22 Bus Team Need Your Help!

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'Please help our campaign by writing to the Mayor'

Since the public meeting in March the campaigners have had a number of meetings with TfL. You can find a detailed update on their website.

TfL is still resistant to extending the 22 to Barnes but, with the support of our MP and Richmond Council, the campaigners are pushing for them to trial this route while Hammersmith Bridge is closed for an extended period expected to begin in late 2018.


Campaigners proposed route for the 22 bus

They still need residents support for this campaign. In a recent email the campaigners ask: 'During this lull after Christmas, it would be very helpful if you could write to Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London) as Chair of TfL and ultimately responsible for TfL, requesting the 22 bus service be extended when Hammersmith Bridge is closed for repairs. Below is an example letter for you to write.

We are asking you to write a letter, rather than an email, as the Mayor does not have a personal email address so we want him to receive a large postbag of letters which he cannot ignore'.

Please write to:
Sadiq Khan
Mayor of London
City Hall
The Queens Walk
London SE1 2AA

Dear Mayor, I am writing to you to ask you, as Chair of TfL, to request TfL to extend the 22 bus service into Barnes when Hammersmith Bridge will be closed for substantial repairs in 2018/19 and when all buses will be stopped from crossing the bridge. We need an east-west alternative to link us to the tube, over the river, to hospitals, to schools and central London. This is particularly needed for the disabled and the less mobile. We have been discussing the extension, of only about 1 mile, with TfL for nearly 2 years but TfL is set against it, so we would like you to help. Over 3,000 residents have said they would use the extension. In addition it would provide access from other parts of London to The WWT Wetland Centre in Barnes which has in excess of 200,000 visitors a year and Olympic Cinema which has 100,000 visitors a year. It will facilitate switching from cars to public transport, reducing air pollution and congestion: both key objectives of your transport policy. It can be funded by savings and cuts already made to bus services in the Barnes area. I would appreciate a reply.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2017