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Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

TfL FOI says 6% Bus Cabs had A/C Aug26. Cf. @mayoroflondon.bsky.social response June Q from @neilgarratt.bsky.social "Bus Drivers Overheating" e) Drivers air conditioning was specified from 2006. f) All London buses have air conditioning in the driver’s cab. www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Outrageous that while posturing about London being Net Zero by 2030, Sadiq Khan never stopped TfL's bus contractors from buying buses without air conditioning. Even now - after a decade as Mayor - he's only promising "cooling", not air conditioning, in new buses. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

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How will London cope with 40C summers?

By 2036, the extreme heat we’re enduring could be the norm. From white roofs to urban forests and blue waterways, here’s how London must adapt

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Simon Munk @psimonk.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Far too much of media & politicians have stoked this to avoid any moves to tackle the by orders of magnitude far larger negative impacts of unnecessary driving. Cycling is the 'dead cat' once more thrown in to distract from the far bigger issues we face. Enough already. Let's all work together.

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Simon Munk @psimonk.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Organisations & media & politicians who were never going to accept cycling as a legitimate transport mode whose users need treating with empathy & respect is startling. The NFB UK and others have mounted an anti cycling crusade while ignoring the giant elephant in the room of cars, driving, while...

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Simon Munk @psimonk.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Good take on fairly sensible @ategov.bsky.social guidance on floating bus stops, bus stop bypasses, bus stop boarders. Ultimately however the guidance amounts to 'try & do what you were already doing a bit better'. The amount of delays, time, money put in to appeasing 'fears', 'concerns' and from...

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Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

BetterBuses @YouTube Channel just dropped a new video looking at the confusing layout of door controls across different bus types. Ever reached for or pressed the wrong button? On bus it can be the difference between life or death/serious injury. www.youtube.com/@BetterBuses

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

TfL highlights New Cross Road as one of the top potential corridors for cycling in London and highest priority for improvements (see felt.com/map/TfL-Stra... map). Dangerous junctions, collision history and highest potential for cycling - yet nothing done for decades. @lewishamcyclists.bsky.social

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TfL Strategic Cycling Analysis 2022 – Felt

The only cloud-native GIS platform.

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

While it is far too early to understand causes of this tragic collision, latest mapping from our Dangerous Junctions campaign (see lcc.org.uk/junctions) highlights a stretch of junctions along New Cross Road as among the most dangerous in Lewisham for cycling collisions while at same time... 2/3

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Dangerous Junctions

Most serious and fatal collisions happen at junctions – fixing them is one of the most important things we can do to make cycling in London safer.

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Thoughts with family & friends. 39 year old woman killed cycling, New Cross Road ~8:30pm last night. www.mylondon.news/news/south-l... Lorry driver "arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving". Info/footage: "call 101 quoting CAD 6839/20Jan" @lewishamcyclists.bsky.social 1/3

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Cyclist, 39, dies in horror crash with lorry on major road

The 39-year-old woman who was pronounced dead at the scene

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Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Bus Drivers have opened a new front against Transport for London’s & the UK Bus Industry’s Safety Disinformation Campaign. A YouTube Channel that evidences the systemic dangers embedded in the UK’s Largest Public Bus Operation that ignores Human Factors #BillofRights www.youtube.com/@BetterBuses

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

You might wish to go back and listen to what you said in that interview to be honest.

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Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

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Better Buses

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Maybe spend a bit of time investigating the real issues as AMs such as @carolinerussell.bsky.social has been tirelessly, rather than indulging people like Hill who would literally throw my daughter under a bus than give her transport choice.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

And no, @ellybakeram.bsky.social, absolutely nobody is saying that all trips should be made by all people by cycle. Go and have a chat with people who actually understand policy and design. That's not Hill.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

In the talk, we've Hill trying to strike it up and Baker (who is transport committee chair) using anecdotes. From about 15 minutes in. Of course floating bus stops come up. Hill obviously against them. Baker hasn't a clue. Hill also slags off @londoncycling.bsky.social

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Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

#VisionZeroLDN LAST DAY of Month & TfL hasn't yet published its ‘Casualties in Greater London’ factsheet @london.gov.uk promised @neilgarratt.bsky.social "in September". Is TfL still 'Cooking the Books' on Bus Fatals🤔? @rosslydall.bsky.social @adamtoms.bsky.social london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...

