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Post by snoggle on Jan 1, 2014 16:41:26 GMT
And the 132 was the subject of a recent question to the Mayor citing the fact that the route is completely overloaded from Eltham to NOG. It also says queues can be so long at NOG that buses leave people behind - so that means 90 or more people waiting for each bus! Amongst the same set of questions was a complaint about the lack of organisation (apparently) when London Bridge fell over and South Eastern's trains stopped running. It seems NOG turned into a riot zone with people fighting and the buses unable to cope! The politician apparently expected TfL to conjure buses out of thin air to instantly supplement existing frequencies. Yes I was working at North Greenwich that night, well passing through and stayed on to assist until 2200. The Police were called to restore order (which they also struggled to do). Clearly as ever the politicians haven't a clue - where do all these extra buses and drivers come from. As ever nice to be appreciated (not). To be fair the Mayor's Answer (TfL response) made the point that extra staff did attend NOG to try to manage the crush, that police had to be called in, that information was made available and that in emergency situations like this it is virtually impossible to magic buses out of thin air (my words) to supplement existing services. Planned rail replacements work better because, err, they are planned in advance! Given the scale of the disruption, given everything through LOB stopped for hours, you would need hundreds of buses to replace the rail services and that's never, ever going to be possible. No one has that scale of vehicles available at short notice. To be fair to the politicians they sometimes don't know all the detail. Nonetheless they will seek to exploit a situation if they think they can land a shot on an opponent such as the Mayor. Such is politics and the only people who can change those tactics are the voters by saying they object to the use of "cheap shots". Can't see it changing any time soon myself but there you go.
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Post by beaver14uk on Jan 1, 2014 21:57:42 GMT
Indeed I saw the mayors questions - and was asked to provide comments. Still think we were not appreciated, but thats life. quote author=" snoggle" source="/post/224357/thread" timestamp="1388594486"] Yes I was working at North Greenwich that night, well passing through and stayed on to assist until 2200. The Police were called to restore order (which they also struggled to do). Clearly as ever the politicians haven't a clue - where do all these extra buses and drivers come from. As ever nice to be appreciated (not). To be fair the Mayor's Answer (TfL response) made the point that extra staff did attend NOG to try to manage the crush, that police had to be called in, that information was made available and that in emergency situations like this it is virtually impossible to magic buses out of thin air (my words) to supplement existing services. Planned rail replacements work better because, err, they are planned in advance! Given the scale of the disruption, given everything through LOB stopped for hours, you would need hundreds of buses to replace the rail services and that's never, ever going to be possible. No one has that scale of vehicles available at short notice. To be fair to the politicians they sometimes don't know all the detail. Nonetheless they will seek to exploit a situation if they think they can land a shot on an opponent such as the Mayor. Such is politics and the only people who can change those tactics are the voters by saying they object to the use of "cheap shots". Can't see it changing any time soon myself but there you go.[/quote]
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