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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Noah Vickers

Sadiq Khan refuses Labour ally's request to pause roll-out of floating bus stops

A floating bus stop beside the cycleway in Lea Bridge Road, Leyton - (Ross Lydall)

Sadiq Khan has refused to bow to pressure from within his own party to “pause” the roll-out of ‘floating bus stops’, amid concerns over the safety of older and disabled Londoners.

The mayor was urged last week by a Labour member of the London Assembly to order a halt to the ‘bus stop bypasses’, which are found where a cycle lane cuts a bus stop off from the rest of the pavement.

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