Tom Kearney
@comadad.bsky.social
London resident investigating Transport for London’s ‘Safety Scandal’. Blog: www.saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com
ICYMI @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social
promised @neilgarratt.bsky.social
TWICE —in Question 2025/1038 ☝️— & in Question 2025/0605 👇 that TfL will be publishing its 'Casualties in Greater London ' factsheet 'in September' ⌛ ⌛ ⌛ www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
promised @neilgarratt.bsky.social
TWICE —in Question 2025/1038 ☝️— & in Question 2025/0605 👇 that TfL will be publishing its 'Casualties in Greater London ' factsheet 'in September' ⌛ ⌛ ⌛ www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
September 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
ICYMI @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social
promised @neilgarratt.bsky.social
TWICE —in Question 2025/1038 ☝️— & in Question 2025/0605 👇 that TfL will be publishing its 'Casualties in Greater London ' factsheet 'in September' ⌛ ⌛ ⌛ www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
promised @neilgarratt.bsky.social
TWICE —in Question 2025/1038 ☝️— & in Question 2025/0605 👇 that TfL will be publishing its 'Casualties in Greater London ' factsheet 'in September' ⌛ ⌛ ⌛ www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
remember the "confusion" over TfL's under-reporting of '23's Bus Fatality Data @adamtoms.bsky.social?
I predict same misleading for '24's, but let's see 1st if TfL deigns to publish data to meet @london.gov.uk DEADLINE ⌛https://www.mylondon.news/news/transport/tfl-clears-up-confusion-over-30111244
I predict same misleading for '24's, but let's see 1st if TfL deigns to publish data to meet @london.gov.uk DEADLINE ⌛https://www.mylondon.news/news/transport/tfl-clears-up-confusion-over-30111244
Confusion over how many killed by buses as TfL accused of getting it wrong
A campaigner has claimed that the data is 'wrong'
www.mylondon.news
September 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
remember the "confusion" over TfL's under-reporting of '23's Bus Fatality Data @adamtoms.bsky.social?
I predict same misleading for '24's, but let's see 1st if TfL deigns to publish data to meet @london.gov.uk DEADLINE ⌛https://www.mylondon.news/news/transport/tfl-clears-up-confusion-over-30111244
I predict same misleading for '24's, but let's see 1st if TfL deigns to publish data to meet @london.gov.uk DEADLINE ⌛https://www.mylondon.news/news/transport/tfl-clears-up-confusion-over-30111244
TBH I knew there would come a day when, faced with so much publicly-available evidence, someone high up at TfL would finally crack and reveal TfL Surface Transport’s worst-kept secret: Safety has never been TfL’s priority on London Buses. But, I never thought it’d be the Commissioner! 😳👏
July 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
TBH I knew there would come a day when, faced with so much publicly-available evidence, someone high up at TfL would finally crack and reveal TfL Surface Transport’s worst-kept secret: Safety has never been TfL’s priority on London Buses. But, I never thought it’d be the Commissioner! 😳👏
Sols. last MQ ☝️was Sep 2020! This good MQ from you is from July 2018 "Will you ask Transport for London (TfL) to introduce a maximum working temperature policy for bus drivers?" www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
www.london.gov.uk
July 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Sols. last MQ ☝️was Sep 2020! This good MQ from you is from July 2018 "Will you ask Transport for London (TfL) to introduce a maximum working temperature policy for bus drivers?" www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
ICYMI you asked @mayoroflondon.bsky.social this MQ Sep18 "What steps did TfL & Bus operators take during recent heatwave to support driver welfare, & what plans do you have to ensure procedures adapted to take account of increasing likelihood of very hot summers? www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
www.london.gov.uk
July 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
ICYMI you asked @mayoroflondon.bsky.social this MQ Sep18 "What steps did TfL & Bus operators take during recent heatwave to support driver welfare, & what plans do you have to ensure procedures adapted to take account of increasing likelihood of very hot summers? www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
Also @eveningstandard.bsky.social has reports about dangerously hot cabs dating from at least 2018 www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
Bus driver claims temperature in his cab reached 48C during heatwave
A London bus driver has claimed temperatures in his cab reached up to 48C during the heatwave sparking safety fears.
