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Tom Kearney
@comadad
#LondonBusWatch London resident investigating TfL's Systemic Safety Scandal since 18 December 2009 Bluesky: @comadad.bsky.social E: comadad1812@gmail.com
Mar 21, 2022 • 10 tweets • 14 min read
Question for @SebDance (& @Heidi_LDN @ValShawcross): Is @TfL use of 2005-9 Baseline to measure @MayorofLondon 'progress' CHEATING? More Good Scrutiny from @NeilGarratt @LondonAssembly! ICYMI @NeilGarratt asked @TfL Chief Safety Officer Lilli Matson about TfL's dubious use of 2005-09 Baseline to measure Vision Zero 'progress' at 11Jan22 #AssemblyTransport session. TBH Matson's response didn't inspire confidence
Mar 15, 2022 • 7 tweets • 8 min read
#LondonBusWatch @YouTube clip of @NeilGarratt's masterful questioning of @TfL Commissioner Andy Byford about #VisIonZeroLDN & Bus Driver Fatigue at 14 March 2022 @LondonAssembly #AssemblyTransport Meeting @therealdojj @KevinMustafa16 @skinnerzboy @MalLunam
Byford tells @NeilGarratt "Well I haven't seen the SPECIFIC pieces of evidence to which you referred" OK...
1) Here's Bus Driver Lorraine Robertson telling @CarolinePidgeon "We [Bus Drivers] don't know anything about #VisionZeroLDN" cc @SebDance
Jan 31, 2022 • 20 tweets • 11 min read
"Vision Zero & Bus Safety" Open Letter to @LondonAssembly #AssemblyTransport @CarolinePidgeon from former Bus Driver @KevinMustafa16 cc @KeithPrinceAM @JoanneMcCartney @sianberry @NeilGarratt @NJROnline @unmeshdesai @ShaunBaileyUK @ellyannab @anne_clarke saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2022/01/vision… "I am grateful that the Committee invited former London Bus Driver Lorraine Robertson to answer questions on 14 December 2021: it’s the first time I can recall one of us being so honoured to participate in a public session."
Jan 5, 2022 • 8 tweets • 7 min read
FAO @UniteSharon @unitetheunion @UniteLondonEast @CityHallLabour Is the (AFAIK) only London Bus Drivers’ Union recognised by @TfL @MayorofLondon doing anything to assist this (IMO) #Blacklisted Bus Driver? #JustAskin @BWTUC @LeeOdams @KevinMustafa16 @skinnerzboy @therealdojj @ComfortDelGro
Jan 4, 2022 • 16 tweets • 9 min read
"Vision Zero & Bus Drivers" Former Bus Driver Lorraine Robertson letter to @LondonAssembly #AssemblyTransport Chair @CarolinePidgeon cc @KeithPrinceAM @ellyannab @JoanneMcCartney @unmeshdesai @anne_clarke @ShaunBaileyUK @NeilGarratt @NJROnline @sianberry saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2022/01/vision… "I am grateful for being invited to speak to the London Assembly Transport Committee on 14 December 2021 as part of its Investigation of the Mayor’s Vision Zero Programme."
Dec 15, 2021 • 12 tweets • 13 min read
#VisionZeroLDN THREAD 14Dec21 @LondonAssembly #AssemblyTransport Q&A Extracts w former @TfL Bus Driver Lorraine Robertson & @UniteLondonEast John Murphy. ENTIRE 2hr45mins here @KevinMustafa16 @therealdojj @skinnerzboy @MalLunam @BussesJames @BusSafetyRep 1. @CarolinePidgeon asks Lorraine "How successful has #VisionZeroLDN been for Bus Drivers?" Lorraine responds: "We never hear about it"
Oct 2, 2021 • 12 tweets • 19 min read
IMO @LondonAssembly #AssemblyTransport must conduct URGENT SCRUTINY of @TfL @MayorofLondon (Chair) Oversight of #Covid19 Risk to Bus Drivers! @CarolinePidgeon @KeithPrinceAM @sianberry @ellyannab @NeilGarratt @NJROnline @anne_clarke @JoanneMcCartney @unmeshdesai @ShaunBaileyUK ICYMI @BBCfileon4 just broadcast CHILLING @PaulKenyonTV INVESTIGATION of @TfL Bus Driver #Covid19 Deaths featuring interviews w @KevinMustafa16 @MLiebreich @LeshieLoves @Johnrashton47 HT>@annabeldeas bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Jun 16, 2021 • 13 tweets • 17 min read
Will @VanessaOnAir ask @Heidi_LDN @TfL if she thinks "Concealing or denying failings, for the sake of the organisation's public image, is dishonesty on the part of the organisation for reputational benefit & constitutes a form of institutional corruption"? Because if @BBCLondonNews @BBCTomEdwards bothered to investigate how often @TfL misleads Public & @LondonAssembly about its Poor Safety Performance—cf 1) #StopKillingBusDrivers 2) #CroydonCrash #CoverUp 3) #LondonBusWatch—would be obvious b/c evidence already in public domain.
