The covered bus stop under the Tallyho Tower

It is not a bus Station

We have examples of bus stations at Golders Green, at Edgware, at Mill Hill, and Southgate.

Here there are features such as:

- parallel bus lanes or a gyratory system

- safe and visible extrance and exits

- adequate parking spaces for buses

- public toilets

- shops

- sheltered waiting area

At Tally ho there is only the last feature.

So it is very clearly not a bus station.

We used to have a simple bus station, but it was too small.

I had supposed that, after the Tally Ho tower was constructed, we would have had an

improved bus station in what is an important transport hub.

WHAT HAVE WE LOST?

- a bus station

- a public car path

- a green area

WHAT HAVE WE GAINED?

- a covered drive-through for some buses in one direction, that is inconvenient, uncomfortable, depressing, and dangerous

- a reconfiguration of the traffic flow, with counterflow lanes for buses leading to inconvenience and hazards for pedestrians and traffic holdups at both ends of Kingsway

- more difficult interchange between bus routes in most cases

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HOW CAN WE PUT THIS MESS RIGHT?

It seems very obvious that we have to clear out the retail space from the Ground floor and convert the space into a Bus Station.

This space must:

- be convenient, comfortable, and safe for passengers to enter and leave from any direction.

- have public toilets

- have multiple lanes or a gyratory system

- have bus exits which allow the bus flow to blend in with and not impede the traffic flow.

- have adequate parking space for most of the buses which are parked.

THE FINAL POINT - WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MESS??

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It wont be a silk purse when it is finished, but it will be incomparably better to the sows ear that we have at the moment

I don't know the full story of how we came to be in this mess, which some might regard as a scandalous state of affairs.

It is a pity that the 2 local newspapers which we have in Barnet, belong to national chains, and no longer have any investigative journalists like Bill Monrgomery.

If I retire I will be able to give my full attention to this affair.