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The queue is two lanes of all kinds of traffic, not just buses. There's no bus lane at that point.
Ah, as I said, I don't know that spot very well. I actually rode through there a couple of times recently while roadworks were going on, so couldn't get a good feeling for what was going on. The September 2017 StreetView images still show the bus lane, and I erroneously assumed it was still there. I'd therefore assume that it was removed in the course of the recent footway widening.
All other kinds of vehicles, except buses (and a few white vans, but not that many), stop downstream of the crossing until they can get all the way across it, leaving it clear for use by pedestrians.
I don't know why that spot is so bad. I've not really noticed buses obstructing crossings regularly in other parts of London.
It's nothing to do with the roadworks - they've always behaved like that. Now the crossing is wider and the railings have been removed it's slightly harder for bus drivers to completely block the crossing, but they do try.
It's interesting, there must be another explanation, then. I'll have a look the next time I go past there. In the meantime, it's quite possible that bus drivers are just caught out more often when creeping forward with the queue while the next lights are green. The space under the bridge is really quite peculiar in some of the ways it's laid out.
They could solve the problem by buying buses with doors on both sides.
Very good. I think we should campaign for TfL not to require people to buy tickets for the passage through the bus, though. :)
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The queue is two lanes of all kinds of traffic, not just buses. There's no bus lane at that point.
All other kinds of vehicles, except buses*, stop downstream of the crossing until they can get all the way across it, leaving it clear for use by pedestrians.
I don't know why that spot is so bad. I've not really noticed buses obstructing crossings regularly in other parts of London.
It's nothing to do with the roadworks - they've always behaved like that. Now the crossing is wider and the railings have been removed it's slightly harder for bus drivers to completely block the crossing, but they do try.
They could solve the problem by buying buses with doors on both sides.
*And a few white vans, but not that many.