CCTV EVERYWHERE IN LONDON

Have you noticed how many CCTV cameras there are on the average London
train, bus - double / single decker, tram, Underground train? I
counted those on a single decker in London recently and came to about
SEVEN inside - actually there are 10 on some including one at the
front looking at the traffic ahead, one at the side looking at
pedestrians boarding, and one in the driver's cab. There must be about
12 on a double decker. And on trains and Underground there seems to be
equal coverage in every carriage. And that is to say nothing of the
thousands of cameras on the street.

However the CCTV cameras in buses are not used to monitor driver
behaviour such as not stopping at bus stops even when there are seats
available, driving eratically (usually with the left foot up on the
dash with the left elbow resting on the left knee and only driving
with the right hand and right foot), and/or not stopping to pick up
mothers with prams or those in wheelchairs (when was the last time
anyone saw a wheelchair user on a bus in London).

And it seems that the train / bus companies do not even use the
footage to monitor the appalling cattle-truck over-crowding that many
services are subject to even at weekends.

Yet we are heading rapidly for the Olympics / ParaOlympics. Public
transport in London is going to have to greatly improve if the
thousands (millions?) of extra visitors are going to be properly
catered for.

Sending the drivers and other staff on 'smile and be nice' customer
service courses would be a start.

SB.