www.standard.co.uk
July 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Also @eveningstandard.bsky.social has reports about dangerously hot cabs dating from at least 2018 www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
While you're "in process", Mayor's Questions, Bus Driver YouTube & Twitter for past +7 years maybe helpful. BTW here's a useful MQ from @londonassembly.bsky.social Member Keith Prince from 2022 w links to @lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social #SpeakToSadiq Broadcasts www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
www.london.gov.uk
July 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
While you're "in process", Mayor's Questions, Bus Driver YouTube & Twitter for past +7 years maybe helpful. BTW here's a useful MQ from @londonassembly.bsky.social Member Keith Prince from 2022 w links to @lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social #SpeakToSadiq Broadcasts www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
As you know, Ending Hot Bus Cabs just 1 of 12 demands in TfL Bus Drivers #BillofRights they want inscribed into TfL’s ‘Stale’ Framework Bus Services Contract. Mayor recently rejected their demand w/o giving evidence. Will you investigate and/or respond? saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...
The London Bus Drivers Bill of Rights: the Mayor's Contemptuous Response demands London Assembly Action Now!—An Open Letter to Caroline Russell from an Anonymous London Bus Driver
By email and blogpost Caroline Russell AM London Assembly City Ha ll Kamal Chunchie Way London E16 1ZE cc: London Assembly Members; Mayor of...
saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com
July 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
As you know, Ending Hot Bus Cabs just 1 of 12 demands in TfL Bus Drivers #BillofRights they want inscribed into TfL’s ‘Stale’ Framework Bus Services Contract. Mayor recently rejected their demand w/o giving evidence. Will you investigate and/or respond? saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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 ?
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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.
this has been reported BTW “TfL does not know how many passengers are injured on buses and Tubes” www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/bb335fc...
TfL does not know how many passengers are injured on buses and Tubes
The transport body has changed the way it defines a serious injury which campaigners say has blurred the true picture
www.telegraph.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
this has been reported BTW “TfL does not know how many passengers are injured on buses and Tubes” www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/bb335fc...
except for one major issue—TfL just makes up the Serious Injury number to match whatever outcome it wants to crow about.
July 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
except for one major issue—TfL just makes up the Serious Injury number to match whatever outcome it wants to crow about.
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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...
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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...
“TfL’s Speed Compliance Tool captures details such as location, time, vehicle speed and driver number for each excess speed incident. However, it is not correct that TfL uses the tool to monitor individual drivers or that it requests CCTV from certain incidents.” www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
www.london.gov.uk
July 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“TfL’s Speed Compliance Tool captures details such as location, time, vehicle speed and driver number for each excess speed incident. However, it is not correct that TfL uses the tool to monitor individual drivers or that it requests CCTV from certain incidents.” www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
Reality is, sorry, TfL has millions of annual data points showing its Buses breaking speed limits to meet contracted timeliness targets, but TfL & Mayor refuse to release this data for public scrutiny. Why? IMHO it’s so much easier to LIE about #VisionZero www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
www.london.gov.uk
July 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Reality is, sorry, TfL has millions of annual data points showing its Buses breaking speed limits to meet contracted timeliness targets, but TfL & Mayor refuse to release this data for public scrutiny. Why? IMHO it’s so much easier to LIE about #VisionZero www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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...
Reposted by Tom Kearney
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?
we’ve plenty of evidence—& DfT, TfL & Mayor of London admit— neither STATS19 nor TfL’s Bus Safety Data or Road Fatality Data capture all deaths from preventable Bus Safety Incidents—which IMHO—calls into question if any UK Transport Official knows what they’re talking about re Bus Safety.
July 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
we’ve plenty of evidence—& DfT, TfL & Mayor of London admit— neither STATS19 nor TfL’s Bus Safety Data or Road Fatality Data capture all deaths from preventable Bus Safety Incidents—which IMHO—calls into question if any UK Transport Official knows what they’re talking about re Bus Safety.
“safe” is relative: when you divide number of bus passengers by number of bus miles (as Bus Industry Lobby & DfT do) they are “safe”…for passengers. But when you correlate vehicles’ presence on road vs. travel mode of victim, risk to pedestrians & cyclists is 10-13x presence’d suggest.
July 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“safe” is relative: when you divide number of bus passengers by number of bus miles (as Bus Industry Lobby & DfT do) they are “safe”…for passengers. But when you correlate vehicles’ presence on road vs. travel mode of victim, risk to pedestrians & cyclists is 10-13x presence’d suggest.