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Post by matthieu1221 on Jun 22, 2024 13:54:55 GMT
Didn’t Khan once promise that they’ll be more bus lanes and priorities once I haven’t seen any new bus lanes or priorities since he made that announcement. From TfL Board documents: Link to the summary doc I keep updated on the other forum post.
There's been a few consultations here and there by TfL ( this one which has 1.5km of new bus lanes springs to mind) but I think a lot of it is on a borough level. Most of it seems to be a few extra metres here or there but I suppose it all adds up when you do that in dozens of locations.
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Post by george on Jun 22, 2024 18:37:30 GMT
Was on the 65 today and noticed that two stops names have changed. Petersham Fox and Duck is now Sudbrook Lane and the Dysart bus stop name has also changed but can't remember the new name and its not yet listed on the TfL website. Any reason for these changes as the pubs are still there and the stops themselves haven't moved.
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Post by tts on Jun 23, 2024 0:23:46 GMT
Saw a partial Merton E bus blind change and the blinds are: 22, 44, 57, 93, 118, 131, 155, 157, 163, 200 and 280 (what I managed to see). Interesting how 22, 93 and 118 got added to the set despite these E's never being able to operate those routes.
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Post by vjaska on Jun 23, 2024 3:12:06 GMT
Saw a partial Merton E bus blind change and the blinds are: 22, 44, 57, 93, 118, 131, 155, 157, 163, 200 and 280 (what I managed to see). Interesting how 22, 93 and 118 got added to the set despite these E's never being able to operate those routes. The 22 & 93 had part allocations at AL - 22 was a Sunday only allocation that existed for many years whilst the 93 had a small part allocation operated from AL for a number of years (I believe SW also helped out as well), which ended upon the current contract starting with all 93's run out of A now. As for the 118, whilst it hasn't operated from AL since 2016, it has been worked from both C & SW in recent times so has the flexibility to move where space is needed which probably explains why it's on the blinds.
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Post by abellion on Jun 23, 2024 6:44:29 GMT
Saw a partial Merton E bus blind change and the blinds are: 22, 44, 57, 93, 118, 131, 155, 157, 163, 200 and 280 (what I managed to see). Interesting how 22, 93 and 118 got added to the set despite these E's never being able to operate those routes. Another quirk is that they omitted the 152 and 164 which ended up on WVN/WVL/WHV/WSD blindsets later as well as on spares like E61. As vjaska says all those routes (bar 131/157) were run from AL around the time the 57 came along, and I’m pretty sure that is the full normal route blindset
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Post by WH241 on Jun 23, 2024 8:51:38 GMT
Saw a partial Merton E bus blind change and the blinds are: 22, 44, 57, 93, 118, 131, 155, 157, 163, 200 and 280 (what I managed to see). Interesting how 22, 93 and 118 got added to the set despite these E's never being able to operate those routes. They will just be common blind sets. Diesel buses at RR garage have route 15 on them despite not being able to run on the route. It just makes it easier to swap out blinds with other buses if needed,
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Post by WH241 on Jun 23, 2024 8:54:41 GMT
The newish bus lane on the Southend Road / A1400 nearly caught me out today as I rarely use this road. This bus lane seems a bit pointless and takes up a single lane on a busy dual carriage way which probably causes lots of congestion in the peaks.
Was this really needed? Does it run all the road to Gants Hill? I notice lots of the bus lane blue signs are still covered but believe it is in use. I thought that was Woodford Avenue ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) , this imo was nothing more than a Khan election stunt. I would have rather they spent the money and put a bus lane towards Walthamstow by taking out the pavement and island bus stops on the westbound towards Walthamstow between Clayhall junction all the way up to Tesco as there is so much space there to do this. All they would need to do is relocate the lamp posts. This is where the traffic hold up is. This is another case of TfL not having a clue on bus routes and what effects them and just plonking a bus lane for the sake of it. Even worse, the eastbound is NOT needed, there is NEVER any traffic on the approach to the Beehive Lane roundabout junction, not even in the evening. I have also noticed that the bus lane signs have had some spray painted and overs are covered by black bags, not sure what is going on. The signs appeared to have been covered over 3 weeks ago now. After being up for nearly 5 months. Yes sorry this is Woodford Avenue the name changes half way along that stretch of road around Roding Lane South,
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Post by rj131 on Jun 23, 2024 10:10:00 GMT
There a dual door B30D configured Kite appeared on BLOTW, LV24VRK. It’s also been registered as a red vehicle on the DVLA so it’s definitely a London one.
The company is unknown as yet but I’m gonna assume it’s an TUK one for the R70 one judging by the seating layout. I don’t think it would be an Arriva 255 one given the amount of seats and the 255’s length restrictions
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Post by M1104 on Jun 23, 2024 11:07:40 GMT
Saw a partial Merton E bus blind change and the blinds are: 22, 44, 57, 93, 118, 131, 155, 157, 163, 200 and 280 (what I managed to see). Interesting how 22, 93 and 118 got added to the set despite these E's never being able to operate those routes. The 22 & 93 had part allocations at AL - 22 was a Sunday only allocation that existed for many years whilst the 93 had a small part allocation operated from AL for a number of years (I believe SW also helped out as well), which ended upon the current contract starting with all 93's run out of A now. As for the 118, whilst it hasn't operated from AL since 2016, it has been worked from both C & SW in recent times so has the flexibility to move where space is needed which probably explains why it's on the blinds. SW indeed helped out on the 93 for a while when the 155 and its crosslink was transferred there from AL
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Post by 18ARustee on Jun 23, 2024 21:44:59 GMT
I wonder is the new single decks on the H37 at Hounslow are the 12m single decks
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Post by COBO on Jun 23, 2024 21:50:59 GMT
I wonder is the new single decks on the H37 at Hounslow are the 12m single decks What new single deckers on the H37? All I see on history of the H37 on LVF are 11.5m DXEs, 10.9m DLEs and 10.2m DEs. I see nothing new
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Post by kmkcheng on Jun 23, 2024 23:42:19 GMT
I wonder is the new single decks on the H37 at Hounslow are the 12m single decks Which new single deckers? It was retained using existing diesel SDs so presumably the DXEs would stay
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Post by yunus on Jun 24, 2024 0:02:51 GMT
Really bugging me that valuable road space incl bus lanes is being wasted for unused cycle lanes!
One example, even off peak it can take 20mins just to get from Lewisham Station - Fire Station. Ridiculous as it was much better with the roundabout! I lived in that area from 2017-20. Glad I am out.
Another joke is Hoe Street in Walthamstow, if you have been there recently you would have seen how bad the Congestion is and how narrow the road is now.
Final one that I clogged last week is Plumstead High Street which Congestion has recently got worse.
These road planners literally have no clue and I do wonder if they actually travel on the road?
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Post by whiggism on Jun 24, 2024 11:00:58 GMT
These past few years Mitcham has been plagued with temporary traffic lights due to water gas and whatever roadworks they need to do. Seems like whenever they remove the temporary lights another one pops up every time .
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Post by M1104 on Jun 24, 2024 11:16:19 GMT
These past few years Mitcham has been plagued with temporary traffic lights due to water gas and whatever roadworks they need to do. Seems like whenever they remove the temporary lights another one pops up every time . Plus it doesn't help that they're not much alternative routings from Mitcham's main arteries as most side roads are either cul-de-sacs or have signage within those streets that bring you back to the main road.
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