Shepherd's Bush blogger Chris Underwood has an article about the £3.8m in Oyster card overcharges for W12 residents in 2010, as revealed in the Mayor's answer to a question from Caroline Pidgeon.
Read Chris's full article here.
The Fulham Chronicle has also covered the story here.
Caroline Pidgeon, Lib Dem leader on the London Assembly, has backed an Assembly motion warning that closing the children’s heart surgery unit at the Royal Brompton Hospital will have serious consequences for people with heart and lung conditions.
Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, commenting on the criticism of Boris Johnson by the Chairman of the UK Statistics Authority over a press release issued by the Mayor about a drop in crime on public transport in the capital, said:
The BBC and the Evening Standard both cover the story that there was only one day in the last year when the Tube provided a "good service" on all lines.
Caroline Pidgeon told the BBC:
It is staggering that 10 months have passed since the London Underground ran a good service, even for one single day.
Given the significant investment that has gone into the Tube every Londoner deserves far better than this.
Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, commenting on the Mayor’s announcement today that Oyster users heading out of their travelcard zones will no longer need to obtain Oyster Extension Permits, said:
”I welcome this as Boris Johnson should never have permitted the train operating companies to introduce them. The abolition of Oyster Extension Permits is long overdue.
”Oyster Extension Permits were the daft invention of the Train Operating Companies which totally undermined the benefits of Oyster Pay As You Go.”
