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• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 March 2023

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: I do not mind which person would like to answer. It might be we start with Lyn and move over to Lord Hendy. The transformation of the Olympic Park and Stratford is something to celebrate. It is fantastic. I want to pick up about transport today, surprise, surprise. Stratford Station is estimated to be the seventh busiest Network Rail station in the UK and one of the busiest stations on the TfL network. It is straining to cope with demand, a fragmented layout and the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in the middle causing a huge bottleneck...

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 05 September 2019

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: I am increasingly concerned as to whether Stratford Station can safely meet growing passenger demand. Stratford Station is dangerously overcrowded, with well over 40 million passengers using the station a year, from only 12 million a decade ago. I understand plans to address overcrowding are looking solely at Stratford regional station, yet Stratford International could help relieve the situation. What are you doing to look at expanding the use of Stratford International Station to deal with this increase in demand?

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 06 September 2018

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Thank you. We have heard a lot about the London Stadium but there are five different Olympic sporting venues in the Olympic Park. Two of these are the [Lee Valley] Hockey and Tennis Centre and the [Lee Valley] VeloPark, but they are owned and run by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, which Londoners all contribute to. What kind of relationship do you have with that Authority as the new Chief Executive and are you considering, or are you looking at developing, a joint strategy with that Authority to explore how together you can better deliver...

• Reference: 2016/0378
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 10 February 2016

Does the Congestion Charge need to change to tackle congestion in central London?

• Reference: 2016/0376
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 10 February 2016

The Piccadilly Line suffers from serious overcrowding, particularly the route from Heathrow Airport to central London. This problem may be alleviated by the opening of Crossrail services in 2019, but what plans do you have in the interim to reduce overcrowding on this line?

• Reference: 2016/0377
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 10 February 2016

Under the proposals to require black taxis to have credit cards as a payment method, how much will the drivers have to pay to have the payment machines installed?

• Reference: 2016/0379
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 10 February 2016

In answer to freedom of information requests (MGLA41215 - 1959 and MGLA211215 - 1781) it has been clarified that the Mayor attended San Francisco in early February 2013 to meet senior representatives of Apple. Can you list everyone who was present at all of the meetings conducted by the Chair of Transport for London during this trip, particularly whether Joanna Lumley or any representatives of Heatherwick Studios were present?