Mayor of London Transport Strategy - Consultation Process - How many aware within LB Bexley?

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Dear Bexley Borough Council,

It has become apparent that many organisations and members of the public in LB Bexley were not aware of the recent consultation into the Draft Mayor of London Transport Strategy.

Please explain the steps that Bexley Council took with TfL to make the public aware of consultation into the Draft Mayor of London Transport Strategy.

(1) What publicity was undertaken across LB Bexley by TfL and by LB Bexley?

(2) What was published that explained the Draft Strategy and the consultation process and how were these made available?

(3) What steps were taken to try to ensure a balanced cross-section of the public was made aware of the process?

(4) Where were leaflets distributed, and how was this decided?
What analysis suggested this would lead to a fair and balanced distribution across the community?

(5) What steps were taken to ensure that hard-to-reach sections of the community, such as those who travel exclusively by private car, were made aware of the consultation process and encouraged to participate in it?

(6) What consultation discussions took place between LB Bexley and TfL over how this process would operate?
To what extent was the council consulted over the detail of the consultation, and what views did it express?

(7) Is the council happy with the consultation process?
Was the council happy that the online questionnaire was so flagrantly biased?
Was the council happy that were responders allowed to pick as many as they chose from an uncosted wish-list?

(7) What steps were taken to inform and involve organisations likely to have an interest?

(8) What programme of meetings was organised?
Did Bexley Council ask TfL to attend meetings of the council's Neighbourhood Partnerships, and how many did receive reports on the consultation from TfL?

(9) How many meetings took place within LB Bexley between TfL and the council as part of the consultation process?
What about with local groups in LB Bexley?

(10) What pre-consultation took place with interested parties to ensure that the process was fair and balanced?

(11) Does the council support a MTS consultation on the Draft Mayor of London Transport Strategy that offers so little for the driver - private motorist or professional driver of taxi, minicab, van, lorry or bus?
How important are private drivers in the overall use of transport in Bexley?
Has the council expressed concerns over this unfair and unbalanced aspect of the consultation process?

(12) Does the council support a MTS in which the promotion of cycling within the draft MTS does not also include warnings on the dangers of this mode?
Does the council support the proposition that a mass switch to cycling would be beneficial justified, and on what evidence?

(13) Does the council support a MTS consultation in which costings of various suggestions were not put forward, so that the public could see how much tax each would entail?

(14) Does the council support a MTS consultation in which there was no question on the level of subsidy that each mode should receive?

(15) Does the council support a MTS consultation in which no question is asked as to whether the users of a mode should bear all, most, some or whatever proportion of the costs of providing that mode?

(16) What representations has or will the council make regarding the consultation process into the Draft MTS as a result of this enquiry or otherwise?

Yours faithfully,

Ruthlyn Black

Freedom of Information, Bexley Borough Council

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Grosvenor, John, Bexley Borough Council

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Dear Ruthlyn Black,

Please find the attached response and attachments from the London
Borough of Bexley.

Yours sincerely,

John Grosvenor
Local Studies Librarian and Freedom of Information Officer
London Borough of Bexley
Local Studies and Archive Centre,
Townley Road,
Bexleyheath,
Kent. DA6 7HJ
Tel: 020 8303 7777 ext 3369
DDI 020 8836 7369
Fax: 020 8304 7058
[email address]

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