On 2015-06-07 13:54:59 +0000, Paul Corfield said:

On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 11:30:37 +0100, eastender wrote:

Just had a consultation from TFL for a road scheme in Kingsland Road
near the south Dalston Junction entrance and bus stop/road. It will
involve blocking our road off (yippee) but I see that they want to
remove the traffic islands so that buses can turn left out of the DJ
bus stop. I can see no info about plans for services that will use this
- is it just a future proof measure at this stage? The only bus that
uses the rather large bus loop and stop at present is the single deck
488 that turns right and goes to Bromley by Bow. I guess it could just
be to turn some services here.

See https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/roa...kingsland-road

Yes this has been spotted elsewhere where we've had some nice wild
speculation

Where elsewhere?

Richmond Road is perfectly capable of handling a bus
service as it was used as a diversion during bridge reconstruction at
Dalston (as you'll know).

Indeed - there's still a bus stop there. But some of the roads are
quite narrow and even small buses can get clogged - a good example is
the 394 that runs further east on Richmond Road where there are lots of
parked cars.

there is a bit more money sloshing around for bus improvements as
TfL have increased the budget and are predicting an increase in bus
KMs over the next few years. Also there is money notionally spare from
the D6 given it was curtailed and quite a few buses were made spare
from the route.

What's a KM? Kilometre? I expect there is some pressure also to prove
that the bus station at DJ can repay some of its investment.

E.