatically included as part of the package of solutions? How many of these congestion pinch points are within a half mile radius of the proposed Thames Gateway Bridge? Would the opening of the bridge make these pinch points better or worse? .

• Reference: 2003/2160
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 December 2003

Does the mayor support a code of conduct which allows elected representatives to reveal 'exempt' information where the representative believes this is in the public interest and/or where the information in question relates to an unlawful decision taken in private? .