Analysis of distances between London's bus stops
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Analysis of distances between London's bus stops
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#2There has recently been a big problem in London for the elderly - many bus stops have been removed and replaced with bicycle lanes, meaning the elderly have to move a considerable distance to their nearest bus stop.
There was also an issue that TfL was removing seats from bus stops to stop 'yobbery', but leaving the elderly without a place to sit while waiting: https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/elderly-forced-to-stand-...
Re: Analysis of distances between London's bus stops
#3There has recently been a big problem in London for the elderly - many bus stops have been removed and replaced with bicycle lanes, meaning the elderly have to move a considerable distance to their nearest bus stop. There was also an issue that TfL was removing seats from bus stops to stop 'yobbery', but leaving the elderly without a place to sit while waiting: https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/elderly-forced-to-st…
It's not just elderly people who need to sit down – I fractured my T11 vertebral body (amongst lots of other back-related woes) and find standing up for a prolonged period of time moderately excruciating.
Re: Analysis of distances between London's bus stops
#4There has recently been a big problem in London for the elderly - many bus stops have been removed and replaced with bicycle lanes, meaning the elderly have to move a considerable distance to their nearest bus stop. There was also an issue that TfL was removing seats from bus stops to stop 'yobbery', but leaving the elderly without a place to sit while waiting: https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/elderly-forced-to-st…
It's not just elderly people who need to sit down – I fractured my T11 vertebral body (amongst lots of other back-related woes) and find standing up for a prolonged period of time moderately excruciating.
That's true - and then there's pregnant women... and sometimes having a seat can make managing young children that little bit easier!
A lot of the new hostile architecture does a great job at making ordinary people suffer.
Re: Analysis of distances between London's bus stops
#5There has recently been a big problem in London for the elderly - many bus stops have been removed and replaced with bicycle lanes, meaning the elderly have to move a considerable distance to their nearest bus stop. There was also an issue that TfL was removing seats from bus stops to stop 'yobbery', but leaving the elderly without a place to sit while waiting: https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/elderly-forced-to-st…
London has Dial-a-ride for people with impairments which provides a door-to-door journey https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/dial-a-ride/
But of course, a lot of people don't qualify, and others don't want to use a different service to others.
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not just elderly people who need to sit down – I fractured my T11 vertebral body (amongst lots of other back-related woes) and find standing up for a prolonged period of time moderately excruciating.
That's true - and then there's pregnant women... and sometimes having a seat can make managing young children that little bit easier! A lot of the new hostile architecture does a great job at making ordinary people suffer.
As this always comes up, disability is not an on/off, it's a spectrum. And we all will disabled in one way or another sooner or later.
Even if you're young and healthy, but you pulled a muscle helping a friend move their couch, you will likely want to sit down on a bus.
Re: Analysis of distances between London's bus stops
#7Great reference materials for urban planning.
Re: Analysis of distances between London's bus stops
#8Slightly tangential, but here's a viz of how sprawled out London's bus network is https://youtu.be/xAnCD_Czwxw?t=648. Quite amazing how well the bus system works.
Re: Analysis of distances between London's bus stops
#9There has recently been a big problem in London for the elderly - many bus stops have been removed and replaced with bicycle lanes, meaning the elderly have to move a considerable distance to their nearest bus stop. There was also an issue that TfL was removing seats from bus stops to stop 'yobbery', but leaving the elderly without a place to sit while waiting: https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/elderly-forced-to-st…
London has Dial-a-ride for people with impairments which provides a door-to-door journey https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/dial-a-ride/ But of course, a lot of people don't qualify, and others don't want to use a different service to others.
It's also a problem of people not wanting to be "in the way". Even if services are available on-demand, some older folks get the opinion that they don't want to explicitly request help as they'll add additional work for others, which they don't want to do. If the service is available anyways, they don't feel bad using it.
Re: Analysis of distances between London's bus stops
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
London has Dial-a-ride for people with impairments which provides a door-to-door journey https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/dial-a-ride/ But of course, a lot of people don't qualify, and others don't want to use a different service to others.
It's also a problem of people not wanting to be "in the way". Even if services are available on-demand, some older folks get the opinion that they don't want to explicitly request help as they'll add additional work for others, which they don't want to do. If the service is available anyways, they don't feel bad using it.
I've met some elderly people who weren't happy they received free senior passes for travel and wanted to pay like everyone else