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It won't be a single idiot, it'll be a team effort.
Don't blame those at the bottom of the pyramid for installing something on a disused shelter, they just implement the decisions of superiors.
Still Anon | 02.08.23 - 7:38 a.m. | #
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I just had to check back to make sure I hadn't dreamed a post that said you were having a bit of a break.
Blue Witch | 02.08.23 - 7:43 a.m. | #
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This is fewer than 500 words.
This is the promised 'lacklustre savaging'.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 02.08.23 - 7:47 a.m. | #
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An idiotic marketing policy dreamt up by a halfwit who perhaps never gets out of the office, nor travels by bus.
scrumpy | 02.08.23 - 8:09 a.m. | #
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Rather unpleasant tone this morning, seems aligned with the general standard of comments on twitter.
Messiah | 02.08.23 - 8:21 a.m. | #
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This post is a bit harsh on The Muppets, who are quite wonderful beings. Given a task such as Superloop signage, I'm sure Kermit, Fozzie and the crew would make a much better effort.
Waterhouse | 02.08.23 - 8:25 a.m. | #
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These roundels are not meant to inform anyone of anything. They are adverts for the superloop brand. Which is itself a distractor from you know what.
Malcolm of Kent | 02.08.23 - 8:57 a.m. | #
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While the Superloop may be intended as a distraction, the lack of any concrete improvements is achieving just the opposite, as so far it's very obviously just been wasting money on confusing renumbering of routes we already have. Running the X68 all day, or adding express routes to bring people into London from surrounding counties, might change opinions.
I suppose the Mayor's office is banking on the actual new orbital routes starting up just before the next election for Mayor.
Andrew S | 02.08.23 - 9:12 a.m. | #
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I'm interested to see that each stop at the end of the "hyperleap" is within sight of one of the Lambeth "Waterloo" churches (each of those named after one of the four Evangelists). The frontage of St Lukes can be glimpsed in the West Norwood photo, and the spire of St Johns clearly seen in the Waterloo one.
cau1khead | 02.08.23 - 9:54 a.m. | #
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And is it a sensible policy to run ‘express’ buses from Croydon to London on congested roads rather than coordinate feeder buses with the train service?
RogerB | 02.08.23 - 9:54 a.m. | #
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The SL6 serves a hilly rail-free corridor between West Croydon and West Norwood.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 02.08.23 - 10:05 a.m. | #
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I wouldn't be surprised if the “halfwit” travels by Range Rover.
Kim | 02.08.23 - 11:16 a.m. | #
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Hopefully the HVM barriers on Waterloo Bridge are replaced by something more aesthetically pleasing one day. The way the bus lane just abruptly restarts after the barriers protecting the cycle lane and pavement is not the safest for cyclists.
Speaking of which, Central London is littered with unused shelters. Oxford Street and Regent Street being the prime examples. Both of these will be sorted with consultations now open for street furniture and layout changes but surprising still nothing for the other temporary HVM protected bridges.
matthieu1221 | 02.08.23 - 11:48 a.m. | #
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You’ve been keen to engage us with a running commentary on how crap the show is but you overlooked the opportunity to photograph the stop by the Waldorf Hotel.
Sprout Eater | 02.08.23 - 1:06 p.m. | #
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A halfwit who never leaves the office would by default be a halfwit who never travels by bus.
MKIan | 02.08.23 - 2:08 p.m. | #
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Looks like the financial crisis at TfL is now just a footnote in history.
Steven Saunders | 02.08.23 - 4:01 p.m. | #
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I wouldn't be surprised if the halfwit "works" from home anyway.
Nick K | 02.08.23 - 6:14 p.m. | #
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Yes these new roundels for the X68, ahem SL6, are ridiculous. And yes it definitely shouldn't have been a part of the network.
Having said that, I am really looking forward to the rolling out of the Superloop. It may not be perfect but it is a step in the right direction - I've said for years that we need outer orbital connections. Some say this is a 'ULEZ distraction' but I actually think not... such a network has been proposed well in the past, and the success of the X140 pre-pandemic was the blueprint for this all.
As a West Londoner I know very well how brilliant the 607 has been for years, and how useful the X140 has been since it launched on that busy corridor, giving some breathing space to the 140 and enabling faster connections. Therefore I think the Superloop is a really great idea that has finally been implemented. Again, it may not be perfect and I'll expect to hear people moaning but it is a start and a solid step ahead towards better orbital connections that London has desperately needed.
(Though I do wish that 607 became SL7, X26 to SL6, and X68 to SL8, all mirroring the final digit of their predecessors!)
tilll | 02.08.23 - 9:46 p.m. | #
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'The SL6 serves a hilly rail-free corridor between West Croydon and West Norwood' and then averages 8 mph to get to Waterloo?
RogerB | 03.08.23 - 7:50 p.m. | #
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More often than not, the route also takes in the 'Waterloo' churches of St. Matthew's in Brixton and St.Mark's in Kennington during the hyperleap too. If not, then it goes past another one at St. Peter's Walworth instead.
Perhaps one of these days they will pick up the bus shelter and shuffle down the road and plonk it where the buses stop. An alternative would be to have a vehicle proof break in the barrier and have the buses stop in the middle of the road where the shelter is.
NickW | 04.08.23 - 7:32 p.m. | #
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