The London Assembly has called for a pause in the installation of floating bus stops, saying the designs have left some passengers "fearing for their safety".

Passed on 5 November by 17 votes to three, the motion asks the Mayor of London to instruct Transport for London (TfL) to pause installing new floating bus stops of any kind, and to pause funding for them through borough programmes, until a safe design is established. In a floating bus stop, a cycle lane runs between the pavement and the stop, so passengers must cross the lane to board.

The motion was proposed by Keith Prince AM, who said "the growing number of collisions and near misses cannot be ignored". Backers cited safety concerns for partially sighted, older and disabled Londoners.

Incidents cited in the motion

In August 2025 a disabled person was knocked down by an e-bike rider at a stop in Camden, on Haverstock Hill, as he got off a No 1 bus. Footage from Lea Bridge in Waltham Forest shows cyclists passing a wheelchair user and a blind man with a white cane. Deputy Mayor for Transport Seb Dance said a cyclist punched him after he challenged the rider for not waiting for a pedestrian. The motion also cites a Telegraph investigation in which, of 397 cyclists observed at three crossings by such stops in central London, only 33 gave way to pedestrians.

TfL said it has paused designs where passengers step directly into a cycle lane, but work continues on three stops where cyclists pass behind the bus stop. The motion is only a call to the Mayor, and it is not yet known whether he or TfL will act. Nothing changes for now, and existing stops remain in use.