Bus stop moved over concerns for safety of pedestrians (From York Press)
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Foxwood Lane bus stop moved over concerns for safety of pedestrians
10:07am Friday 7th December 2012 in News
A BUS stop in York will be moved following concerns for the safety of children and pedestrians.
The route along Foxwood Lane is used by a number of bus services, and one motorist contacted bus operator First with concerns about the stop.
The complaint read: “Regularly there are two buses stopped outside the shops on Foxwood Lane.
“The second bus is stopped in the zig-zags of the pedestrian crossing.
“For cars travelling from Gale Lane, they cannot see if anyone is waiting to cross or even if they are crossing. “Also, pedestrians waiting to cross cannot see if anything is coming.
“Already I have seen two children crossing and narrowly being missed by cars.”
Although no crashes have been reported in the area, once the issue was raised, First Bus decided to replace the bus stop as a precaution.
A spokesman for First Bus said: “This stopping point will be moved as soon as possible and we are happy to meet this request made by local people.”
Comments(6)
xtc
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12:18pm Fri 7 Dec 12
Saywhat wrote:Now the uni ones too and it ll be great,whichever idiot thought putting two right opposite each other needs firing!
Blimey!! First York have actually listened to, and are acting upon a request by a member of the public. Now that has to be a 'first'.
Barstool Knowall
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4:30pm Fri 7 Dec 12
It is more likely that First passed on these concerns to the Council.
Oaklands Resident
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5:09pm Fri 7 Dec 12
It has a shelter and build out.
However, I understand that recently this “terminus” has been used as a "timing" point. Buses wait there if they are ahead of schedule.
It would be relatively easy to move the "timing" point, for the number 4 coming from Acomb, to another bus stop. It used to be at Acomb Green
was york now rotherham
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9:22pm Sat 8 Dec 12
Oaklands Resident
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9:54am Sun 9 Dec 12
was york now rotherham wrote:In October when the number 4/5 bus routes were changed.
when did the bus termonuse change from Foxwood lane Otterwood lane end to Foxwood shops as i have always know Otterwood lane end been the termonation point even back as far as the 1960's(well not me personally but my parents and other members of my family who worked on the buses at that time)
Saywhat says...
11:45am Fri 7 Dec 12