Request ID: FOI-0566-2425 Date published: 10 July 2024
You asked
On 26 April 2024 an article appeared on the BBC London news page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68883481
It reported the Mayor as having said: “The Labour candidate, Sadiq Khan, said they were installed during his mayoralty because "a disproportionate number of cyclists" had been "injured and killed as a consequence of buses".
Can you please release any data and its source that supports this statement.
Can you please release any data of those collisions that have occurred at or near bus stops
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TfL have just launched its bus stop bypass review. It found non-compliant stops on its and the borough roads.
Could you please release the locations of these stops and any non-compliance.
The report mentions: engaging with accessibility and active travel stakeholder groups, the London boroughs, bus operators and our Independent Disability Advisory Group
Could you please release the comments of the boroughs, bus operators and IDAG.
Thanks
We answered
Our ref: FOI-0480-2425/ST & FOI-0566-2425/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 16 May 2024 asking for information relating to the Bus stop bypasses.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require.
It reported the Mayor as having said: “The Labour candidate, Sadiq Khan, said they were installed during his mayoralty because "a disproportionate number of cyclists" had been "injured and killed as a consequence of buses".
Can you please release any data and its source that supports this statement.
Can you please release any data of those collisions that have occurred at or near bus stops This information is available at the following links:
TfL have just launched its bus stop bypass review. It found non-compliant stops on its and the borough roads.
Could you please release the locations of these stops and any non-compliance. This information is available at the following link: Cycling - Transport for London (tfl.gov.uk) Could you please release the comments of the boroughs, bus operators and IDAG. Please find attached the comments received. The IDAG feedback provided was on the first draft of the presentation that we were preparing for the stakeholder roundtable, and therefore the majority of their comments were on the specifics of that presentation, rather than bus stop bypasses in general. We did not receive any written feedback from bus operators.
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Graham Hurt FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
