The unions hate that the transport system is evolving
Posted by GLA Conservatives in Opinion
They’re against driverless trains, they’re against turning dead ticket offices into thriving retail units, now they’re against the night tube. The unions hate that the transport system is evolving and they oppose every money saving or revenue raising idea; ideas which would help lower fares and improve journeys for Londoners. This lot, with their anti-progressive attitudes, are only fast tracking their way to extinction.
£23m business rents from closed ticket offices should pay for passenger fares
‘Trio’ of tube reforms could create £839m fares reduction pot by 2020
Transport bosses need to embark on large scale programme of attracting businesses to London’s closed tube stations, according to GLA Conservative Gareth Bacon.
New figures released before City Hall’s regeneration committee show an extra £23m can be raised by 2020 if ticket offices are turned into retail space¹.
As part of a trio of essential tube reforms including fast tracking driverless trains and scrapping free travel passes for flatmates of TfL staff, a fares reduction pot of some £839m could be created in 5 years.²
£40m cash back for drivers by turning off traffic lights in London
Turning off traffic lights in London at night would slash vehicle emissions, wasted fuel, and journey delays – saving the Capital’s drivers millions of pounds every year.
A new report, “Green Light”, urges transport bosses and local authorities to assess road usage and traffic flow, and, where it is deemed safe, to turn off London’s traffic lights between midnight and 6am.¹
Switching off lights for the six-hour overnight period across 80 per cent of the Capital’s 2,532 relevant junctions would cut delays across the city by 2,251 hours every day – saving motorists £40m by 2020 in saved time and fuel.²
66k frontline workers punched, kicked, spat on, and even murdered
- Over 400 attacks every week on doctors, nurses, cabbies and receptionists
- Wearable GPS ‘panic button’ technology would protect essential workers and slash the multi-million pound workplace violence bill
65,970 workers in the UK have been attacked whilst on duty in the last three years, working out at over 400 incidents every week.1
A new report “Risky Business: Protecting frontline workers from attack whilst on duty” has collected FOI data from hospital trusts, emergency services, the transport sector and Government departments.
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London’s top bosses paid double compared to New York City
“London top official salaries should be comparable to New York”, as Transport Commissioner takes home £350k a year
Top London public sector managers are paid double compared to their New York counterparts, according to research carried out by GLA Conservative London Assembly Member, Andrew Boff.
London’s Transport Commissioner is paid almost £350k a year, compared to £120k for this equivalent in NYC.
Andrew Boff is urging for a comparative study to be conducted to help set pay rates for senior managers of the GLA Group.
One person hospitalised by London’s buses every day
London: 86 people have been hospitalised by bus collisions in just three months, working out to one hospitalisation a day.¹
Bosses at Transport for London have released the figures in response to specific recommendations in the report ‘Clear Road Ahead: Bus collisions and the need for transparency’.²
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- .@KemiBadenoch receives a petition from @WimbledonNews and local residents opposing Crossrail 2 proposals https://t.co/NxaZBxwhrI
- .@SteveO_Connell says TfL's financial commitment 'is a sign that this plan is being taken seriously' https://t.co/EQf2Sfzlmb
