You may be interested in the 3 year schedule for replacing bus shelters in Headington. All will have seats, and there is a timetable as follows:
Year 1
Headington Road opp Brookes
Headington Rd outside 192/194
Headington Rd outside 214
Headington Rd outside Girls’ School
London Rd opp No. 25 Dial House
Year 2
Headington Rd opp South Park
London Rd outside outside 133/135 Allen and Harris
London Rd outside 137 Connell’s
London Rd outside 23/25
Windmill Rd adjacent Rock Edge (no existing shelter)
Year 3
London Rd outside 108/110 Marie Curie
London Rd outside 236 Drinks Cabin
The staggering thing I’ve learned about bus-related issues this week is that the County Council pays for the bus stop poles and the timetables, and the City Council pays for the bus shelters. So even though there is information space for the timetables (County) built into the new bus shelters (City), the timetables are still being affixed to the posts (County). Another piece of evidence to support the case for unitary authorities?
Five of these bus shelters are in the area to be churned up by Phase 2 of the London Road scheme (Osler Road to Wharton Road). Is it sensible for the city to replace the shelters before the county has decided what is happening to the pavements? And are they easy to move if the county decides to relocate the bus-stops as part of the scheme?
The County has, of course, said that the layout of the pavements won’t change — though how that can be certain when the fate of the underpass is not yet settled, I don’t know. This is a good point and I’ll follow it up. Thanks, Stephanie.