"I support this brilliant campaign.

"We need Dutch road design and Dutch rules, which give legal priority to vulnerable road users. That means standing the current Mayor's policy on its head and giving priority to cyclists and pedestrians, rather than vehicle drivers.

"The current Mayor has refused to give positive backing to 20mph being the default speed limit. As the next London Mayor I would ensure that 20mph is the norm where Londoners live, work and shop."

The petition calls on the mayoral election candidates to commit to more people-friendly streets and continental-standard cycle facilities in the capital.

Jenny Jones commented:

"I cannot believe this bid was properly assessed on environmental grounds. It's the sort of decision that makes a joke of the ‘greenest Games' promise, which is unfair on those who worked hard on achievements like the new wetland park.

"British businesses could deliver tickets from just down the road or train line, it's crazy to fly them across the Atlantic with all the resulting carbon emissions."

The Mayor's revised cycle safety plan comes after Jenny published statistics showing that whilst cycling is safer than it was in 2000, it is not safer than it was in 2007/08.

Jenny Jones has responded:

"We know that cycle safety is the big problem which puts Londoners off jumping on their bikes and this review of challenging junctions is something which the London Assembly has been pressing the Mayor to carry out. However, the review will not make the street safer unless the Mayor tells his engineers that cyclists and pedestrians come first. I am worried that the Mayor's policy of smoothing traffic flow is saving time for some people, by putting the lives of others in danger. I will be making these points when I respond to the forthcoming consultation on the Mayor's Road Safety strategy."

"There are a number of potential funding mechanisms for the crossing and further work will be undertaken in conjunction with the Government on funding options."

The Mayor also disclosed that the £700m estimated bill for the tunnel excluded servicing debt payments or private financing costs.

Jenny Jones said:

"Drivers using the Blackwall Tunnel could well say ‘yes' to the new tunnel, but might quickly change their minds if they find the Mayor is tolling them to pay for it. People using public transport may not be bothered about the new road, but might be very against it if they have to pay even higher fares. This consultation on the principle of building a new road at Silvertown is therefore a farce and the Mayor should shelve the whole thing until we know how much it costs and who will be paying."

A Robin Hood Tax on financial transactions would provide £1.2 billion a year for London, according to figures released by the Green Party today.

A mere 0.05% tax-half that proposed by the French government-would:

• Fund the construction of 32 new schools every year
• Pay for an extra 23,23 police officers
• Finance almost a quarter of a million apprenticeships
• Provide 4,221 hybrid busses
• Reverse all local authority cuts and cut council tax.

Green Party Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones said: "Inequality in London is growing with the economic crisis being used as a poor excuse.
"The Robin Hood Tax is a simple measure that would help ensure our city's richest institutions make a more equitable contribution towards the recovery without scratching the surface of their massive profits.

"The Mayor of London has played a very prominent role in trying to prevent a Robin Hood Tax being implemented. However the tide is turning in this debate and I believe Londoners want a Mayor who is aiming to spread the wealth generated by the financial sector, rather than keeping it all in the hands of a tiny minority in the capital." 

Britain's first Green MP, Caroline Lucas, joined Jenny Jones and a group of Green activists outside the Bank of England to highlight how the lives of Londoners could be changed for the better with the introduction of a transaction tax. 

The Mayor recently told Jenny Jones, it was:

"your duty as an honest politician to tell people the truth that cycling is actually getting safer, when you consider the number of people on the roads".

The Mayor's adviser wrote to Jenny before Christmas stating incorrectly that there had been:

"...a reduced number of cycling collisions in the last ten years."

Jenny Jones has responded:

"We know that cycle safety is the big problem which puts Londoners off jumping on their bikes. There are a growing number of deaths and injuries of cyclists and trying to cover that up by issuing factually inaccurate statements won't change the reality. My calculation, based upon the TfL's figures is that the rate of injuries per cycle journey has been growing since around 2007/08. The truth is uncomfortable for all of us who want London to be a cycling friendly city. The Mayor has failed to make roads safer for vulnerable road users and he is fast becoming the big barrier to the future expansion of cycling in London."

"We urgently need to fix the most dangerous junctions and reverse the Mayor's policy of giving priority to motorised traffic. We need to stand the Mayor's policy on its head and give legal priority on many local roads to pedestrians and cyclists."

"A £90m gift from the Government is welcome, but it's clearly a one-year bailout to help their Tory Mayor of London get re-elected.

"What happens when the next year's heavy budget cuts hit the police? It seems likely the Met will have to cut officer?

