On 16/04/2012 18:51, Robin9 wrote:
Neil Williams;129876 Wrote:
From the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17722416

My view: why not ban all taxis, Addison Lee and black cabs, from bus
lanes? A very significant cause of delays to buses is taxis stopping
to pick up and (more significantly) drop off in bus lanes.

Neil

You're combining two separate issues. Whether taxis of any kind should
be allowed to drive in bus lanes is one issue. (Whether there should be
bus lanes at all is another!)

Quite separate is the question of taxis picking up and setting down in
bus lanes. I leave you to dictate to the elderly, the sick, the
physically disabled and the blind that they are not allowed to be set
down or picked up from outside their building and that regardless of the
severity of their problems and regardless of the distance involved they
must move themselves to a location where there is no bus lane.

Why should being elderly make a difference? Don't fall for the trap of
thinking that being 65 (or whatever) means someone must be stupid, poor
and disabled. Most can't even use the "I died in the war for you"
argument any more.

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK