Caroline Pidgeon joined Lib Dem by-election candidate Ben Maitland and other activists from across the capital out and about in South Camberwell Ward on Saturday 26th September.
Caroline knocked on doors and spoke to lots of residents about local issues and concerns. Pots holes was a major one as well as accessibility of local stations.
Caroline Pidgeon AM, Liberal Democrat London Assembly transport spokesperson, commenting on the announcement that the launch of the Night Tube has been deferred, said:
"This is a big climb down for the Mayor. His retreat is entirely due to his error in setting a specific start date before all the staffing arrangements and other issues had been settled.
"By pushing for a set start date the Mayor strengthened the union’s negotiating position.
Dave Hill's London blog in the Guardian looks at the proposal by potential Labour mayoral candidate Christian Wolmar for a bus ticket valid over multiple journeys for an hour - and points out that this has been a long-standing policy of Caroline Pidgeon and the London Assembly Liberal Democrats:
Caroline Pidgeon's questions to the Mayor have revealed that between 2013 and 2014, the hours lost due to lift closures on the Tube have risen by 50%, harming the freedom to travel of disabled people and those who depend on step-free access. The main reason was the lack of available trained staff to operate lifts.
Caroline said:
After months of problems at London Bridge station, Caroline Pidgeon AM joined MPs, councillors and fellow Assembly Members meeting Network Rail boss Mark Carne and other senior officials at the station to discuss progress and plans for helping passengers when there are issues at the station, as well as to to see the progress that has been made in the major station rebuild works.
"It was quite extraordinary to see the amount of progress that has been made since my last visit" commented Caroline.
Caroline Pidgeon has joined Liberal Democrat councillors in Southwark in campaigning against the council's plans to destroy the woods in Camberwell Old and New Cemeteries.
The Save Southwark Woods campaign has presented a petition to the council calling for the 100 acres of woods to be designated a Memorial Park Nature Reserve, with respect for the dead and woodlands for the living.
Welcoming the news that TfL and local business have made £200,000 available for a detailed feasibility study into a bridge from Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf, Caroline Pidgeon told the SE16 website:
“Unlike the Garden Bridge this is a bridge that is desperately needed and where public money should be spent.
Caroline Pidgeon AM, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, commenting on today’s announcement that half of TfL’s rail and Underground stations will be step-free by 2018, said:
“Any progress on making more TfL rail and Underground stations step-free is obviously welcome.
“However we can hardly be complacent when the reality is that in three years’ time half of all TfL rail and Underground will still be permanently inaccessible to disabled people and the many other people who require step free access.”
Commenting on the latest knife attacks affecting Londoners - and especially teenagers - Caroline Pidgeon AM, leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, said:
Caroline Pidgeon AM has spent most of the General Election campaigning for Simon Hughes MP in Bermondsey.
The reception on the doorstep has been really positive and lots of people have been out on the doors including Tim Farron MP and Liz Lynne former MEP and MP, as well as Baroness Sarah Ludford and our local Lib Dem Councillors and activists from across the capital and beyond.