Agenda item

To receive the draft minutes of the Streets and Walkways Sub Committee meeting held on 28 May 2019.

The Committee received the draft public minutes of the Streets and Walkways Sub Committee meeting held on 28 May 2019.

MATTERS ARISING

Museum of London Public Realm Project (page 15) – A Member reported that he had attended a consultation meeting on the Museum of London project last week and was concerned that were no proposals for Public Realm, pedestrian movement and road closures within the presentation. He added that, to his mind, this was an essential part of the project and sought reassurance from Officers that it was therefore being properly integrated. The Director of the Built Environment undertook to update Members on this matter in writing.

Dockless Bikes (page 14) – A Member questioned progress around the dockless bike hire trial and asked how many bikes from operators not participating in the trial had been confiscated by enforcement officers to date. She went on to question how this message was being communicated to those operators not selected to form part of the trial.

The Transportation and Public Realm Director reported that there were currently 30 bikes in store and that talks were being held with the relevant operators around how they might retrieve these and also ensure that their bikes are not operating within the City boundaries going forward. He confirmed that no fees had been charged for the recovery of the bikes to date and that Officers were placing more emphasis on reducing the presence of other operators in the City at present.

A Member questioned who was deemed to be at fault (the hirer or the operator) if a bicycle was hired outside of the City but then left here after a journey had been completed.

Another Member stated that the vast majority of people were unaware of where the City boundaries were and to therefore only permit two bicycle operators to operate within the City was, in his view, a problem of the organisation’s own making.

The Chairman reported that a report providing Members with a full update on the trial to date, alongside enforcement and other related matters would be submitted to the next meeting of this Committee.