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Based on what evidence? If it's your own experience I'd add that my own is quite the opposite as far as, say, the Smurfways in London go.
Loading bays are all well and good but still replicate the essential problem of conflict points where segregated traffic crosses, one way or the other. I have yet to see any segregated solution that adequately addresses the problem of those busy, arterial suburban high streets - places like Kingsland Rd or the Walworth Road - that are a particular feature of London from zone 2 outwards. This is part of the reason why more elegant solutions like simply directing through traffic past the area (through bike traffic, if they will not take the unlikely step of closing such roads to through car traffic) should be part of the public realm repertoire.