Peter Frimberley wrote:
On 9 Nov 2006 10:33:36 -0800, "Earl Purple"
wrote:

This is from today's London Lite, (P13).

These are the kind of bus stops that drivers hate but TfL thought
were a great idea - instead of gonig into a layby to allow traffic
to pass, the bus simply blocks the road. I don't think the intention
is so that the buses can easily move out again, it is deliberate
anti-car policy. "Hey you can't go faster than a bus so leave the
car at home and take the bus"".

Anyway, these particular ones were put in perhaps the worst spot - on
the A1 Falloden Way, the only stretch of the A1 north of Highgate to
be single lane. They were also placed close to traffic islands so
that vehicles who tried to overtake anyway would be squeezed out.
Police said these were dangerous and have closed the bus stops.

That it cost £65k to redesign these bus stops that nobody really
wanted shows exactly what TfL are wasting money on.

It's only anti-stupid-car and anti-selfish-car. There's very little
point in trying to overtake buses on that stretch, you just get stuck
seconds later in the next queue of traffic anyway.

Not if you're heading for Addison Way, which I invariably am.

Might as well just
go in convoy with the buses and the whole thing would run smoother
then.

sigh