Transport issues in Fortis Green
Caroline had a really useful site visit to Haringey, looking at how to make the area safer for pedestrians in Fortis Green area with Councillor Dawn Barnes and officers from TfL and the council.
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Campaigning in Haringey
Caroline enjoyed a great Saturday campaigning with Dawn Barnes, Ryan Mercer, Luke Cawley-Harrison and the Haringey Lib Dem team!
Campaigning in Haringey
Caroline had a great Saturday out with the excellent Haringey Liberal Democrats, campaigning alongside current councillors and council candidates.
In typical Lib Dem style, the team didn't let the chilly weather stop them!
Campaigning in Haringey and Bermondsey
Caroline had two excellent campaigning trips to support fantastic Lib Dem General Election candidates over the first weekend of November: firstly in Haringey with Dawn Barnes and then in Bermondsey with Humaira Ali.
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Campaigning in West Green, Haringey
Caroline joined candidate Elizabeth Payne, and a great team of Haringey Lib Dem activists, to campaign for the West Green ward by-election on 13th December.
Campaigning in Muswell Hill
Caroline had a great day in Muswell Hill, campaigning with Dawn Barnes, Cllr Julia Ogiehor and the Haringey Lib Dem team.
Gospel Oak to Barking: stop letting travellers down by passing the buck
Speaking to City AM, Caroline described her frustration at the poor service on the Gospel Oak to Barking line, and the repeated delays in introducing electric trains to replace the unreliable diesel trains that currently run.
"Users of this line have been badly let down.
"The continual excuses and passing of the buck between TfL, Network Rail and the train manufacturer are a perfect case study of everything that is wrong with our railway industry.
Yet more delays on the Gospel Oak–Barking line upgrade
Caroline Pidgeon's questioning of the Mayor has revealed that the long-awaited launch of electric trains on the Gospel Oak to Barking Overground route has been delayed yet again.
Meeting Highgate community groups
Caroline had a productive meeting with the Highgate Society and other local community groups, along with the Mayor's cycling commissioner Will Norman, to discuss cycling routes and liveable neighbourhoods in Highgate and Archway.
Barking-Gospel Oak Line work has gone seriously wrong
The electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak Overground line has been delayed once again, and could now take until the end of 2017.
Caroline Pidgeon told the Evening Standard:
“Between TfL and NR something has gone seriously wrong with the electrification of the line.
"This has been increasingly clear for many months. Passengers were promised a year ago that the upgrade work would be finally completed by the end of June 2017.