TfL Data released w same MQT response reveals OVER HALF (75%, 67 of 90) @TfL Worker Deaths from #Covid19 were "Bus & Dial-a-Ride" Workers. BUT TfL refused to correlate Death Timeline Data w/ Worker Occupation. Why? Why conflate Bus & Dial-a-Ride" Worker data? WHAT is TfL Hiding?
I'm asking b/c @MayorofLondon & @TfL Commissioner Andy Byford are going around telling public & @LondonAssembly that TfL had 'World Leading' response in #Covid19 Protection for London Bus Drivers. Did @marmotihe Reports say that anywhere? I can't find it.
Since @SadiqKhan told @KeithPrinceAM OVER HALF London Transport Worker #Covid19 Deaths have occurred SINCE May 2020, what were—if any—the 'Lessons Learned'? IMO it appears @ComfortDelGro Metroline & @AbellioLondon learned: SACK THE WHISTLEBLOWER. Does @TfL agree w Operators?
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So, if Bus Drivers "virtually isolated" from passengers why'd TfL buy "Grayson Thermal Systems" new 'device'? BTW FOI says Grayson Thermal tasked by @TfL in March 2013 to fix air conditioning problems on Boris Bus. How'd that turn out? #JustAskinwhatdotheyknow.com/request/air_co…
Question 1: What did @TfL do to ensure BusCos delivering their services were minimising risk to their drivers & other staff – which is, after all, 1 of their statutory responsibilities? A: @CarolinePidgeon MQT shows TfL CALLED BusCo Bosses & @unitetheunionlondon.gov.uk/questions/2020…
Question 2: Did @TfL undertake checks of rest facilities at bus depots to ensure that BusCos were policing social distancing between drivers between routes? A: @CarolinePidgeon MQT shows TfL hasn't invoked those contract powers under @SadiqKhan EVER london.gov.uk/questions/2020…
"@TfL deliberately minimised @COVID19 threat to bus & transport workers Jan-Feb, even as @WHO instructed urgent action. New documents released in @KeithPrinceAM June MQT reveal that TfL focused on operational efficiency at the expense of workers’ lives" london.gov.uk/questions/2020…
"@TfL bosses, incl. Chief Safety, Health & Environment Officer Lilli Matson, insisting #COVID19 risk to bus, rail & tube workers was “low” and that gloves and facemasks should not be worn."
"@TfL has refused to provide scientific evidence to back up its claims that their new screens “significantly reduce” the risks to drivers."—@WSWS_Updates
"Buses only returned to front-door boarding when analysis from University College London confirmed that TfL’s safety improvements to screens and the cleaning regime substantially reduces the risk to drivers." READ @MayorofLondon@TfL statement here: london.gov.uk/coronavirus/co…
"@spencersuckling assaulted in mid-May by motorcyclist who spat on him. 'It was disgusting & I was worried abt #Covid19 so I spent 7 days at home in self-isolation. b/c I had no symptoms, I wasn't tested. Fortunately, I didn't get sick' Spencer was luckier than Belly Mujinga.."
“Spencer also luckier than the 33 London bus workers (incl 29 drivers) who died of #coronavirus. Ranjith Chandrapala, 64....Nadir Nur, 48, drove 394....Lory Locsin, Paul Aheto, Solomon Hagos, Kenneth Yeboah ... Most were of BAME origin”