London assembly urges halt to floating bus stops

Transport for London should immediately halt the installation of new floating bus stops across the capital following a series of alarming safety incidents. The London Assembly agreed to a motion calling on the mayor to pause these infrastructure projects across the TfL Road Network. City Hall representatives said that pedestrian protection must take absolute priority over other street design objectives.

The agreed motion also requests an immediate freeze on financial funding for borough-level transport programmes until a fully secure design can be established. Keith Prince AM, who proposed the motion during the session, said that every Londoner should be able to board and exit a bus without fear for their physical safety. He added that the mounting number of recorded collisions and near misses can no longer be ignored by municipal authorities.

According to the Assembly, blind, partially sighted, elderly, and disabled residents have faced severe risks while crossing the cycle tracks that separate the bus boarding islands from the main pavement. Several vulnerable individuals have been hit or nearly hit by riders while trying to reach their public transport services. The cross-party agreement demands that transport chiefs stop introducing new floating stops of any design until proper safeguards are implemented.

Representatives said that vulnerable commuters should never have to choose between their personal well-being and their ability to travel independently across the capital. The vote reflects intense pressure from local communities regarding street layouts that place cyclists and bus passengers into direct conflict on busy urban roads. Transport officials are now facing direct calls from local leaders to overhaul the controversial layout standard.

Further discussions concerning transport infrastructure standards and passenger accessibility measures are scheduled to continue at upcoming municipal committee meetings later this month.