"This is expensive, gesture politics."

"I'm very keen to endorse the campaign's manifesto which provides very sensible suggestions for addressing the massive public health issue of air pollution in London.

"The concept of a very low emissions zone in Inner London resonates particularly and is one of the many ideas that the Green Group at the London Assembly has been seeking to introduce.

"Through a combination of backward steps and unnecessary delays the current Mayor has failed to address the scandalous air pollution problem that has already contributed to the early deaths of so many Londoners.

"One of the most pressing concerns of the next Mayor will be to sort this problem out."

"This is gesture politics, which does next to nothing for hard pressed Londoners. Households will save 6p a week in council tax, compared to the extra £2.50 a week that a typical household are paying this year in higher fares. Even this small cut means less money for the Mayor's already inadequate environmental and employment programmes. It will mean that homes won't be insulated, Londoners won't cut millions off their energy bills and new jobs won't be created."

"We should be pleased rather than grateful that Stephen Hester has decided to return our money.

"However we can't rely on the individual conscience or greed of bankers to regulate how much is taken by the industry's leaders. Hester's bonus reflects a systematic problem with banking and rather than the puny moral outcry we hear from the backbenches of Westminster every year, we need concrete proposals that lead to definitive change.

"The Green Party in London has begun the campaign to institute a 10:1 maximum pay ratio. Of course, we want to ensure that this is applied to organisations that are run by the Greater London Authority. But we are also committed to introducing a Fair Pay Mark that the Mayor will award to any public or private employers adopting similar policies."

"Although we've expected arrests of police officers, it's sad to see our fears seemingly confirmed about police corruption.

"It's a relief that ‘bad apples' are being rooted out, but just how far does the rot go?"

Jenny Jones AM said:

"We all enjoy a party, but I am worried that the Mayor is neglecting the basics and that is putting cyclists safety at risk. The energy and money which has gone into high profile schemes like cycle hire and the cycling superhighways, has not gone into improving cycling facilities for the rest of London. The plans for a network of cycle lanes across London had their funding withdrawn, and cycle safety has not improved in the last four years."

• It would help low income Londoners, and reduces inequality
• It would protect and improve key services, including safer neighbourhood policing, public transport and cycling infrastructure
• It would deliver warm energy efficient homes and cleaner air
• It would keep the council tax the same, reduces the fare rise, and raises extra money from motorists.

Darren Johnson said:

“We will bring down the fare rise below inflation, saving a typical household about £40 a year. Instead we will raise more from motorists and introduce a congestion charge zone around the heavily congested and polluted Heathrow area. Our budget provides funds for a feasibility study of a fairer “pay-as-you-go” road pricing scheme, which would charge a rate per mile driven, with higher charges for more congested roads and times of day. This could provide a significant new income stream of around £1b a year, with cuts to fares ensuring it will be financially neutral for a typical household, and substantially less congested roads with cleaner air through out London.”

Our police budget does not change the total amount of money but it does change priorities. We provide more resources for safer neighbourhood policing, road safety, and preventative work with young people and gangs. We are able to achieve this partly through employing (usually cheaper) civilian staff wherever they can do the work as well or better than a warranted officer. Success should be measured by results not by uniformed officer numbers.

London’s serious air pollution problem needs radical measures and proper investment. This is provided by the Green budget, which will fund the introduction of a Very Low Emission Zone in central London where only clean vehicles are allowed, replace an additional 100 standard buses with cleaner hybrid models, and help taxi owners replace polluting vehicles.

Without increasing the council tax, the alternative Green budget radically recasts priorities to make real progress in tackling some of London’s most long-standing problems.”

Darren commented,

"It's ridiculous that the Mayor still has lights blazing away during the day at so many stations. Imagine arriving at Stratford on a sunny day in August for the greenest games ever, only to find all the lights on. It shouldn't take years to fit some light switches.

"Faced with deep government cuts and urgent climate change targets TfL should be pulling out the stops to save energy."

Based on previous figures, the party estimates that 1,000 cyclists will be killed or injured between now and the election.

London is the only region in the country where the total number of casualties has risen since 2008, when Boris was elected.

On average, over a 100-day period, London suffers from: 1,098 cyclist casualties; 1,477 pedestrian casualties and 330 child pedestrian casualties.

The overall number of people killed and seriously injured on London's roads has continued to decline since Boris became mayor, but the number of cyclists who are seriously hurt is now going up again.

