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Mayor’s Question Time, May 2010 – Part Four: White Lines
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Continue readingMayor’s Question Time, May 2010 – Part Two: …And Overground
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Continue readingMayor’s Question Time, May 2010 – Part One: Going Underground
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Continue readingMayor’s Question Time – 01/10: And Finally…
Are you content to be known as a high fare Mayor? – John Biggs No, because it is quite obviously untrue. Some bus users might argue with that answer… I have received a number of …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time – 01/10: On The Tube
Traffic levels on the Sub-surface Lines. Announcement boards at Whitechapel. Jubilee Line compensation. Turning off escalators. The PPP Arbitration. Simultaneous closures of the Met and Jubilee Lines. Platforms at Neasden. LU and recycling. Ticket office …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time – 01/10: On The Buses
The new costs of the 18. Reducing bus services. Taking the 603 to the Royal Free. Differing seat heights. Bus emissions. Tendering articulated routes. Bus kilometres. Bus ramps. The end of the N159. Disability training. …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time – 01/10: Tramlink
The Tramlink on the Underground map. Extending the Tramlink. Why is the Tramlink System not always shown on the London Underground Map? Will this change when the East London Line link to West Croydon opens …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time – 01/10: The Overground and National Rail
Southeastern and overcrowding. Closure of Charing Cross. Saturday services on New Year’s Eve. PAYG Rollout on National Rail. Freedom Passes and the Rail Summit. Electrifying the GOBLIN and the cost of acquiring Rolling Stock. OEPs. …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time – 01/10: On the Roads
Countdown at crossings. Lane rentals. Road junctions in Lewisham. Five Ways Junction. Taxi drivers and delayed passengers. Red Route parking and conditions. Closing the Rotherhithe Tunnel. The Blackwall Tunnel. Speeding fines in Peckham. A406 road …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time – 01/10: In the Air and on Water
Thames Estuary Airport. Using the canals. The expansion of City Airport. Peruvian Wharf. Subsidising Clippers. Did you commission research into all possible alternatives for airport expansion to serve London, including at Manston Airport, before deciding …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time – 01/10: Crossrail
Crossrail’s Carbon Footprint. Business relocations. The business rate. The Royal Oak works. When will the carbon footprint of the Crossrail project be published? – Darren Johnson The Crossrail carbon footprint was first published in the …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time – 01/10: On Your Bike
Cyclists and roadworks. Cycle racks at Kennington. Cost of the cycle hire scheme. Now that the additional guidelines ‘providing for cyclists at road works’ have been adopted by Transport for London, will TfL veto any …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time – 01/10: TfL, Oyster and General Policy
Electric echarging points. Freedom Passes. Linking the Fares Finder and Journey Planner. The lack of a paper fares guide. TfL property in Enfield. Superhubs. The new 0843 number. Safer Transport Teams. TfL and political events. …
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