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Did Feb20 #COVID19 Scare after UK Bus Industry Conference at Westminster serve as warning to UK BusCo Executives to immediately conduct Risk Assessments & take Protective Measures like #PPENow to protect Bus Drivers? AFAIK @TfL did nothing until APRIL bbc.co.uk/news/uk-515032…
AFAIK @MayorofLondon instructed Bus Contractors to take protective action ONLY AFTER Bus Drivers started DYING and started making noise on Social Media!!!
TBH when I look at this list of #Covid19 Deaths of Bus Drivers working for @TfL ForProfit Bus Contractors, I am really shocked. Most Bus Operators part of Global Transport Giants whose owners/executives would have been well aware of what their subsidiaries were doing in Q1
QED in April, German-owned (by @DB_Presse) @Arriva_London was actively discouraging Drivers from sealing Front Doors & blocking off Front Seats for #COVID19 Protection when Bus Drivers in Munich were doing just that in MID MARCH. Why weren't "lessons being learned"? @therealdojj
QED in March, Singapore-owned (by @ComfortDelGro) Metroline appears to be forcing at-risk Bus Drivers to report to work while Singapore itself was enforcing strict Social Distancing & PPE requirements on everyone. Why weren't "Lessons being Learned"?
QED look at Cluster of #COVID19 Deaths at Australian Company @TowerTransit! Tower's less than 4% of London's Bus Fleet but over 20% of Fatals. 14% at 1 Depot! Sydney NSW had sealed front doors & sealed off front seats by early April. Why weren't "Lessons being Learned"?
QED Dutch-owned @AbellioLondon seems to have missed out a lot good #COVID19 Protection Measures already being carried out in the Netherlands in March BUT too late for its drivers across the Channel, I guess. Why weren't "Lessons being Learned"?
QED in March there was a wealth of Good #Covid19 Bus Worker Protection Actions being shared around the world - here's a report from 17 March theconversation.com/to-limit-coron…
But if you take a look at 316 Pages of Documents circulated for @TfL 18 March Board Meeting, you'll find #COVID19/#Coronovirus mentioned ONCE in a 40 word paragraph. Let that sink in: ONCE. & in 180 pages of 22 Jan Board Meeting Documents? NOT A PEEP!!!! tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publ…
Which circles back to what I just sent @Heidi_LDN in response to recent letter I received: "In contrast to @TfL’s seeming complacency, every international board meeting I have sat in on since Jan 20 put #Covid19 actions as the first line of business" saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2020/04/london…
& raises the kind of salient Qs @MLiebreich raises in @CityAM today cityam.com/tfl-needs-a-ba… The Mayor of London has 1 Job: and that's Transport FSS. & if #COVID19 Scandal + #BusSafety FAIL + #CroydonCrash #CoverUp IS @SadiqKhan legacy, why does he deserve another term?
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