"West London borough set to axe bus stops ‘because they attract rubbish’ "

From The Evening Standard:

A council is to remove bus stops from residential streets, claiming that they encourage “abuse” of the facility.

Kensington and Chelsea council will only offer passengers a place to board or leave buses in busy areas, including shopping and tourist streets and outside schools, fast food restaurants and Tube stations.

The council feels that the bus stops are being used by large numbers of business users and local residents rather than the small numbers for which they are intended. A trial saw bus stops removed from one side of Earl’s Court Road, and council officers reported only a very slight increase in loitering.

But residents today said the policy would lead to “chaos” as people would not look for a bus stop elsewhere.