Yes, let’s make that thing that WORKS in every other country illegal. British laws for British people!!
Transport secretary considers ban on floating bus stops in UK cycle lanes
Submitted 5 months ago by Mex@feddit.uk to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/10/uk-floating-bus-stops-cycle-lanes
geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Well I think the stupidity of the proposal is summarised here:
Over the same period, 11,400 pedestrians and 15,000 cyclists were injured after being hit by motor vehicles.
Tweak@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Yeah, I mean apparently this is being driven by charities for the blind, but you can even see in the main image for the article that there is a defined crossing over the cycle lane with different texture pavement tiles. The blind are far from being ignored here.
davidagain@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s just a typical conservative tactic - pretend to care about one group whilst actually hating on another. Ask them to do something actually useful for the group they pretend to care for and you’ll find that “sadly” it’s just too expensive.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Do not live in London. So never come accross these stops.
But as I use a white stick. I really don’t see an issue. Cyclists can be awful when looking out for visually impaired. But it seems the bus stop would likely force a slow down and expectation of passengers.