Caroline Pidgeon

In the Evening Standard's coverage of the 2010 tube and bus fare rises, Caroline is quoted on the impact of higher fares to the travelling public:

This will be a slap in the face for the millions of Londoners who will be seeing no increase in their pay packets this year.

The full article is here.

The London press has given wide coverage to the failures of TfL's Dial-a-Ride service, revealed by Caroline Pidgeon's questioning of the Mayor.

Caroline commented then that:

“Three years ago Transport for London promised disabled Londoners a far better deal from Dial-a-Ride. They specifically promised that the number of refused trips would halve in just two years. Yet instead of falling the number of refused trips have actually gone up by more than 50%. It is simply appalling every day of the year more than 400 trips are now refused to Dial-a-Ride users."

The story has been covered in:

In an article for Lib Dem News, Caroline discusses future directions for congestion charging in London - and road pricing in general.

She says:

...what we chiefly need now are technologies that give us many more options.

In London, we feel that better technology, and a charging system that is graded so that the worst polluters pay most, is the way forward. Revenue from congestion charging has by law to be spent on transport improvements for London - an essential element of fiscal transparency sorely needed for national politics.

Read the full article here.

Caroline Pidgeon AM joined Enfield Liberal Democrats at the Enfield Town Show on Saturday 5th September. The local Lib Dems are campaigning hard to persuade the Mayor of London, to sort out the derelict homes on TfL land on the North Circular.

“So many people stopped by the stall for a chat and to sign our petition, as well as to support our One Hour Bus ticket campaign” commented Caroline Pidgeon AM.

She also highlighted the local rail travellers' petition to have pay-as-you-go Oyster cards accepted at Enfield’s overground stations.

Caroline said:

In his transport manifesto, the Mayor stressed the importance of holding an 'emergency' train summit with the train operating companies (TOCs) to ensure that Oyster was available at every train station.

One year later the harsh reality is that no train summit has been called and every promise the Mayor has made about Oyster extension has been delayed again and again. Quite frankly Boris Johnson has seen more train delays than Reggie Perrin.