The BBC website covers the Mayor's failure to guarantee that when passengers are able to use Oyster pay-as-you-go on suburban rail services, they can be confident of paying no more than they would for the same journey by Tube.
Caroline Pidgeon described this as "a bitter blow to rail travellers in London".
The full story is here.
Caroline has presented to Boris Johnson a petition supported by 620 Lewisham residents demanding a pedestrian crossing at the junction of Courthill Road and Lewisham High Street. The petition was organised by Lewisham Central Councillors, Dave Edgerton and Andrew Milton.
Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Transport Spokesperson, has revealed that one in five pedestrian crossings in London do not give people enough time to cross the road.
The figures, which had to be obtained by a Freedom of Information inquiry, show 472 crossings do not comply with the minimum timings guidelines from the Department of Transport. These crossings do not provide enough time between the green man light disappearing and the amber light appearing for motorists.
Caroline Pidgeon has written in today's Guardian on Boris Johnson's first year as Mayor.
Caroline says:
Yet what about his many other pledges to Londoners? On transport alone there has been a long list of broken promises. ...
He claimed he would fight for new transport projects, yet the last year has seen him cancelling project after project, including the Greenwich waterfront transit scheme, the Cross River tram and proposals to extend the Docklands Light Railway.
Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Transport Spokesperson, was joined by Tom Brake MP, councillors and campaigners from across London this morning at the launch of a Londonwide campaign to persuade the Mayor to introduce one hour bus tickets.
At the busy Vauxhall Bus Station, bus passengers were provided with information about the new campaign and invited to sign a petition.
Caroline Pidgeon said:
“You can already switch from tube to tube on the same ticket, so it makes real sense to allow people to do the same with buses. It really is unfair that people who use Oyster pay as you go have to pay a new fare every time they change buses.
Bus users on the Horn Park estate have been given an apology from Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, following the intervention by Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Transport Spokesperson.
Caroline Pidgeon raised the issue of the B15 bus service not actually serving Horn Park estate, after being briefed by Greenwich Councillor Paul Webbewood, who represents the estate.
Caroline Pidgeon said:
"It is disturbing that bus operators consider it acceptable to shorten a designated bus route and inconvenience residents on the Horn Park estate. The Mayor and Transport for London must ensure the contract with Arriva is fully enforced."
In an interview with the Guardian's London politics blogger Dave Hill, Caroline talks about the London Assembly, the Elephant and Castle regeneration, and the Mayor's policies on transport and policing.
Caroline Pidgeon appeared in the South London Press this week, highlighting the wastefulness of buildings in Catford owned by Transport for London which have remained empty for more than 20 years.
