redposthillresident

Thanks all for the responses. We had a long discussion over the weekend again and the decision is to move to another quieter street locally with no buses running through. We are only renting at the moment so there is little we can do to further sound proof the house as some have suggested. Plus we know one neighbour who have spent tens of thousands on sound proof of their houses and told us that it helps to some extent but not as much as they would hope for. Another family we know who live on the street and closer to the bus stop is moving too to escape the constant traffic noise. It is a shame really...

I?m not sure if we are the only family living on the Red Post Hill that feels this way but I have to say that I find the bus noises utterly unbearable. It is a lovely location to live otherwise but the constant loud bus noises/traffic/pollution have just proved to be way too stressful and disruptive for family with kids like ours. There is no peace and quiet; we can never rest well and we always worry about the kids? safety? We clearly did not do our homework properly before moving here so I guess we only have ourselves to blame. But what really upsets me is the recent re-routing of the N. 42 bus. This is really unbelievable considering we already have N. 37 (which btw is a double decker 24 hour service bus) and P4. Now they re-routed N. 42 to Red Post Hill and also changed it from single to double decker for whatever reason!!! And Red Post Hill is such a small/narrow/densely populated road!!! We are seriously considering moving and luckily are able to do so because we are only renting at the moment. But before we push the exit button, I would like to ask your opinions regarding the possibility of appealing to TFL and the likelihood of this situation ever changing?I know they are slowly changing the bus to electric or hybrid ones in the coming years but based on my research it appears to only apply to buses travelling through Central London (Zero emission zone) which unfortunately does not apply to any of these three buses?