Jenny Jones has responded to the London Mayor’s document: ‘Way to go!’,
She said:
"This document aims to outline the London Mayor’s future priorities for spending a £36 billion budget. It is good journalism, but poor policy making. I welcome the fact that he has pledged to continue with a set of transport projects which where already in place before he was elected mayor, but there are no big innovations which will benefit London’s environment, or make it a more affordable city. Schemes like the cycle corridors, the Velib style bike hire and hybrid buses, were already in the pipeline."
"It is the gaps in the new transport document which are most telling. There is no mention of the increased pollution that could be created by the abolition of the mid year inspections for taxis, or by the increased number of buses if the mayor goes ahead with the replacing bendy buses. There is no mention of the mayor having scrapped probably the biggest hydrogen vehicle purchase in Europe. He has also scrapped the £25 charge for gas guzzlers, whilst announcing above inflation fare rises. Whatever the mayor claims, it is clear that public transport passengers will be paying more, whilst drivers will pay less."