Bus shelter plonked outside my lounge window!

chuckley

Frances63 wrote: »

Read the thread Chuckly, you'll find the answer to this!

You think I should move house rather than the shelter be turned around? :rolleyes:

u live on a main road with no garden!

THREAD CLOSED.

GrammarGirl

Aaah, some of the replies in this thread are infuriating! People love to argue for the sake of it, that's for sure.

OP - I would hate it too, but because of the awful view rather than people being able to see in. Who wants to look out of their window and see that every day, forever?! Nets are hideous - I'd opt for wooden shutters, but obviously they're expensive. I hope you get somewhere with your council.

Money_Grabber13579

Stick a chain on the shelter. Someone will nick it in no time. There, problem solved!

Bogof_Babe

Although I agree with the OP's objection to the shelter, I must say I am surprised by the big downer on nets. Yes maybe in the old days when they were just plain, tatty, nylon, often nicotine stained things (ours were cat-clawed too ), but nowadays you can get such pretty, lacy, decorative ones.

I'm sitting right now facing the living room window in my flat (first floor in a wide-ish road of Victorian conversions) and my Dunelm leaf design net curtain is perfect for giving me privacy from the top floor flats across the road. It's all the better as I got it in their sale, reduced from £16.99 to 99p! I love it, and don't need to draw the heavy curtains at night now. So don't knock nets until you've seen what is available these days.

Frances63

flyingscotno1 wrote: »

Would the shelter being turned around help massively. I know a lot of the time I never sit at shelters like that and stand outside anyway- looks like I'd still see in? Anyway...

Is that the top of the yellow bus stop marking on the road just under the left hand side of the shelter? If so I'd say that is correctly placed to guidance. I'd also add that the pavement has to be wider for a turned around shelter too.

Yes it would help if the shelter were turned around as no-one would be staring into my front room. It has been done on a pavement of the same width furthere along the road at the next stop.

There are no bus markings in the picture.

Frances63

Just to update anyone who's still following....

The council weren't interested and just say it's down to TfL (transport for london).

I have emailed Tfl and had absolutely no response beyond an automated reply saying my email was received.

My local councillor has been copied in on all correspondence.

The local council transport planning depratment say they have also emailed TfL and had no response.

Useless.

Bogof_Babe

I find that very odd, it implies that TfL could plonk a bus shelter down anywhere they like, regardless of the inconvenience caused. Seeing as you need planning permission to prune a tree nowadays, this seems a very strange policy.

I do wonder whether you are being fobbed off for the sake of them not wanting to be bothered to deal with your complaint.

Sorry to harp on, but when you say "the council", do you mean you actually approached the Planning Dept?

flyingscotno1

Frances63 wrote: »

Yes it would help if the shelter were turned around as no-one would be staring into my front room. It has been done on a pavement of the same width furthere along the road at the next stop.

There are no bus markings in the picture.

It definitely looks as if there are the markings of a bus stop cage on the road to the left but it is difficult to see.

Certainly TfL have standards for this and the fact a back to footway shelter type has been installed there must have been a reason.

TfL also offset their bus shelters so they are further up from the stop to keep the stop free of street furniture. Some measurements are key- the shelter should be at least 2m from the bus stop 'flag' (AKA pole and sign).

If you measure the pavement too that is important. For the shelter you want the pavement must be 4m wide (that type requires more room) according to TfL- any less than that a back of footway shelter (as shown in the picture) is used. If you don't have a pavement width of 4m TfL might stick to their guns.

TMFTP

FWIW, I'm 100% with the OP on nets / blinds. If the aspect of your room is wrong, the amount of light they cut out is horrendous. And that's BEFORE you get to the problems with wee.

All you "get nets" posters - take your nets down and see how much light they let in. Then go wash your clothes.

And your cat.

;-)

Frances63

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

Sorry to harp on, but when you say "the council", do you mean you actually approached the Planning Dept?

Hi, Yes the Transport Planning Dept at the local council. They refuse to do anything about it saying it's the responsibility of TfL only.

TfL still haven't bothered to respond.

I'm not sure what steps I should take next.