Lynne's Parliament and Haringey diary

Meet Italian mother with twin buggy, twins and local LibDem councillor at a bus stop in Surrey Quays. This poor woman has tried to get on many a bus with her double buggy - only to be left standing as bus driver after bus driver refuses her entrance.

I had already met London Transport's Peter Hendy and raised this issue around bus driver behaviour with him. He is thinking of removing bus drivers' discretion about whether or not to let on such buggies.

Obviously if the bus is full, it is not possible for a double buggy unfolded to be boarded - but at all other times they should be allowed on. Just another aspect of bus driver behaviour to campaign on - along with mobile phones, driving too fast, stopping abruptly and not putting down the disabled ramp.

Of course - these few rotten drivers - spoil it for the many very good ones who, Lord knows, battle against the worst that London can throw at them day and night and get pipsqueak wages compared to tube drivers who have really good conditions - and no traffic!

Labels: peter hendy