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This is what our President who is blind said about the bus stop design where you step off the bus onto a narrow bus boarder next to a cycle lane on Lea Bridge Road, Waltham Forest
‘Not fit for purpose. It really is totally inaccessible. These sorts of designs should be scrapped’
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@russellquirk Floating Bus Stops are dangerous for pedestrians. Especially for the blind and visibly impaired members of the public. You really need to look at this again please 🙏. @Iromg
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Very significant intervention from @LonTravelWatch: onlondon.co.uk/londons-trans… @LondonAssembly #cycling #transport #london
Thank you @AdamGabsiLDN for supporting our mass petition against floating bus stops @10DowningStreet with your message @andyburnham ‘For the halt & removal of bus stop bypasses. They creating a danger an additional barrier to disabled people, to blind & partially sighted people’
.@Channel4News the PM @andyburnham @10DowningStreet turned down our invitation to mark International White Cane Safety Day 12/10/26 where many people travelled from across the county to explain their concerns over floating bus stops. Appearing on goggle box was more important 😢.
ALT Portcullis House Room with blind, deafblind & partially sighted people, visually impaired wheelchair users and a wheel chair user, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, Guide Dog Millie and others. People from Exeter, Essex, Leicestershire, Leeds, London - Waltham Forest, Hammersmith, Hackney & Tooting and Greater Manchester. All discussing the impact of Floating Bus Stops. All sat round a table.
.@andyburnham @10DowningStreet Words fail. We asked you to meet people affected by floating bus stops but you were too busy. If you were not so busy doing goggle box you could have met them including Sheila from Colchester fighting to protect her bus stops m.youtube.com/watch?v=CzLf8l…
Like to thank @JohnLThornton for coming up with this design for bus stops in cycle lanes…
Floating bus stops make disabled people cross a cycle lane just to catch a bus. There is a safer way: The Bike Aware Bus Stop. Passengers stay on the pavement. Cyclists keep a level, steady lane. Read the report: boldlytogo.blogspot.com/2026… #FloatingBusStops #Accessibility
ALT Aerial illustration of a red London bus stopped in a bus layby with its ramp down. A wheelchair user, a person with a guide dog, an older person and a parent with a buggy wait on the pavement. A red cycle lane with hatched markings passes alongside the bus, with cyclists and cargo bikes riding past.
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This is clearly a superior design to floating bus stops, instead of asking cyclists to stop every time a pedestrian wishes to access or exit the bus stop, they are only asked to stop when the bus arrives or exits the stop. It also reflects the hierarchy of road users putting pedestrians first.
Floating bus stops make disabled people cross a cycle lane just to catch a bus. There is a safer way: The Bike Aware Bus Stop. Passengers stay on the pavement. Cyclists keep a level, steady lane. Read the report: boldlytogo.blogspot.com/2026… #FloatingBusStops #Accessibility
ALT Aerial illustration of a red London bus stopped in a bus layby with its ramp down. A wheelchair user, a person with a guide dog, an older person and a parent with a buggy wait on the pavement. A red cycle lane with hatched markings passes alongside the bus, with cyclists and cargo bikes riding past.
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Dear @lambeth_council
Can you please remove and impound these bike by Stockwell tube station as it blocking the pavements
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Come on @metpoliceuk before somebody is seriously injured. We oldies can’t take much of a knock these days
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Really crazy and highly dangerous! Must be stopped! @MayorofLondon take action!
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Guiding Principle 1: Active involvement
Disabled and older people should be consulted and actively involved in decisions affecting the accessibility of services, including at the start of new projects and during reviews of existing services.
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ALT Graphic showing Equality and Human Rights Commission's 7 guiding principles for accessible transport, highlighting principle 1: Active involvement, with a stylized bus illustration.
.@andyburnham @Heidi_Labour @simonlightwood @justinmadders @Mather_Keir @stephenctimms @LordBlunkett @Nigel_Farage who is going to help Sheila, an 86 deafblind pensioner, to put a stop to the 4 floating bus stops being installed on East Hill in Colchester? youtube.com/watch?v=CzLf8lqg…
Like to share @InclusiveBuild message to @andyburnham @10DowningStreet to halt floating bus stops @Heidi_Labour @Mather_Keir @justinmadders @simonlightwood @stephenctimms @LordBlunkett @Nigel_Farage. Simon is a wheelchair user & we were very grateful to him being part of the team
.@InclusiveBuild message to @andyburnham @10DowningStreet during our mass petition to halt floating bus stops ‘I want a built environment that works for all, this includes bus stops. BS8300-1 gives guidance that pedestrians should not have to cross cycle lane to access bus stops’
Let me remind you of Lord Hendy of Richmonds words in @UKHouseofLords on this issue. Why are shared use bus boarders still being built in Colchester? @andyburnham why are you not helping? Did you read our petitions handed into @10DowningStreet last week? youtube.com/watch?v=uYi31Ham…
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@andyburnham @UKLabour @laboursj when are you and #UK #Police going to stamp down on this and L Plated delivery motorbike riders. Been hit twice - uninsured, lots of others - stop - check licence papers insurance plus their employers insurance but you wont
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Take note@haringeycouncil @HaringeyGreens @HaringeyLabour @HaringeyLibDems @CllrSeema we don’t want this on Ferry lane no place in Haringey for floating bus stops
.@andyburnham why are you not helping Sheila? Why are cycle routes being built through & on the pavement down hill next to a doctors surgery. Why are designs that are paused by @Heidi_Labour DfT still being built? youtu.be/CzLf8lqgB_w @laurencesleator @benclatworthy @thetimes
.@haringeycouncil this..
Take note@haringeycouncil @HaringeyGreens @HaringeyLabour @HaringeyLibDems @CllrSeema we don’t want this on Ferry lane no place in Haringey for floating bus stops
.@EHRC can you help Sheila pls, who is a 86 year old deafblind lady from Colchester who is facing floating bus stops being constructed on East Hill where she walks everyday & uses the buses from. How can designs that the DfT paused be used in this scheme? youtu.be/CzLf8lqgB_w.