Wapping High Street Bus Gate Details Announced, Taxis Banned

Looks like the trade will have a new fight on its hands as the Wapping bus gate details are announced, and we are informed that Taxis will not be exempt. But will the trade fight, will you fight.... or will you just roll over like the 19,500 who failed to protest in Parliament Square for the ‘Where Buses Go, Taxis Go’ campaign, called for by the ITA ?

This new bus gate is blatant discrimination of disabled residents and visitors and again the council have not done an impact assessment in the needs of dussabked and blue badge holders in the area. 

Details of the bus gate in Wapping High Street have just been released by the Council. The bus gate is scheduled to be in operation from November 2019 at Pier Head between Sampson and Knighton Street.

Full details of Wapping bus gate are as follows:

• The Bus Gate will be located on Wapping High Street at the Pier Head between Sampson and Knighton Street
• It will operate from 05.30 -10.30 and 16.00-19.00 Monday to Friday
• There will be no exemptions other than buses and cyclists
• Motorbikes will not be allowed
• Taxis will not be exempt.

Note: 

This is all the information we have at the moment and was provided by the Tower Hamlets Communications Team. 

We have asked the Council for a more detailed statement and will publish it here if and when we get it.

Update: Seems this decision was only taken yesterday so it will probably be next week before a full statement is available.

TAXI LEAKS EXTRA BIT : 

Another electric scooter rider knocked down late last night on New North Road. 

Looks to be in a bad way, covered by a blanket.

Much stretched Police and ambulance in attendance. 

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But if they can find a way to make money from them, TfL will licence these scooters. As we've seen with everything else they do, public safety is last on the list when there's money to be made...