TfL to improve London Victoria road safety

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TfL to improve London Victoria road safety after 3 crashes
Transport for London has said it will continue to “take action to improve road safety” after three women were hit by a bus on different occasions within the space of three years outside a station in London.
www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/24324117.tfl-improve-london-victoria-road-safety-three-bus-crashes/

[matthieu1221]

Short of changing the whole layout again to something more straight where sightlines could be better guaranteed, a good shout would be going back to the error of a big roof, which would enable the removal of a lot of the street furniture which makes it very hard to get clear sightlines. Something else good to do which hasn't been a direct accident cause is catering to the pedestrian desire line on the eastern end of the terminal between the pavement on the north end of Wilton Road (with the tube exit) and the various bus bays. There's currently a barrier half separating the taxi only lane into the taxi rank and the bus station, making pedestrians walk even longer on the carriageway to get around that.

[matthieu1221]

Date: Friday 15 March 2024



Transport for London (TfL) is now working with Places for London (TfL’s financially independent property company), Network Rail (NR), and NR Group Property on transformational Masterplans for the area around Victoria Station. This is a long-term programme which proposes significant transport and customer experience improvements, across this vibrant and busy location.



We are considering the possibility of relocating the bus and coach stations, redeveloping TfL and NR land and property, improving active travel in the area and improving the interchange between different modes of transport. Although there are several emerging concepts, TfL is in the early stages of developing the Masterplan and does not yet have a final recommendation on future proposals.



Improvement works at Terminus Place were completed in late 2023 following the HSE report into the fatal collision involving a bus in 2021. We are also supporting Met Police with their investigation into the recent fatal collision in January 2024, and are awaiting the outcome and recommendations from this investigation.

www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/dangerous-junctions-victoria-station-0

Date: Tuesday 16 July 2024

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In parallel, TfL and Network Rail are currently working to assess the feasibility of relocating bus and coach stations to better integrate transport services at Victoria. This may lead to wider layout changes for the transport interchange which at present are not developed in detail. TfL expects this process to take approximately 18 months.

www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/dangerous-junctions-victoria-station-1