MP takes bus petition to Parliament

Mr Bailey with campaigners at Westminster

MP Calvin Bailey presented a petition to Parliament on Tuesday against the changes to bus services affecting Wanstead residents.

He said the change had had “significant negative impacts on local people, including on school children, who are struggling to get to school on time, and on my disabled and elderly constituents, all of whom are finding it hard to access care at Whipps Cross hospital due to the changes”.

The petition calls for TfL to immediately reconsider the changes to the W12 and W14 bus routes.

Liz Martins of the Save Our Local Buses campaign said: “Many of the elderly and those with health issues or reduced mobility now struggle to get to Whipps Cross hospital, shops, GP surgeries and the only tube station with escalator access to the platforms.

“This is as their local bus has been reduced to an unacceptable hourly service. School children often wait an extra 20 minutes feeling vulnerable, especially in bad weather, as buses have been re-routed along busy main roads, getting stuck in heavy traffic, resulting in many parents having to use their cars or ill- afforded taxis.

She added: “TfL’s response that no changes can be made until 6 months usage data has been analysed, is unacceptable. It is a travesty to see buses go by practically empty, or too full, or run late. “

She said TfL were failing to comply with the principles of the government’s Bus Services Bill for the rest of the country which aims “to allow every community to take back control of their buses”.

4 thoughts on “MP takes bus petition to Parliament”

  1. I am not sure why that area insists they have frequent bus access to the hospital. There’s other parts of Wanstead that has no bus services at all, Why is this part so special?

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