Caroline's news

The King's Cross Environment blog has a report on the London Assembly Transport Committee's report "Gearing Up", and what its proposals could mean for cycling safety around King's Cross.

Blogger Sophie Talbot says:

On first reading it’s a report that appears not to pull its punches. Clear in its message that London needs to take action and fast. It’s timely too. Right now Transport for London is consulting on the changes it will propose to the road system in King’s Cross. This report certainly appears to summarise the vast majority of changes our community has wanted for many, many years and more. Importantly it includes a very clear and highly appropriate timetable against which the Mayor and TfL should report progress

Responding to Transport for London's consultation on the extension of the Northern Line to Battersea, Caroline Pidgeon has set out concerns in a number of areas:

• The value-for-money case for this scheme compared to alternatives
• Capacity on the Northern Line and at Kennington station
• Temporary shafts
• Kennington Park shaft
• Noise mitigation measures
• Local area improvements
• Considerate construction

Greenwich Lib Dem blogger Chris Smith reports on the weekly figures showing the lowest usage yet on the Thames cable car, and echoes Caroline Pidgeon's concerns that the cable car is being managed more as a tourist attraction than a serious form of transport.

Caroline Pidgeon AM, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group and chair of the London Assembly transport committee, commenting on the announcement that manual boarding ramps on the Tube which were introduced during the London 2012 Games at 16 Tube stations will now be kept and extended to more stations, said:

Caroline Pidgeon AM and Simon Hughes MP were delighted to officially open the Archway Studios in Walworth in early December.

Archway Studios is a unique Live-Work building, built on brown field site in Newington Ward, Southwark and home to Undercurrent Architects.

As a local Councillor Caroline supported Didier and Dominic Ryan with their unique application to build their studios.

"It was amazing to see such an amazing building created in such a small space" commented Caroline.

You can read more on Undercurrent Architects' website here and here.