London’s Step-Free Bus Stops Show Their Worth
The picture shows the bus stop I used to go to lunch today.
A Typical London Bus Stop
It is typical of many stops in London these days, with a wide pavement reaching out into the road, so the bus can draw close alongside.
This one has the standard shelter with a seat and I suspect a map inside showing all the local routes. It’s also got a litter bin.
It looks like too, that Hackney Council has been keeping the snow off the pavement to make it all very safe.
When I got off, there was no chance I would slip, as I only had a downward step of a few centimetres to get off the bus.
It would be interesting to look at the statistics of accidents where passengers are getting on and off buses. I suspect they’ll be some very bad anomalies.
I also think that the expense of these more spacious stops may well pay for itself in less accidents.
The Anonymous Widower 
Depending on the exact design of these, I would like to see stats for road accidents and near misses in the hundred yards or so near the bus boarder. Because they will be quite high!
Comment by Liz P | January 23, 2013 |
I don’t think they are, as if they were, there’d have been comment on BBC London or in the Standard. Sadly, we did get a young girl killed at a local stop, as she got off the bus, walked round it and then ran across the road between two buses. But kids used to do that when I was a child, sixty years ago.
Comment by AnonW | January 23, 2013 |