Caroline's news

Caroline met with Redbridge Liberal Democrat Council Group on 14th September, to discuss important issues in the Borough as well as across the capital.

“It was good to meet the team at Ilford Town Hall and to hear the issues of concern to local people from problems on the Central Line with reliability, to ticket office closures and the hike in charges for London Underground car parks, causing problems on the streets for local residents” commented Caroline Pidgeon AM.

Before meeting the Council Group, Caroline went on a site visit to the Charlie Brown roundabout to see the serious issues with safety for pedestrians on this TfL road with Cllr Gwyneth Deakins.

After years of disruption on the Jubilee Line further evidence has now come to light revealing some of the real costs from years of weekend closures on the tube line.

Following extensive questioning by Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, the Mayor has admitted that Transport for London has already lost between £10 to £12 million in ticket revenue due to the saga of continual weekend closures. Incredibly the Mayor is unable to even estimate what the final bill in lost ticket revenue will reach before the upgrades are ultimately completed.

The East London Advertiser newspaper reports on Transport for London's admission, after pressure on Boris Johnson by London Assembly Lib Dem leader Caroline Pidgeon, that 115 pedestrian crossings across London do not meet government safety standards.

Caroline visited the dangerous Whitechapel Road crossing with Lib Dem candidate for Mayor of Tower Hamlets, John Griffiths, who said:

It’s outrageous that vulnerable people in our borough are being put at risk by the refusal of the London Mayor to rectify this admitted problem more quickly.

The council should also really be lobbying harder on this.

You can read the full article here.

Following questions put by Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, the Mayor of London has admitted that South West Trains are the only train operating company in London now refusing to sell Oyster tickets or provide Oyster top-ups for passengers. The Mayor also admitted that South West Trains do not even have any plans to start selling Oyster tickets in the near future.

The Islington and Camden Gazette newspapers cover London Assembly Lib Dem leader Caroline Pidgeon's criticisms of the Mayor over his failure to act on the King's Cross Gyratory system, which has seen 63 crashes since 2007.

Caroline says:

The Mayor can't explain away the facts. The one-way system is a very dangerous road, and it needs fixing.

Read the full story here.