I saw this yesterday - TfL has introduced a new wide red line at the
bus stop on Wilton Rd outside Victoria station, which indicates that
taxis and Blue Badge holders - who normally have an exemption from the
no stopping rule - are not allowed to stop anywhere along the wide red
line.

The TfL press release explains mo
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/press-cent....asp?prID=1078

A good move IMO. The press release emphasises the advantage to
disabled bus users - i.e. that buses will be able to draw in next to
the curb and use their ramps properly - but it also rightly points out
that all passengers will benefit from this, as buses won't be held up
whilst they negotiate their way around stopped vehicles (whether taxis
or Blue Badge holder's vehicles).

The release also states that on the Euston Road, outside Kings X, and
on Bishopsgate, near Liverpool St station, "the exemptions normally
extended to taxi drivers and Blue Badge holders for stopping do not
apply, and therefore the introduction of the wide red line will be a
purely visual change" - it also says that the new wide red line will
be introduced their shortly.

What seems like a slightly bizarre anomaly is that all bus stops on
Borough controlled roads (i.e. non-red routes) these days have a wide
yellow line, which prevents Blue Badge holders (though not taxis) from
stopping on them - yet they are allowed to to stop next on bus stops
on TfL controlled red routes (unless of course it's one of the
designated stops on Wilton Rd, Bishopsgate or Euston Rd). I thus
wonder if the new wide red line will eventually be rolled out to all
bus stops on red routes.