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Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Former TfL Board Member (2012-18) & Board Safety Panel Chair (2016-18) @mliebreich.bsky.social has always spoken truth to power: and his post certainly resonates.

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Great news from the London bus safety front. Last week, as drivers reported cab temperatures of over 40C, TfL Commissioner Andy Lord finally said: "If any of the air cooling or air conditioning, is not serviceable, the bus should not be taken into service." Bingo! www.linkedin.com/posts/mliebr...

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Great news from the London bus safety front. | Michael Liebreich

Great news from the London bus safety front. Last week, during the hot weather, drivers recorded cab temperatures of over 40C. Caroline Russell, Green London Assembly Member raised this with the Com...

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Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

#LondonBusWatch @london.gov.uk doesn't know how many people have been killed by TfL Buses in 2024? HT> @londonassembly.bsky.social Member Keith Prince for alerting Sadiq Khan & TfL Commissioner to current estimated total—16—calculated from data on TfL Website.🔍🧮 www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Qv...

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Mayor of London doesn't know how many people killed by TfL Buses in 2024? Keith Prince AM 3Jul25

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Steve Knattress @cycleoptic.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I have recently reported ( to met with video) very dangerous close bus passes ( often followed by a punishment pass) I wonder if theyre acted upon or even make their way into the @tfl figures ?

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Simon Munk @psimonk.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I bet you get a 'we cannot reveal individual consequences due to privacy laws' type response. Interestingly, the one time a TfL contractor in a van tried to run me down, I got the same thing, but then a phone call from the contracting company saying 'we fired him'. Or to answer your question: no.

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Simon Munk @psimonk.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Even 'official' data tells a really difficult story. content.tfl.gov.uk/vision-zero-... p60/61. "Buses & coaches 4.53 times more likely to be involved in... fatality or serious injury to a pedestrian relative to their share of traffic." NB 'KSIs' more reliable statistically than just fatalities...

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Simon Munk @psimonk.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

For cycling that's a mere 1.75 times, but that's the highest ratio of modes. For walking, motorcycles are marginally more over-represented at 4.7 times. Given the number of coaches on London's roads and involved in collisions, safe to say buses are very over-represented in walking & cycling KSIs...

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Simon Munk @psimonk.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Reality is then that there is copious evidence on how badly buses & by extension TfL are failing on Vision Zero. The holy grail TfL are reaching for appears to be 'intelligent speed assist' but I do not buy its vital importance in these circumstances - buses don't generally go way over 20 here...

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Simon Munk @psimonk.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Once again, TfL Buses lobby appear to be opposing, delaying, fretting about basic safety measures to separate buses from cycling & indeed doing little to promote bus priority measures generally. Where are all the circulating cycling stage junctions, the bus lanes that go to junctions, the bus gates?

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Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

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Mayor of London doesn't know how many people killed by TfL Buses in 2024? Keith Prince AM 3Jul25

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

If you scan the news you will see TfL buses frequently mount the pavement, plough into buildings or hit passers-by with wing mirrors. At least 35 people are knocked over each year on pedestrian crossings, though the figure could be much higher because of poor data. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

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New safety fears after 71 hit by London buses at crossings in 2 years

New concerns about road safety emerged today as dozens of people were revealed to have been hit by London buses at pedestrian crossings.

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

London's bus system is "institutionally unsafe". In 2024 there were 16 preventable deaths involving TfL buses - the highest number since 2009, despite bus journeys declining 17% during that period. What can YOU do about it? A lot, it turns out. www.linkedin.com/posts/mliebr...

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Michael Liebreich on LinkedIn: Are you a Londoner? Do you ever come to London on business or for leisure,…

Are you a Londoner? Do you ever come to London on business or for leisure, or as a tourist? Then this post is for you. You might find the sight of a red…

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Bus journey numbers have been dropping under Sadiq Khan. Journeys down, deaths up.

