Tom Kearney
@comadad.bsky.social
London resident investigating Transport for London’s ‘Safety Scandal’. Blog: www.saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com
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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
TfL Strategic Cycling Analysis 2022 – Felt
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felt.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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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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
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.
lcc.org.uk
January 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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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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
Lorry driver "arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving". Info/footage: "call 101 quoting CAD 6839/20Jan"
@lewishamcyclists.bsky.social 1/3
Cyclist, 39, dies in horror crash with lorry on major road
The 39-year-old woman who was pronounced dead at the scene
www.mylondon.news
January 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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
Lorry driver "arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving". Info/footage: "call 101 quoting CAD 6839/20Jan"
@lewishamcyclists.bsky.social 1/3
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...
@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: ...
saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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...
Better Buses youtube.com/@betterbuses... via
@YouTube
@YouTube
Better Buses
youtube.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Better Buses youtube.com/@betterbuses... via
@YouTube
@YouTube
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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
www.youtube.com/@BetterBuses
Better Buses
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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
www.youtube.com/@BetterBuses
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You might wish to go back and listen to what you said in that interview to be honest.
September 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
You might wish to go back and listen to what you said in that interview to be honest.
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
www.youtube.com/@BetterBuses
Better Buses
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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
www.youtube.com/@BetterBuses
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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.
September 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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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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.
Go and have a chat with people who actually understand policy and design. That's not Hill.
September 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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.
Go and have a chat with people who actually understand policy and design. That's not Hill.
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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
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
September 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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
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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What's that? Dave "over the" Hill whipping up anti-cycling feeling again?
September 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
What's that? Dave "over the" Hill whipping up anti-cycling feeling again?
#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...
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...
September 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
#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...
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...
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.
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...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mliebr...
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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July 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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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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...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mliebr...
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...
www.linkedin.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mliebr...
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#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...
for alerting Sadiq Khan & TfL Commissioner to current estimated total—16—calculated from data on TfL Website.🔍🧮 www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Qv...
Mayor of London doesn't know how many people killed by TfL Buses in 2024? Keith Prince AM 3Jul25
YouTube video by Tom Kearney
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July 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
#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...
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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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 ?
July 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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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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.
July 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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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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...
"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
July 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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...
"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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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...
July 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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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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...
July 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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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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?
July 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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?
#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...
for alerting Sadiq Khan & TfL Commissioner to current estimated total—16—calculated from data on TfL Website.🔍🧮 www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Qv...
Mayor of London doesn't know how many people killed by TfL Buses in 2024? Keith Prince AM 3Jul25
YouTube video by Tom Kearney
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July 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
#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...
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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I support safe buses in London and good working conditions for bus drivers. Do you?
saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2025/02/lond...
saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2025/02/lond...
London's Franchised Bus Operation: "Institutionally Unsafe" at any Speed — Guest Post by Michael Liebreich, former TfL Board Director and Safety Panel Chair
Michael Liebreich stopping traffic at London Bus Drivers' Bill of Rights March to Parliament Square (29 January 2025) Are you a Londoner? D...
saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I support safe buses in London and good working conditions for bus drivers. Do you?
saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2025/02/lond...
saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2025/02/lond...
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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/...
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.
www.standard.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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/...