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Ticket Office closures at South Woodford

Caroline Pidgeon AM recently joined Lib Dem Cllr Gwyneth Deakins at South Woodford station to highlight the closure of their ticket office by the Mayor of London.

Cllr Deakins and Caroline have been trying to find out the rationale for the cut in hours at the ticket office which will see South Woodfood ticket office on the Eastbound platform closed completely whilst on the Westbound platform it will be open for a couple of hours or so each day.

Caroline discusses key issues for Redbridge

Caroline met with Redbridge Liberal Democrat Council Group on 14th September, to discuss important issues in the Borough as well as across the capital.

“It was good to meet the team at Ilford Town Hall and to hear the issues of concern to local people from problems on the Central Line with reliability, to ticket office closures and the hike in charges for London Underground car parks, causing problems on the streets for local residents” commented Caroline Pidgeon AM.

Before meeting the Council Group, Caroline went on a site visit to the Charlie Brown roundabout to see the serious issues with safety for pedestrians on this TfL road with Cllr Gwyneth Deakins.

Just what is the real cost of the Jubilee Line upgrade fiasco?

After years of disruption on the Jubilee Line further evidence has now come to light revealing some of the real costs from years of weekend closures on the tube line.

Following extensive questioning by Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, the Mayor has admitted that Transport for London has already lost between £10 to £12 million in ticket revenue due to the saga of continual weekend closures. Incredibly the Mayor is unable to even estimate what the final bill in lost ticket revenue will reach before the upgrades are ultimately completed.

Pedestrians at risk from Tower Hamlets crossings

The East London Advertiser newspaper reports on Transport for London's admission, after pressure on Boris Johnson by London Assembly Lib Dem leader Caroline Pidgeon, that 115 pedestrian crossings across London do not meet government safety standards.

Caroline visited the dangerous Whitechapel Road crossing with Lib Dem candidate for Mayor of Tower Hamlets, John Griffiths, who said:

It’s outrageous that vulnerable people in our borough are being put at risk by the refusal of the London Mayor to rectify this admitted problem more quickly.

The council should also really be lobbying harder on this.

You can read the full article here.

South West Trains must start selling Oyster tickets

Following questions put by Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, the Mayor of London has admitted that South West Trains are the only train operating company in London now refusing to sell Oyster tickets or provide Oyster top-ups for passengers. The Mayor also admitted that South West Trains do not even have any plans to start selling Oyster tickets in the near future.

Dangerous King's Cross gyratory needs to be fixed

The Islington and Camden Gazette newspapers cover London Assembly Lib Dem leader Caroline Pidgeon's criticisms of the Mayor over his failure to act on the King's Cross Gyratory system, which has seen 63 crashes since 2007.

Caroline says:

The Mayor can't explain away the facts. The one-way system is a very dangerous road, and it needs fixing.

Read the full story here.

South Londoners need bike hire scheme too

The Evening Standard's "London At Large" blog has an article on the lack of bike hire docking stations around Brixton and Stockwell, which Caroline Pidgeon has raised to Boris Johnson at Mayor's Question Time:

Caroline Pidgeon: "I have had many people express dismay that most of the docking stations are north of the river. Will you rectify this by adding more south of the river, particularly to areas with no tube stations?"

Answer from the Mayor: "TfL is studying ways of expanding the scheme to benefit more Londoners and visitors to London. One of the basic premises of the scheme is that a dense network of docking stations needs to be in place throughout the cycle hire zone, as users rely on the expectation that there will be a docking station close to their desired origin/destination. Therefore, areas with no Tube stations could not be incorporated in isolation to the rest of the network but rather the entire area would need to be covered by cycle hire. Cycle hire, though a valuable addition to London’s transport modes, is specifically designed to serve short trips and is to be used in addition to other modes, such as the Tube."

The full article is here.

Mayor refuses to act on unsafe King's Cross roads

The London Mayor this week ruled out doing anything to make the King's Cross one-way system safe, despite figures showing it is one of Camden's most dangerous.

The Mayor said he has "no proposals" to make the roads in King's Cross safe. He told the London Assembly Lib Dems that there have been "few speed-related collisions" on the one-way system.

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