The infrastructure, which forces bus users to cross a cycle lane when boarding or alighting, has been criticised by some, leaked TfL meeting slides suggesting that floating bus stops might "feel dangerous" but there is a "low risk" of a collision The design forces bus users to cross a cycle lane when boarding or alighting. Read more as it has been criticised by some, leaked Transport for London meeting slides suggesting that floating bus stops "feel dangerous" even if there is a "low risk" of a collision.
Sadiq Khan’s cycling tsar has acknowledged floating bus stops “feel dangerous” because many cyclists refuse to give way at zebra crossings, but that there was a “low risk” of an accident, The Telegraph can reveal.
Emergency services were called just after 5pm on November 17 to reports of a collision between a bus and a person on Brentford High Street - where TfL has kept roadworks to build a cycle path.