Sign in

Tom Kearney

@comadad.bsky.social
62 followers 21 following 58 posts

London resident investigating Transport for London’s ‘Safety Scandal’. Blog: www.saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com

PostsRepliesMedia
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BTW 93 killed from preventable Bus Safety Incidents doesn't include —at least 76 Bus Drivers who died from Covid-19 and who may have died from illnesses provoked/caused by being forced to drive in 40c cabs for 10 hours a day. Poor Working Conditions #Kill www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BNN...
youtube.com
Exclusive: ‘TfL does not investigate bus crashes,’ claims leading bus safety campaigner
YouTube video by MyLondon
010
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A timely moment to remind us of an "Agreement on General Principles" TfL's MD Surface Transport emailed me on 15 May 2018 & ask another Q: Why were these 'principles' never announced? At least 93 people killed in preventable Bus Safety Incidents since might not have died needlessly & IMHO in vain.
100
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
3 Qs come immediately to mind— ❓Have @mayoroflondon.bsky.social & TfL been lying for past decade? saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2026/07/tfls... ❓Did @unitetheunion.bsky.social know anything? ❓How can BusCos employ drivers to work in unsafe conditions they must have known didn't meet 06 A/C spec?
saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com
TfL's Annual Dangerously-Hot Bus Cab Crisis (2018-2026)—A Briefing Note for London Bus Forums (6 July 2026)
TO: London Bus Forums FROM: Tom Kearney, #LondonBusWatch RE: TfL's Annual Dangerously-Hot Bus Cab Crisis (2018-2026)—A Briefing Note  DATE: ...
100
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...
london.gov.uk
101
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Guardian article chock full of graphs (2👇) evidencing bus 'slowdown', which, when combined with other well-evidenced trends—i.e., fewer buses going covering fewer miles—bus collisions should be going down. That hasn't happened under Khan (🤔👇) #LethalContracts www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
030
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICYMI I go into much detail about TfL's #Lethal Bus Contract Incentives in my recent @itsmylondon.bsky.social podcast. Bottom Line: TfL Bus Contract Incentives = #Unsafe & help to explain why Bus CollisionS—per bus & per million miles—are higher today than 2016 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BNN...
youtube.com
Exclusive: ‘TfL does not investigate bus crashes,’ claims leading bus safety campaigner
YouTube video by MyLondon
161
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🙏 So @theguardian.com says ✅congestion creates bus delays but 🙄 ignores fact that only financial incentives in TfL Bus Contracts since 2001 based on Bus Timeliness Targets, which Bus Drivers tell us Bus Contractors use to bully them to speed & drive w/o duty of care www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
london.gov.uk
150
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Esp since @londonassembly.bsky.social & TfL Bus Drivers have alerted @london.gov.uk to dangerously-hot Bus Cab issue for years. Since @itvnews.bsky.social reported it @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social nows says he's "appalled" at Bus Drivers' Poor Conditions saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2026/07/8-ye...
saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com
010
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
ICYMI LondonBusForums instructed Ministers @simonlightwood.org.uk @heidialexander.bsky.social & Lord Hendy to watch 11 @itvnews.bsky.social Reports re TfL's Poor #BusSafety Culture & come back w answers. How much did you know? When? 🤔 #BillofRights forums.londonbusforums.co.uk/threads/lond...
forums.londonbusforums.co.uk
Open Letter - London bus driver working conditions and ministerial awareness: Letter from Dylan Carroll (MD, London Bus Forums) to Simon Lightwood MP, Bus Minister
26 July 2026 Simon Lightwood MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department for Transport Great Minster House 33 Horseferry Road London SW1P 4DR Cc: Feryal Clark MP; The Rt Hon Heidi Alexander M...
000
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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/...
standard.co.uk
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
53410
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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.
0142
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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...
1162
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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...
12813
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
👀https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMBi9mA-ZFE
000
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
110
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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
felt.com
TfL Strategic Cycling Analysis 2022 – Felt
The only cloud-native GIS platform.
0103
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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
lcc.org.uk
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.
263
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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
mylondon.news
Cyclist, 39, dies in horror crash with lorry on major road
The 39-year-old woman who was pronounced dead at the scene
34422
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Better Buses Channel: London finally has a "BBC" that actually investigates why TfL contracts & manages a Public Bus Operation that's "institutionally unsafe" for Bus Drivers and the Public youtube.com/@betterbuses...
youtube.com
Better Buses
000
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Yesterday, I informed @ellybakeram.bsky.social Chair @londonassembly.bsky.social #AssemblyTransport & Members that London Bus Drivers have launched a new YouTube Channel 'focusing on Human Factors impacting TfL Bus Safety Safety Performance' saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2026/01/bett...
saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com
@BetterBuses - A New YouTube channel focusing on Human Factors impacting TfL Bus Safety Performance - Open Letter to Elly Baker AM, Chair, London Assembly Transport Committee - 16 January 2026
By email and blogpost Elly Baker, Chair London Assembly Transport Committee City Hall Kamal Chunchie Way London E16 1ZE 16 January 2026 cc: ...
100
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Better Buses youtube.com/@betterbuses... via @YouTube
youtube.com
Better Buses
010
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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
