12 April (Part 2) - Long Lane. Short buses
I
mentioned the Long Lane situation on
the Notomob forum
yesterday and said I planned to get more photos of the bus stop. One of their members kindly saved me
the trouble. It looks very stupid even by Bexley’s standards.
When I started this website by criticising the changes made to Abbey Road,
Belvedere, I obtained the opinion of the Senior Safety Consultant at the Transport Research
Laboratory. One of the things I remember from that conversation is “forcing
vehicles into the path of oncoming traffic is a recipe for accidents”. Obvious
enough I would have thought but not to Bexley council. All over town they
produce obstacle courses designed to do that very thing.
Long Lane is a priceless gem of a cock-up. It will require bus
drivers to be more careful than many usually are to get two doors to align with the available
footway. And as for Boris Johnson’s three door monster - don’t even think about it.
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