London-wide + Lambeth stories

Making London's roads safer for cyclists

Caroline Pidgeon is continuing to support action to tackle the high number of accidents and fatalities that face cyclists on London's roads. London faces an especially serious problem with accidents involving collisions between lorries and cyclists at junctions.

A recent question asked by Caroline to the Mayor revealed that in 2009 six cyclists were killed on London's roads in accidents involving a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV), and with a further two cyclists killed in accidents involving a refuse lorry and a cement mixer. In 2010 there were two cyclists killed in accidents involving vehicles and two further two fatal collisions including a skip lorry and a cement truck.

Caroline has already given her full support to the campaign by the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) for better training for lorry drivers and recently received the petition that had already gathered more than 10,000 signatures. Read more information about the campaign here.

30 May 2011 - 4:39pm

HACAN keeps up night flight campaigning

Caroline met up with John Stewart and the team from HACAN (Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise) at their stall in the Oval Farmers’ Market on Saturday.

Caroline chatted with John about the night flight concerns and the impact it has on a wide area including Vauxhall and Camberwell.

“It was good to see John and to hear about HACAN’s hard work around flights from Heathrow”, said Caroline

23 May 2011 - 9:48pm

Another day of rush hour Jubilee line chaos

The Evening Standard reports on the rush-hour chaos on the Jubilee line yesterday, with a loose screw on a platform door at Westminster causing major delays along the line.

Caroline told the Standard:

The ongoing problems and delays on the Jubilee line cannot be dismissed as isolated incidents. There is something seriously going wrong with one of London's most important transport links.

It is time that the Mayor provided proper answers and not just excuses over the running of the Jubilee line.

20 May 2011 - 7:57pm

Mayor’s unbelievable latest broken promise over Jubilee Line

Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, commenting on the Mayor’s admission made today at City Hall that substantial improvements in capacity on the Jubilee Line will only be completed by the Autumn, said:

“Passengers will find it truly unbelievable that there is yet another delay to when the Jubilee Line will be operating at full capacity, seven days a week.

“Today’s admission is the fourth broken promise made by the Mayor as to when improvements to the Jubilee Line will finally be completed.

18 May 2011 - 10:02pm

Why are there yet more delays on the Jubilee Line?

Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, commenting on today’s admission by the Mayor and Transport for London that weekend closures and upgrade work on the Jubilee Line will not be completed until July, said:

“The Mayor, who is Chair of Transport for London, must now apologise to Londoners for this further delay in completing the upgrade of the Jubilee Line.

28 April 2011 - 10:01pm

Caroline explores Streatham Green pedestrianisation

Caroline joined local Lib Dem Cllr Brian Palmer and the Streatham Town Centre Manager in Streatham to have a look at the area near Streatham Green. Local Lib Dem councillors are supporting an idea to close off access to Babington Road from Mitcham Lane, to allow the area to be pedestrianised joining up a large area of pavement with the green.

“This could really help boost this part of Streatham with the potential for a market or other activities in this space. I have made enquiries to TfL to see if they might support this initiative” commented Caroline.

20 April 2011 - 10:18pm

Late night riverboat returns

Last Autumn saw the dreadful news that the late night service on the Clipper service was being removed from the winter timetable.

The good news is that following an excellent campaign run by commuters, Southwark Liberal Democrat Councillors and Caroline (read more on Caroline's site here and here) an evening service has now returned, starting from the 1st April.

18 April 2011 - 9:19pm

Yes to Fairer Votes!

Caroline joined the national launch of the Yes to the Alternative Campaign held at Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre in Lambeth. The campaign has the backing of people ranging from Eddie Izzard to Martin Bell and Kriss Akabusi.

The referendum to make the voting system fairer and ensure that all MPs must receive the backing of 50 per cent of their constituents is being held on Thursday 5th May.

For details of the campaign launch see the BBC website and London SE1 website.

To find out more about why the Alternative Vote campaign is so important and how you can get involved click here, visit the Yes To Fairer Votes site here.

2 April 2011 - 8:57pm

Oyster overcharging at a station near you

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
26 February 2011 - 12:45am

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