Buses change – but HGV / LGV stay the same

Today saw the removal of the first ‘bendy-buses’ from London’s streets. Buses on the 38 route from Hackney to Victoria were replaced with traditional double-deckers.

A recent survey put the bendy-buses (introduced by former Mayor Ken Livingstone) at the top of the list for causing ‘traffic chaos’ in the city. The 25m long buses often got stuck turning corners and had huge problem with fare dodgers. Some buses ran ‘completely for free’ – whereby not one passenger would pay or swipe their Oyster card.

Their design has been blamed for numerous accidents and deaths on Londons roads and cyclists are overjoyed at their removal.

Mean while, HGV’s and LGV’s were not seen to be creating traffic problems in the city. Too many buses and empty bus lanes were considered more of a problem on London’s streets.