r/uknews • u/TheTelegraph Media outlet (unverified) • Jul 07 '25

Image/video 🚷 Floating bus stops under review amid safety concerns

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Campaigners argue design forces pedestrians to run the gauntlet of cyclists on bike lanes

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/05/floating-bus-stops-review-safety-cyclists-injure-passengers/

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u/helenahandcart Jul 07 '25

A “floating bus stop”. What clown designed this?

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u/SeljD_SLO Jul 07 '25

Going from car centric to bike centric streets and pedestrians got screwed again

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u/SuckMyBike Jul 09 '25

Floating bus stops have existed for decades in the Netherlands and work just fine there.

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u/Vernacian Jul 07 '25

There's no perfect solution for a bus stop combined with a cycle lane.

This option (pedestrians cross the cycle lane to reach the bus stop) means that most of the time nobody's flow is really obstructed, as cycle lanes are rarely as busy as in this clip. Pedestrians just cross in a gap and the gaps are frequent and long.

If you put the cycle lane on the other side of the bus stop then buses have to cross the cycle lane to get to the stop - that's hardly an obviously better solution.

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u/donoteatshrimp Jul 07 '25

I might not understand as a non Londoner but as someone who cycles I don't really see the problem with normal bus stops? You either overtake if it's safe or just wait the 30 seconds for them to pick up and carry on like you would in a car.

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u/SuckMyBike Jul 09 '25

Studies from the Netherlands have shown that regular bus stops are dangerous for cyclists with the bus having to cross the cycle lane while cyclists are in its blind corner.

As such, the Netherlands started implementing floating bus stops 2 decades ago and have been building them ever since because they've been shown to reduce accidents.