Jun 14, 2021 • 17 tweets • 22 min read
At noon today @LondonAssembly June 2021 Questions for @MayorofLondon are due. Let's take a look at some of the #CroydonCrash #CoverUp Questions @SadiqKhan hasn't answered for May 2021. @edthicknesse @BBCTomEdwards @Robbiehorgs @TaraOConnor_ @christianwolmar @InsideCroydon 1. from @KeithPrinceAM: "Contractually-Mandated Safety Reporting & Monitoring Requirements contained in current Operating Agreement between @FirstGroupplc TOL & @TfL" — Officers are drafting a response. It's a SIMPLE QUESTION @Heidi_LDN! london.gov.uk/questions/2021…
Jun 8, 2021 • 17 tweets • 28 min read
#StopKillingBusDrivers @MayorofLondon tells @KeithPrinceAM "from Mar20-May21, 90 @TfL Workers killed by #Covid19" BUT "TfL is unable to report on the number of Taxi or Private Hire drivers who have died in service" @TootlestheTaxi @GMBLondonRegion @BWTUC london.gov.uk/questions/2021… TfL Data released w that MQT response that reveals OVER HALF (53%, 47 of 90) @TfL Worker Deaths from #Covid19 occurred AFTER May20, i.e. AFTER 1st Wave. Weren't any 'lessons learned' @SadiqKhan @Heidi_LDN @MichaelMarmot? HT>@KevinMustafa16 @therealdojj @MalLunam @LeeOdams
Nov 17, 2020 • 13 tweets • 16 min read
#StopKillingBusDrivers Did @BarneyDavisES @EveningStandard do any research before publishing this bit of what looks like (to me, anyway) @TfL Public Relations? @GeorgeOsborne @RossLydall @MayorofLondon @Heidi_LDN standard.co.uk/news/transport… July #MQT @SadiqKhan told @KeithPrinceAM 'Drivers sit in self-contained cabs which have had additional seals added protective screen to virtually isolate area from passenger contact following work to minimise risks by @TfL @unitetheunion & Bus Operators' london.gov.uk/questions/2020…
Jul 27, 2020 • 16 tweets • 14 min read
#StopKillingBusDrivers "#NoMarmotCoverUp" @MLiebreich 6 Qs to @MichaelMarmot have been answered thru @KeithPrinceAM @CarolinePidgeon MQTs. So what is @TheMarmotReview going to Investigate re @TfL Bus Driver #Covid19 Deaths? FAO @MayorofLondon @Heidi_LDN saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2020/07/nomarm… 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 & @unitetheunion london.gov.uk/questions/2020…
Jul 19, 2020 • 55 tweets • 46 min read
#StopKillingBusDrivers THREAD "@TfL downplayed #COVID19 dangers to bus, rail & tube workers in critical early months" => Important @WSWS_Updates Report @MayorofLondon @CityHallLabour hope you never read. So I'll serve it up in bitesize pieces @therealdojj wsws.org/en/articles/20… "@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…
Jul 6, 2020 • 12 tweets • 11 min read
#StopKillingBusDrivers Updated @WSWS_Updates Report says @ucl denies any connection w anti-#Covid19 Bus Driver cab screens that IMO both @TfL & @unitetheunion imply UCL designed & "signed off" before Front Doors re-opened to passengers wsws.org/en/articles/20… @TheMarmotReview "@TfL has refused to provide scientific evidence to back up its claims that their new screens “significantly reduce” the risks to drivers."—@WSWS_Updates
Jun 27, 2020 • 64 tweets • 36 min read
#StopKillingBusDrivers The ‘Wages of Fear’ of London Bus Drivers” Excellent Investigative Reporting of @TfL Bus Driver #COVID19 Fatals by @c_ducourtieux @lemondefr w quotes from @spencersuckling @MLiebreich @KeithPrinceAM @CarolinePidgeon @RMTunion @unitetheunion @SadiqKhan "@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.."