youtube.com
Better Buses
011
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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.
1211
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
youtube.com
Better Buses
011
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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.
2294
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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.
3433
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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
1151
Reposted by Tom Kearney
The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
What's that? Dave "over the" Hill whipping up anti-cycling feeling again?
media.tenor.com
a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
Alt: Abe Simpson, an old man, shouts at the clouds.
6427
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
ICYMI @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social promised @neilgarratt.bsky.social TWICE —in Question 2025/1038 ☝️— & in Question 2025/0605 👇 that TfL will be publishing its 'Casualties in Greater London ' factsheet 'in September' ⌛ ⌛ ⌛ www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
000
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
remember the "confusion" over TfL's under-reporting of '23's Bus Fatality Data @adamtoms.bsky.social? I predict same misleading for '24's, but let's see 1st if TfL deigns to publish data to meet @london.gov.uk DEADLINE ⌛https://www.mylondon.news/news/transport/tfl-clears-up-confusion-over-30111244
mylondon.news
Confusion over how many killed by buses as TfL accused of getting it wrong
A campaigner has claimed that the data is 'wrong'
100
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...
100
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
TBH I knew there would come a day when, faced with so much publicly-available evidence, someone high up at TfL would finally crack and reveal TfL Surface Transport’s worst-kept secret: Safety has never been TfL’s priority on London Buses. But, I never thought it’d be the Commissioner! 😳👏
010
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.
100
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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...
linkedin.com
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...
1102
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Sols. last MQ ☝️was Sep 2020! This good MQ from you is from July 2018 "Will you ask Transport for London (TfL) to introduce a maximum working temperature policy for bus drivers?" www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
london.gov.uk
000
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
ICYMI you asked @mayoroflondon.bsky.social this MQ Sep18 "What steps did TfL & Bus operators take during recent heatwave to support driver welfare, & what plans do you have to ensure procedures adapted to take account of increasing likelihood of very hot summers? www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
london.gov.uk
100
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Also @eveningstandard.bsky.social has reports about dangerously hot cabs dating from at least 2018 www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
standard.co.uk
Bus driver claims temperature in his cab reached 48C during heatwave
A London bus driver has claimed temperatures in his cab reached up to 48C during the heatwave sparking safety fears.
100
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
While you're "in process", Mayor's Questions, Bus Driver YouTube & Twitter for past +7 years maybe helpful. BTW here's a useful MQ from @londonassembly.bsky.social Member Keith Prince from 2022 w links to @lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social #SpeakToSadiq Broadcasts www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
london.gov.uk
100
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
As you know, Ending Hot Bus Cabs just 1 of 12 demands in TfL Bus Drivers #BillofRights they want inscribed into TfL’s ‘Stale’ Framework Bus Services Contract. Mayor recently rejected their demand w/o giving evidence. Will you investigate and/or respond? saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...
saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com
The London Bus Drivers Bill of Rights: the Mayor's Contemptuous Response demands London Assembly Action Now!—An Open Letter to Caroline Russell from an Anonymous London Bus Driver
By email and blogpost Caroline Russell AM London Assembly City Ha ll Kamal Chunchie Way London E16 1ZE cc: London Assembly Members; Mayor of...
110
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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...
youtube.com
Mayor of London doesn't know how many people killed by TfL Buses in 2024? Keith Prince AM 3Jul25
YouTube video by Tom Kearney
001
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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 ?
131
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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.
021
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
this has been reported BTW “TfL does not know how many passengers are injured on buses and Tubes” www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/bb335fc...
telegraph.co.uk
TfL does not know how many passengers are injured on buses and Tubes
The transport body has changed the way it defines a serious injury which campaigners say has blurred the true picture
020
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
except for one major issue—TfL just makes up the Serious Injury number to match whatever outcome it wants to crow about.
120
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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...
content.tfl.gov.uk
221
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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...
121
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
“TfL’s Speed Compliance Tool captures details such as location, time, vehicle speed and driver number for each excess speed incident. However, it is not correct that TfL uses the tool to monitor individual drivers or that it requests CCTV from certain incidents.” www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
london.gov.uk
020
Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Reality is, sorry, TfL has millions of annual data points showing its Buses breaking speed limits to meet contracted timeliness targets, but TfL & Mayor refuse to release this data for public scrutiny. Why? IMHO it’s so much easier to LIE about #VisionZero www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
london.gov.uk
220
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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...
261
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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?
142