NEW. London TravelWatch was established by Parliament to represent all London’s transport users. It has just demanded a halt to new floating bus stops until cyclists can be made to stop ploughing through Zebra crossings. londontravelwatch.org.uk/new… @DaveHill @EllyBakerAM @EmmaBest22 @AndrewBoff @danielmgmoylan @Meg_HillierMP @MarshadeCordova @JohnJohnStewart @danfrancis02

Closing minor roads to through traffic is a legitimate traffic management initiative. But the approach taken by cycle fanatics, cycling journos, academics, the government and local highway authorities during Covid and after was a disaster.

London’s bus services are slower than ever. They are still replacing bus lanes with bike tracks, reducing junction capacity for buses and not bothering to enforce parking in bus lanes.

Ken deserves most praise for establishing the mechanism for paying for the Elizabeth Line and Boris for not screwing up the project.

.@LonTravelWatch wants to see a halt to floating bus stops; Most of the London Assembly want floating bus stops halting; The Government’s disabled transport advisory committee wants to see them halted; The Tory Party want them halted The RNIB want them halted; Guide Dogs want them halted; Pocklington Trust want them halted; The National Federation for the Blind UK and 290 other groups want them halted. @Heidi_Labour installed some of these schemes and wants to solve the problem ‘in the round’ but has failed to do so. The @MayorofLondon says it’s important to consult and it’s the cyclist fault, not the design.

This scheme is a good one from @hackneycouncil, though because @Willnorman closed off motors turning left at Dalston junction it’s going to cause opposition and problems. If you are closing down minor streets you have to have a functioning primary network.

This floating bus stop was installed by Boris Johnson ten years ago. It was a really stupid idea then and nothing has changed. If anything electric bikes have made things worse.

So @LonTravelWatch has taken a view, @TfL’s own disability advisors, IDAG, and the government’s statutory advisors, DPTAC, have taken a view. All want to see a halt to floating bus stops. It’s time for @TransportFocus and the @LondonAssembly to call an end to it all! @CarolineRussell @EllyBakerAM @EmmaBest22 @NeilGarratt @Len_Duvall @AndrewBoff

This is a lie. The cycle route from Hackney Town Hall through London Fields along Goldsmiths Row and on to Shoreditch has been in place for well over two decades. The previous Cycling Commissioner under Mayor Johnson even rode it.

In which @TfL and @transportgovuk accept that floating bus stops are inaccessible, but tell @Claire7Carter they are going to carry on building the regardless! #FloatingBusStops (12/1... youtu.be/mt1gACIeWRk?is=S61M… via @YouTube

Essex County council say this design of floating bus stop has the support of the DfT! From the correspondence I have seen that is not true.

Sheila’s life has been upended by Essex council’s floating bus stop scheme that introduced cycles onto a very steep hill. They are quite mad and have been supported by the government’s Active Travel quango in their madness. @Meg_HillierMP @MarshadeCordova @steveracemp @elsieblundell @danfrancis02 @RicHolden

York station cycling scheme demonstrates just how stupid it is to allow cycle fanatics to design our streets. You don’t need to do this crazy stuff to get more people cycling more safely.