Jones said: "1,000 cyclists injured or even dead is completely unacceptable and if elected mayor, I will ensure that there fewer deaths and injuries on London's roads than if Boris remains in charge.

"The current mayor has encouraged more people to cycle, but he has failed to create safer roads.

"He has more than halved the road safety budget and refused to support local people who want to make 20mph the default speed limit."

Jones pledged to:

• Scrap the Mayor's 'smoothing traffic' policy, which she claims has put the lives of cyclists at risk with poorly designed roads, such as Bow Roundabout and Kings Cross.
• Instruct Transport for London to make vulnerable road users the priority when redesigning roads, so that the needs of pedestrians, people with disabilities and cyclists are put first. 

Jones said: "I worked hard under the previous Mayor to help deliver major reductions in the number of people killed or seriously injured in London.

"I know what works and is successful. On my first day as Mayor I will scrap the mayor's smoothing traffic approach, which gives priority to lorries and cars.

"I will halt the program of getting rid of pedestrian, signal crossings and reverse the cuts to the road safety budget."

Darren Johnson commented:

"The minimum wage isn't keeping up with the rising cost of living in London, forcing more parents to work two jobs to make ends meet. The Government needs to ramp the minimum wage up to be a genuine living wage, but instead they are letting the gap grow wider.

"The Mayor of London needs to get on his bully pulpit and call for all employers in London to prioritise pay rises for the lowest paid above bonuses for chief executives. In this age of obscene inequality we cannot leave it to employers to make sure they pay their staff enough for a basic standard of living."

Darren Johnson AM said:

"I'm very reassured by the Mayor's commitments to throw the doors open when making decisions about the future of Olympic Park. But the Mayor must ensure that local residents and community groups can make representations to planning committee meetings, otherwise it could turn out to be less open that a normal council committee.

"The Mayor should also take the opportunity to involve the local community in ongoing dialogue about the wider plans, going beyond the usual consultation process to benefit from their energy and ideas at an early stage."

Darren Johnson AM said:

"The idea of an airport in the Thames Estuary has many problems, including the environmental impact on the ecologically sensitive estuary, the threat of bird strike, the impact on local communities, and the distance from London that people would have to travel to use the airport.

"The urgent need to reduce emissions and tackle climate change means that we shouldn't be considering increasing airport capacity in the South East. Instead we should manage demand through better policy making.

The Mayor and Government should work together to end all unnecessary short haul flights. If we were to end unnecessary flights to short haul destinations, space would be freed up for essential long haul flights and there would be no need to build another airport."

Jenny Jones AM said:

"The Occupy camp outside St Paul's has for the last three months given a voice to the frustrations felt by many over the current economic situation. The protest has forced issues up the agenda and into the news, such as high executive pay. It's a pity a completely peaceful protest drawing attention to the inequality in our society is not allowed to continue.

"The Occupy Camp may have lost their court case but they have succeeded in changing the debate - they have drawn attention to ideas such as the introduction of Tobin Tax, abolishing the City of London and sensible banking regulation. When I joined the camp I met articulate young people concerned about the current economic situation with ideas for a different way of doing things. The Mayor has made some harsh and unfair criticisms of the Occupy protestors, and I believe that we should allow this camp to remain rather than stifle protest because it's inconvenient. "

Green Party Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones, will join leafleters at Highbury and Islington tube station (between 8am and 9am) and will pledge that a Green City Hall would support small businesses by ensuring that any part of the Greater London Authority group-including Transport for London-would only deal with banks that could demonstrate they were lending to London's small businesses.

Jones said: "If London is the engine room of the UK's economy, it is our city's small businesses that provide the fuel for our nation's economic recovery.

"Millions of lives are reliant on the business conducted in London's offices, on our shop floors and on our bustling streets, and at present there has never been a greater need for government and financial institutions to support them."

50% of Boris Johnson's 2008 election campaign came from the hedge funds or private equity. The Bank of England's latest quarterly trends show that lending to small businesses actually fell by 5.1% in August.

Jones said: "Because big banks have dismantled local business branches, they are no longer set-up to lend to small businesses.

"Too much brainpower in the City is focused on casino banking rather than useful business lending."

Jones also said that Barclays provided a perfect example of the misplaced emphasis of the Mayor's relationship with the banking sector.

Any gain for London that came from the bank's £25million in sponsorship for cycle superhighways and the central London Cycle Hire scheme was undone within the first three years of Boris' term with Transport for London paying out over £27m in bank charges to Barclays.