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

More people were killed on or by buses in London in 2024 than any year since 2009. That's the outcome of London's "institutionally unsafe" franchising model, which the Government wants to roll out across the country. Support the Bus Drivers Bill of Rights! www.change.org/p/mayor-of-l...

A chart showing bus and coach-related deaths in London from 1990 to 2024, showing that while the figures came down sharply under Boris Johnson, they have not fallen under Sadiq Khan except during the pandemic, and he is far off-track from his Vision Zero target for no deaths on or involving a bus in London by 2030.

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Simon Munk @psimonk.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

And that is where I'm most fed up. While folks like @comadad.bsky.social keep telling us all clearly what the evidence is on bus safety & how to improve safety, anti-floating stop orgs keep openly saying basically 'go cycle in the street' as an inclusive answer. It's utter rubbish & has to stop...

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Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

#StopKillingBusDrivers VIDEO On 29 January, 100s of Transport for London Bus Drivers stopped traffic in Central London to demand Mayor Sadiq Khan write #BillofRights into TfL Bus Contracts youtu.be/bxE3QFQQQQY

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#LondonBusWatch #StopKillingBusDrivers TfL Bus Drivers' "Bill of Rights" Protest - 29 January 2025

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Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

After 15% YoY increase in 2023, TfL Bus Collision Deaths increased by 25% YoY in 2024: but those facts—supported by Data published on TfL Website & by MSM—don’t stop Sadiq Khan from Gaslighting the London Assembly. Who’s gonna call out the Mayor’s &TfL’s #CultureofLies? m.youtube.com/watch?v=YbvJ...

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#CultureofLies - Mayor of London Gaslights Keith Prince AM about TfL 2024 Bus Safety Performance

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Thomas Ableman @freewheeling.info · 15/11/2024

I’ve just this evening posted a long article on the pros and cons of the model, in the context of Manchester: www.freewheeling.info/blog/how-muc... There are many ups and downs, but I genuinely don’t think that safety is one of them.

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How Much Does Franchising Cost? — Freewheeling

Bus franchising is seen as the answer, but it's not free. How much does it cost, and what does it solve?

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I’ve not looked properly at what action is being taken in TfL on this. It’s clear that a commitment to Vision Zero means, regardless of how safe buses are compared to private vehicles, we need to treat every death & serious injury as avoidable, investigate the cause and learn from it

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

TfL responded to some of these concerns in this article. “Our thoughts are with all of the families affected through either loss or injury on the transport network… It's really important that we learn lessons from incidents that occur and we reach out to families to understand their perspectives.”

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TfL: Accidents not all unique, crash victims say

Sally Sivas, whose friend died in a bus crash, is one of three people calling for improved safety.

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

There’s growing concern with how TfL has treated crash victims and approach to meeting its Vision Zero bus goal Here’s Camilla Cavendish in the FT calling for a review into the ‘systemic problems’ behind these tragedies (As with all coverage of road deaths and serious injuries, it’s a tough read)

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London bus crashes are the result of an unsafe model

Individual tragedies indicate a systemic problem that Whitehall needs to look at fast

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News Feed @news-feed.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

@ftopinion: Tom Kearne was on a central London pavement when he was whacked on the head so hard that he fell to the ground, spent weeks in a coma, and only just survived. Had he been mugged? No. He’d been hit by the wing mirror of a London bus, says Camilla Cavendish

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Main link in OG tweet

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Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

“Transport for London (TfL) is unable to locate specific minutes for this particular item.” — Given the fact that he admits London is the only city in the world that requires footwell cameras for its Bus Drivers, the Mayor’s response to this is really astonishing. www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...

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Footwell Cameras and London's Bus Vehicle Specification (1)

Questions to the Mayor: Further to your response to question 2024/3431, please can you provide me with redacted documentation concerning TfL's March 2019 decision to make footwell cameras a mandatory ...

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Karen Liebreich @kareninagarden.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I've been trying to write this article for the past 6 weeks, but sadly it was spiked. Well done #CamillaCavendish and @data.ft.com @mliebreich.bsky.social for getting it out there.

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