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of
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:03:43 in uk.transport.london, "
writes
b) Buses will stop without a signal for pedestrians waiting at Bus
Stops;

Those whose offices are 55 Broadway or Windsor House or wherever these
naive twits now inhabit really are detached from reality!

So take a little time to make them so aware.


but I believe: buses will not
pass buses stopped at stops unless the drivers can see no pedestrians
are waiting, the bus is full or for other good reasons I can't think of.

Yes, and I believe in the tooth fairy too!

I've seen different things too. At places where I care, I complain. It
costs very little to fill in/out one of TfL's email forms. It gives
ammunition for those who disburse our money to the contractors who
provide the service. I've had trouble, today, getting to
http://http://www.tfl.gov.uk/helpandcontact


At Clapham Junction, the first stop leaving the terminating point is a
Compulsory stop in Falcon Lane, where there are often numerous buses
jamming up the area around the stop itself. Sometimes, I have to
pyhsically stand in the middle of the road, at the risk of being run
over, to prevent a 295 from NOT stopping there, even though the driver
cannot, obviously, know that some of the crowd of people at the bus
stop want to get on! The same is true at the Southbound stop at
Notting Hill Gate, where often a number of buses are congregated, and
unless physically stopped, a 28, for example, will happily sail past
without even checking if anyone wants to board.

You're a braver man than I!

What response did you get to the complaints you made about this
behaviour at those stops?

The service number and time is probably enough to identify a bus. The
registration number is good confirming information. The running number
is probably not going to be seen by you. This is usually of the form
AB123 and either on the door side of the bus or on a card in the front
windscreen.

You can either phone TfL Surface Transport at 0845 300 7000 and select
option 1 on the voice menu or contact
. I used to have the sort of
trouble you report at the northbound stop at the southern end of London
Bridge. I complained about a particular bus; I have not had to complain
again.

I do a lot of complaining about buses; I estimate the complaint rate at
less than 5%. If others did more, I could do less.


Marc.




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Walter Briscoe