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ULEZ needs to come with a commitment to outer London public transport

Responding to the news that Sadiq Khan’s expansion of ULEZ will face a judicial review, Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member and Deputy Chair of the Transport Committee Caroline Pidgeon AM said:

“We all agree tackling air pollution is one of the most important issues for Londoners. Poor air quality is literally costing lives.

“However, any expansion of ULEZ should come with investment in public transport to offset the costs for communities in outer London.

The Met needs to go through a rigorous cleanup process

Responding to Met Commissioner Mark Rowley’s letter on wrongdoing by police officers, Liberal Democrat Assembly Member and Police and Crime Spokesperson Caroline Pidgeon AM said:

"It is clear that the problems faced by the Met are as bad as many of us feared.

“Cleaning up the organisation is going to be incredibly resource intensive and take many months and years.

Met is failing to meet 999 response targets all across London

Information uncovered by the London Liberal Democrats has shown that not one of the Met’s Basic Command Units (BCUs) in London met the target response time for S-grade 999 calls – such as road traffic collisions, hate crimes, anti-social behaviour and burglaries – in the past three months.

The target response time for S-grade calls is 60 minutes. But between December 2022 and February 2023, not a single Basic Command Unit had an average response time of below 1 hour 15 minutes, with the average response time being 2 hours 2 minutes

More rail freight would be a win-win for London

Writing for the OnLondon website, Caroline Pidgeon advocates for more use of the railways for freight, to reduce the numbers of heavy vehicles on the road.

Caroline says:

With a long-term, ambitious target, freight’s impressive track record of delivering for London and the country and be extended further, in the process – most importantly for Londoners – delivering the clean air and healthy streets we all desire. More rail freight really is a win-win for London.

Improving lorry safety in London

Caroline Pidgeon has written to Transport for London to respond to their consultation on lorry safety in London.

Caroline stressed the importance of introducing some key measures: automatic emergency braking, intelligent speed adaptation, and compulsory driver training on safe urban driving.

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