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If someone can find me a good example of a segregated cycle lane which can support both buses stopping and pedestrians accessing the bus stop, without causing either to cross the path of cyclists, then I might support their integration.
I think that's impossible...
But if you watch the below, there are 10 examples of how to do it with as little conflict as possible. (And also, some amazing 3.5m wide cycle lanes :)
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You could make the segregated lane big enough for a bus and have normal bus lay-bys within it for overtaking purposes.
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If someone can find me a good example of a segregated cycle lane which can support both buses stopping and pedestrians accessing the bus stop, without causing either to cross the path of cyclists, then I might support their integration.
However they are managed, they will always put cyclists at greater risk of vehicles turning, of drivers not seeing cyclists and of enforcing the marginalisation of cyclists to segregated areas in the minds of other road users.
Even well-built, they'll be a poor solution to a problem best dealt with by making the regular, existing roads safer.