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Putney Bridge changes from October 27th

TfL have set a date for installing kit to alter the traffic lights.In addition the bus stops are being altered with one of the Putney Pier stops removed all together. I hope it's the riverside one otherwise it's quite a walk to the Ruvigny Gardens stop.Details here...https://putney.news/2025/10/18/tfl-to-install-new-traffic-light-system-at-putney-bridge-junction-on-october-27/

Adrian Pearce ● 1d5 Comments

Hello Ed,Thank you for your post.I think that if a bus says it is going to the Green Man, at the Green Man it should stop.  Otherwise, it should say Lytton Grove.When reaching the Green Man, the bus can stop as soon as it arrives, passengers can get off and they can cross the road at the traffic lights.Also, the Green Man is not a very big bus stand particularly compared with Victoria.No passenger needs to be, or should be, in the middle of the bus stand at the Green Man.A change of bus driver by TK Maxx when it left the Green Man 10 minutes before is truly preposterous.As I said before, common sense has gone out of the window.

Ivonne Holliday ● 9h

Changing drivers at bus stops that will cause congestion seems not only illogical but expensive too as buses on the same route will be impacted.I believe the Green Man is a different issue based on perceived safety following fatalities concerning buses at Victoria station.Buses are extremely heavy and even at very low speed represent a high risk due to their weight. Hence the buses being the one of the leading causes of death along with HGV within London.This from a bus forum 12 months ago:"For the 14, it’s 100%true since I drive the route. We leave the passengers at Lytton grove nowadays because of how TFL perceive bus big bus stands where there are multiple buses parked. I think they want to avoid another case of Victoria and to reduce casualties at bus stands such as Green Man. Plus they’re sorting out the lights at the bus stand. So it might just be temporarily or might be permenant."

Ed Robinson ● 19h

Thank you for the post, Adrian.My heart sank when I read one bus stop is going to be removed altogether.Why do people "in authority" not listen and digest the information given?  The bus stops are not the problem!  Change over of drivers and it takes 10 minutes to do so is preposterous! Putney Common is some three stops before.  Why not change over drivers there?  The same applies for buses that start at the Green Man or the depot....  Common sense has really been thrown out of the window!

Ivonne Holliday ● 22h

Reading the article it looks like clockwork traffic lights are going to now controlled by computer chips that has been pre programmed using the data from the previous few months.I remember been given a talk by the then person that ran the centrally controlled traffic system for London. Let's just say that was over forty years ago.So it appears the new traffic lights system is not centrally controlled and the article hints that the traffic lights control may not be dynamic i.e. change according to current circumstances. It's 2025 this is very worrying.One does wonder what they installed previously and how much it has cost. Added to the fact that this junction is not alone when it comes to TFL changes that result in more congestion.On the plus side anyone that has been caught in a bus jam on the high street or LRR will probably welcome some changes.But should it have taken years for some numpty to realise that ever increasing bus sizes added to the fact that bus stops have become bus parks, not to mention limiting boarding to just the front doors slows traffic down.The LRR West bound bus stop should have had a yellow box opposite it. I'm not convinced that they are removing the correct bus stops.We still have stupid bus stops on the bridge along with two bus lanes where buses can't overtake another bus. I would have removed these and replaced with two dedicated cycles lanes and a extra general North bound lane.We seem to have a transport policy from the '80s!

Ed Robinson ● 1d

Good news as far as it goes. Let’s see what difference the changes make.

Jonathan Callaway ● 1d