Floating Bus Stops: An Open Letter to Members of the Greater London Authority

This is an unusual post for me as someone used to signposting data, research and studies, as well as telling some stories of how infrastructure came to be designed; but the London Assembly's recent behaviour has angered me.Dear Members of the Greater London Assembly,I watched the Assembly's plenary session of 5th November 2026 which included a vote calling on the Mayor to instruct Transport for London (TfL) to pause the installation of all new floating bus stops [here, from 5h18m]. With the notable exceptions of AM Russell and AM Bokhari (and noting some of your were absent), I found the discourse to be wholly disingenuous. In the final vote, there are 17 of you who will be contributing to the deaths and injuries of Londoners who are only trying to get around our city.I won't spend time setting out my credentials, they are easy to find on my blog [1] and on my professional website [2]. Suffice to say, I am a specialist in sustainable mobility design. On the matter of floating bus…

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