Questions to the Mayor 22 November, 2018 ANSWERED QUESTIONS PAPER Subject: MQT on 22 November, 2018 Report of: Executive Director of Secretariat Quietways (1) Question No: 2018/2977 Caroline Pidgeon On 11 October 2018 a Mayoral press release stated: “Since becoming Mayor, Sadiq has already delivered 140km of new cycling infrastructure including 100km of new Quietway routes”. Please (a) list the sections of Quietways that you have built since you took office with start and end points and the distances of each, and (b) state your understanding of what the word “built” means on these routes. Does it include actual building, or does it also include signposting? Quietways (1) The Mayor Last updated: 28 November, 2018 The Quietways Programme has made significant progress during my Mayoralty, with Q1 (Waterloo to Greenwich) Q2 (Bloomsbury to Walthamstow), Q3 (Gladstone Park to Kilburn), Q5 (Oval to Clapham Common), Q6 (Wanstead to Barkingside), Q14 (Southwark to Tower Bridge Road), Q15 (Belgravia to Earls Court) and Q22 (Stratford High Street to Newham Way) now open and many other route sections being completed. I have provided you with a list below of start and end points of Quietway routes that have had sections constructed since I came into office, along with the combined length in kilometres. ‘Built’ means sections of the route that have been completed and signposted so that they can form part of the Quietway network. Route Section Km built Stratford High St to Beckton High St 5.3 Ladbroke Grove to East Acton 3.8 Greenwich to Thames Barrier 2.4 Thames Barrier to Woolwich 2.3 Woolwich to Thamesmead 5.3 Thamesmead to E and O Warehousing 2.3 Grand Union Canal 10.8 Richmond Park to Teddington 4.2 Clapham Common to Earlsfield 2.6 Earlsfield to Wimbledon 3.5 E&C to Dulwich 3.8 Dulwich to Crystal Palace 0.2 Regent’s Park to West Hampstead 1.4 Kilburn to Gladstone Park 1.4 Oval to Clapham 3.7 Clapham Common to Tooting Common 1.7 Tooting Common to Norbury 2.8 Norbury to West Croydon Station 2.0 Victoria Park to Wanstead Flats 2.3 Wanstead Flats to Barkingside 7.3 Bloomsbury to Walthamstow 9.1 Waterloo to Greenwich 0.6 Greenwich Park to Catford Station 0.8 Catford to Lower Sydenham 1.2 Bermondsey to Peckham 0.1 Peckham to Catford 0.9 Greenford to Pitshanger Park 1.8 Thames Path to Queen Elizabeth Hospital 0.9 Woolwich Town Centre Spur 2.9 Wimbledon to Raynes Park 1.9 CS3 to Barking Town Centre 0.9 Greenwich to Falconwood 4.6 Falconwood to Bexleyheath 0.4 Kentish Town to St Pancras 1.6 Hyde Park to Belgravia 1.1 South Kensington to Hyde Park 0.4 Wellington Street 0.9 Hoxton to Broadway Market 1.5 West Smithfield to Barbican 1.3 CS6 to Moorgate 2.0 Bute St/Harrington Rd to Imperial College Rd/Exhibition Rd 0.6 Dovehouse St/Cale St to Royal Ave/St Leonard’s Terrace 1.1 Kensington Court to Harrington Gdns 1.4 Brompton Cemetery/Old Brompton Rd to Bute St/Harrington Road 1.4 Kings Rd/Oakley St to Albert Bridge 0.4 Blackfriars to Tower Bridge Road 2.1 Hackney Road to Calvert Ave 0.9 Cornwall Road 0.6 Rotten Row and the Broadwalk 2.6 Horse Guards Road 1.3 Rivington Street 0.5 Quietways (2) Question No: 2018/2978 Caroline Pidgeon What mileage of the Quietway routes delivered since 2016 was already part of the London Cycle Network? Quietways (2) The Mayor Last updated: 28 November, 2018 Since January 2016, a total Quietway network of over 120km has been constructed. 40km of this network has been adopted from the London Cycle Network (LCN) with improvements being made to bring the route up to Quietways standards where necessary. Quietways (3) Question No: 2018/2979 Caroline Pidgeon How much has been spent on the Quietway programme since you came to office? Quietways (3) The Mayor Last updated: 28 November, 2018 From the beginning of May 2016 to halfway through the 18/19 financial year, Transport for London has invested £46m in the Quietways network (which includes the Central London Grid). Cycle Superhighway programme Question No: 2018/2980 Caroline Pidgeon How much has been spent on the Cycle Superhighway programme since you came to office? Cycle Superhighway programme The Mayor Last updated: 28 November, 2018 From the beginning of May 2016 through to halfway through the 18/19 financial year, Transport for London has invested £56m in the Cycle Superhighways programme. TfL expenditure on cycling Question No: 2018/2981 Caroline Pidgeon How much was spent on cycling in the financial year 2017/18? TfL expenditure on cycling The Mayor Last updated: 28 November, 2018 Officers are drafting a response TfL expenditure on cycling The Mayor Last updated: 22 January, 2019 Transport for London (TfL) spent £90m on cycling in 2017/18. While this is less than the yearly average set out in TfL’s 2017 Business Plan, this