Boris Watch

News for West London residents - London Travelwatch want your views:

TfL are currently consulting on the retendering of bus routes.

Please bear in mind TfL’s advice on suggestions, comments, etc on routes:

They are looking for comments from the public to Stakeholders, in this case London TravelWatch. They would particularly welcome information on any particular problems you may have identified rather than a specific suggestion for extension or enhancement of an individual route. This is because the best solution to a problem may be a change to another route rather than the one being directly reviewed.

Closing date for comments put on the forum by 23rd September.  I will then take them forward to Tfl.

Suggestions might include:

• ideas which enhance social inclusion;
• corridors or areas which might benefit from new or enhanced Sunday or night services;
• areas or corridors on which you feel increased frequency or larger vehicles are needed to cater for demand; identifying routes which you feel are unreliable
• ideas which improve integration with other transport modes or interchange with other bus routes or improve access to major developments

The routes affected are:
207, N207, 427, 427, 607,195, 266, N266, 260, 120, 70, R70, 94, N94, 11, N11, X26, 110, 111, 81, 211, C1

Where’s the Boris factor?  Well, the 207’s a bendy, but since it’s on a five year contract to 2010 with a probable extension to 2012, this does seem a trifle early to be asking, but it’s better than not being asked.  I think I’ll write and suggest replacing the heavily used bendies with larger vehicles.  Trams, for instance*.

* Note for those not obessed by West London transport politics - the 207 would have been replaced by the West London Tram project, but the Tory councils along the route nixed it (’hey, you can’t take roadspace away from cars!’) when they were elected a couple of years ago.  Apparently they prefer bendy buses.

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