Caroline joined Southwark Liberal Democrats including Cllr Anood Al-Samerai, Simon Hughes MP and Sarah Ludford MEP on an Historic Southwark tour and trip on the river.
The group of members laughed their way around the streets and on the river enjoying the sights!
After a strong local campaign, supported by Caroline Pidgeon, to improve road safety in the Kings Cross area for pedestrians and cyclists, Transport for London have at last announced a consultation into redeveloping the road layout.
You can read more at the King's Cross Environment blog.
Caroline Pidgeon has pressed the Mayor once again to ensure local residents have their voice heard to communicate how valuable it would be for more Piccadilly Line trains to stop at Turnham Green.
Ealing Lib Dem Councillor Gary Malcolm said: "The team of Liberal Democrat councillors in Southfield have been working hard with Caroline Pidgeon to get a consultation so that City Hall and the Mayor can hear the residents' need for Piccadilly Line tubes to stop at Turnham Green station. It may be a slow process but we will not give up until it happens!"
Responding to the announcement that the High Court had rejected Addison Lee’s call for minicabs to use bus lanes Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group said:
"This is a very welcome decision. Taxis have access to bus lanes due to their special status allowing people to hail them down in any location.
The London Assembly today made clear its continuing unanimous opposition to the construction of a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
Following recent reports that the prospect of an expanded Heathrow could be revived, Assembly Members backed a motion urging Mayor of London Boris Johnson to join the Assembly in lobbying London MPs to oppose a third runway and to work with government to find alternative solutions to airport capacity issues in London and the South East.
Caroline Pidgeon AM, who proposed the motion, said:
“In 2010 the Government was right to axe plans for a third Heathrow Runway and the same arguments against expansion still hold good today.
