Route C2 is the latest to be withdrawn from service against public response to Transport for London's consultation proposing the service change.
When TfL released the consultation for this service change, which involves extended route 88 to Parliament Hill Fields and re-routing the service via otherwise unparalleled sections of the C2, this proposal was met with a 65.45% opposition in public response. Only 15.67% supported the proposal, with concerns ranging from simply withdrawing the C2 to the impact the extension of the 88 in place of the withdrawn route C2 would have on reliability. Further concerns directed at the consultations themselves stated that they merely seem to be 'tick-box' exercises whereby concerns are not listened to and I feel that, at the very least, concerns are for the most part not reflected in TfL's decisions to go ahead with these service changes. Otherwise, we would still have a C2.
When TfL released the consultation for this service change, which involves extended route 88 to Parliament Hill Fields and re-routing the service via otherwise unparalleled sections of the C2, this proposal was met with a 65.45% opposition in public response. Only 15.67% supported the proposal, with concerns ranging from simply withdrawing the C2 to the impact the extension of the 88 in place of the withdrawn route C2 would have on reliability. Further concerns directed at the consultations themselves stated that they merely seem to be 'tick-box' exercises whereby concerns are not listened to and I feel that, at the very least, concerns are for the most part not reflected in TfL's decisions to go ahead with these service changes. Otherwise, we would still have a C2.
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| A bit like buzzwords from learning outcomes at school, the consultation state the opportunity for respondents to express their concerns, whilst skirting around the effectiveness of public response in determining the outcome of the consultation. Source: Proposed changes to bus routes 88 and C2 - Consultation Report (December 2018). |
You can read more about the withdrawal of the C2 on London Connected, where it is additionally voiced by the author that, while many locals have adjusted to the service change, 'they probably wouldn't have had much choice' but to do so anyway.
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