The Evening Standard reports on Caroline Pidgeon's findings that Tube delays leave passengers entitled to claim over 11 million refunds per year - but only 330,000 are claimed.
Caroline commented:
No one should have to wait 15 minutes for a Tube train, yet incredibly more than 14 million people had to in the last 12 months. It must be the Mayor's top priority to tackle these excessive delays.
Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrats on the Greater London Assembly, has joined Lib Dem councillors have met with Southwark police chiefs to urge them to retain the Safer Neighbourhood Teams in their ward, as Police bosses are reviewing the way they provide local services. Councillors Cathy Bowman from Walworth, Eliza Mann from Bermondsey, and Robin Crookshank Hilton from Dulwich, joined Caroline and local residents to meet the Met’s senior Commander in charge of Neighbourhood Policing, Steve Rodhouse.
Passengers are being overcharged more than £1 million a week when using Oyster, with overcharging occurring at every tube and train station across the capital, new figures obtained by Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group leader, have revealed.
The top ten stations where passengers were ripped off last year were:
| Waterloo | National Rail | £2,452,000 |
| London Bridge | National Rail | £2,300,000 |
| Liverpool Street | National Rail | £1,615,000 |
Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, commenting on the Mayor’s announcement today about crime statistics on public transport and his claim to be providing extra policing on to the transport network said:
“The Mayor should take great care when boasting about crime statistics on London’s transport network, especially as the overall fall in crime seems to hide some very disturbing rises in bus crime in about a third of London boroughs.
Caroline Pidgeon AM and Cllr Ashley Lumsden met local residents in Clapham Old Town to discuss their concerns with part of the Council and TfL's plans for the local environment.
Part of the plans would see a massive wall of bus stands next to local residents' homes, blocking the view of the common and making it dangerous for families to cross the road to the paddling pool and common.
"I have written to Peter Hendy, the Commissioner for Transport for London, asking him to review the plans. A small change moving the bus stands to Rookery Road in the Common would make such a difference, as well as some other tiny tweaks. This would ensure the community fully back the scheme and do not lose out from this £3million investment" commented Caroline.