Jun 11, 2020 • 15 tweets • 19 min read
#StopKillingBusDrivers What plans @TfL produce to protect London Transport Workers from known risks of #Covid19 on Public Transport when there was still time to do something in Q1? 1 of 7 FOI questions I filed that TfL has refused to answer @Heidi_LDN whatdotheyknow.com/request/tfls_p… #StopKillingBusDrivers What was @TfL’s Chief Safety Officer Lilli Matson doing in Q1 to assess risks & take actions to protect London’s Transport Workers from #Covid19 @Heidi_LDN? 1 of 7 FOI Qs TfL just rejected. AFAIK 42 Workers Died. How many Still Ill? whatdotheyknow.com/request/tfl_ch…
Jun 6, 2020 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
#StopKillingBusDrivers
@MayorofLondon Why such a Contemptuous Non-Response to @KeithPrinceAM Question about "#COVID19 Risk Mitigation Actions put in place for @TfL Employees in Q1" You=TfL Chair, @Heidi_LDN=Dep Chair. What did TfL do? ANSWER THE QUESTION! london.gov.uk/questions/2020… Clear & timely question & IMO @SadiqKhan's Contempt for it only begs further Qs: Were TfL's direct employees who work on Buses (e.g. revenue inspectors) & Trains offered better advice & given advance warnings re #Covid19 Risk not given to Contracted Surface Transport employees?
May 22, 2020 • 6 tweets • 16 min read
@therealdojj @BusSafetyRep @ShelaghFogarty @SadiqKhan @TfL @MayorofLondon Since 2017, @CarolinePidgeon & @KeithPrinceAM have been asking Mayor to open TfL's Regular, Secret, Un-minuted "Bus Operator Forum" Meetings to Public Scrutiny & have been refused every time. Here's Caroline asking & rejected by @SadiqKhan October 2017 london.gov.uk/questions/2017… @therealdojj @BusSafetyRep @ShelaghFogarty @SadiqKhan @TfL @MayorofLondon @CarolinePidgeon @KeithPrinceAM Here's Caroline asking & being rejected again in March 2018. Why? B/c "TfL & [Bus] Operators also need a forum in which they can collectively discuss commercially or operationally sensitive topics" OK. Why's Safety being discussed in SECRET? london.gov.uk/questions/2018…
May 12, 2020 • 6 tweets • 7 min read
#StopKillingBusDrivers On 11 May Commissioner of Transport Mike Brown reported 42 London Transport Workers dead from #COVID19. tfl.gov.uk/campaign/messa… So where's @TfL's Chief Safety Officer @MayorofLondon @Heidi_LDN? on 4 Feb @KeithPrinceAM queried Commissioner Brown: "What 'industry-recognised' qualifications does TfL's [newly-appointed internally-hired] Chief Safety Officer. have? Brown: 'getting qualified is part of development plan' so NONE.
May 5, 2020 • 11 tweets • 11 min read
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!!!
Apr 9, 2020 • 18 tweets • 16 min read
#COVID19 @MayorofLondon @Heidi_LDN: Death of another (1 of 5 @ComfortDelGro Metroline) Bus Drivers covered sensitively by @Noel_Phillips @SkyUK. Cluster of Fatals at 1 Bus Operator might suggest Unsafe (no PPE, No Social Distancing) Garage Level Working Practices. INVESTIGATE NOW This tweet from a vulnerable Metroline Bus Worker who was denied the opportunity to self-isolate by Potters Bar Manager implies (at the Garage Level at least) Metroline Managers putting TfL Contract Performance requirements ahead of Bus Workers' welfare