is because a key focus for TfL has been on designing the next generation of high quality schemes, along with the development of a comprehensive network of routes and safer junctions. A number of these schemes are now approaching construction, and a major increase in spending is planned in 2019. Cycle Superhighway 6 Question No: 2018/2982 Caroline Pidgeon TfL’s website states: “The Cycle Superhighway 6 (North-South) opened fully in September 2018”. However, part of the scheme consulted on - the northbound segregated track between Charterhouse Street and Greville Street - has not in fact opened and no work has taken place to deliver it. When will this section be completed, or has it been abandoned? Cycle Superhighway 6 The Mayor Last updated: 28 November, 2018 As described during the public consultation for CS6, carriageway space on Farringdon Road between Charterhouse Street and Greville Street is temporarily limited by Crossrail construction hoardings. During this period, vertical wands have been provided adjacent to the hoarding to separate southbound cyclists from traffic. Although the Crossrail works are continuing longer than originally expected, it is still intended to deliver the final CS6 scheme as planned. Cycle Superhighway 9 Question No: 2018/2983 Caroline Pidgeon When, if at all, will a decision be made on Cycle Superhighway 9, following the consultation in September and October last year? Cycle Superhighway 9 The Mayor Last updated: 28 November, 2018 Transport for London (TfL) is continuing to work alongside the London Boroughs of Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham on aspects of the CS9 design. Once this design process is complete, TfL will publish the consultation report and responses to the issues most commonly raised, which will outline the next steps and updated timescales for the project. TfL is aiming to publish the report by the end of this year. Cycle Superhighways Question No: 2018/2984 Caroline Pidgeon How much has been spent by TfL to advertise and promote the new Cycle Superhighways since they opened in May 2016? Cycle Superhighways The Mayor Last updated: 28 November, 2018 Cycle Superhighway 3 (CS3) and Cycle Superhighway 6 (CS6) were partially opened in May 2016 along with Cycle Superhighway 1. At this time approximately £220,000 was spent on advertising using a mix of on-street posters, door-drop leaflets in the vicinity of the routes, press advertising, emails and social media. Since then, £280,000 has been spent promoting these routes to encourage their use. This included launching the completion of CS6 recently, using press ads, door drops, on-street posters, radio, targeted digital ads, emails and social media. The Cycle Superhighways campaigns have contributed to 52% of Londoners agreeing that ‘the advertising makes me want to walk or cycle more’ (up from 37% in April 2017). This is part of Transport for London’s (TfL) wider investment in creating streets where people choose to walk, cycle and use public transport, funded through the £2bn Healthy Streets Portfolio included in the TfL Business Plan. Class172/0 diesel trains Question No: 2018/2985 Caroline Pidgeon Have the negotiations between Arriva Rail London (ARL) and West Midlands Trains (WMT) been concluded and can you now state when each of the seven remaining Class172/0 trains will transfer from ARL to WMT? Class172/0 diesel trains The Mayor Last updated: 28 November, 2018 Arriva Rail London initially arranged to extend the lease of the remaining six diesel trains until 9 December 2018, by when it was expected that the new electric trains would have been introduced. However, discussions are at an advanced stage for this to be extended further so that the diesel trains continue to be available until after the new electric trains enter passenger service. Despite intensive efforts by Transport for London (TfL) up until the deadline for return, the spare seventh train had to be released on Friday 10 November to be overhauled before being redeployed elsewhere in the country. Class710 electric trains Question No: 2018/2986 Caroline Pidgeon In January 2019 the delivery of the first of these trains to Arriva Rail London will be one year overdue. Has TfL any firm idea when these trains will begin carrying passengers? Class710 electric trains The Mayor Last updated: 28 November, 2018 Bombardier Transportation, the manufacturer of the new electric trains, has told Transport for London (TfL) that, subject to further successful software development, the new trains should begin entering passenger service in the second half of December. TfL and I share your frustration at these continuing delays and TfL is fully focused on ensuring Bombardier delivers the trains as quickly as possible.