Caroline Pidgeon joined Sarah Ludford MEP, Tom Brake MP and Brian Paddick out and about campaigning in Croydon and Sutton on Saturday as part of a big action day in London. The team were joined by Liberal Youth and carried out a residents’ survey in areas such as Waddon.
“The sun shone and we had a really welcoming response form local residents,” commented Caroline.
Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, is urging First Capital Connect and Network Rail to stop charging passengers for just walking over the bridge.
At present if anyone using Oyster Pay As You Go enters the station south of the river and passes through the First Capital Connect barriers to get to the tube platforms they are not charged, however people who simply want to walk through the station without catching a train or Tube are being charged.
Caroline Pidgeon commented:
The London SE1 website reports that Transport for London is at last giving serious consideration to improved safety measures at the junction of Abbey Street and Tower Bridge Road in Bermondsey - where cyclist Ellie Carey was tragically killed last year.
Caroline Pidgeon said:
"It is good news that the Mayor and TfL now concede that at least advanced stop lines can be completed before the start of the the Olympic Games.
"I will be pushing hard to ensure such basic improvements are completed as a matter of urgency."
Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, commenting on the single new ‘routemaster’ bus that will start to operate from Monday on the 38 route between Victoria Station and Hackney, said:
“Boris Johnson made two specific promises to Londoners. One that the new ‘routemaster’ style buses would be on London’s streets in 2011, and two, that the development costs associated with any new bus would be picked up by industry. He has broken both these promises.
The London Assembly's Transport Committee has published a report highlighting the improvements that still need to be made in order to make full use of the Thames as a resource for transport.
Caroline Pidgeon AM, Chair of the Transport Committee, said:
“While there have been some developments and passenger numbers have grown, it’s frustrating that progress is so slow on expanding a service that has so much potential – particularly for the 2012 Games.
“Our last report described the Thames as London’s forgotten highway and unfortunately in many ways it still is.