This morning's commute and other commuting stories

Are left turning cyclists and the traffic going to be on the same phase? If so they're going to be pushed into one lane, with whatever bus coming round too attempting to get into the bus lane that's now full of cyclists.

Looks like there is a green lane for the left turning cyclists and a blue lane for the superhighway cyclists, which will look pretty. I assume both cycle lanes will be on one light phase with the motor traffic on another.

Pretty much this - a vague reference to separate phases for straight ahead cyclists and left turning traffic.

Are left turning cyclists and the traffic going to be on the same phase? If so they're going to be pushed into one lane, with whatever bus coming round too attempting to get into the bus lane that's now full of cyclists.

Left turning cyclists are held on a red with pedestrians, with the motor traffic given their normal priority. I can't see myself ever using the blue-lane as a) there's a hard left (which may change once they remove the cones) and b) you go straight into a holding pen to wait for the light change. I'll just stay in the main lane, thanks.

Of course, this infra is not for me, it's for everyone who would like to ride a bike whilst feeling safe, but I think that a better move would have been to have put an island between the cycle lane and the motor-vehicle lane to stop cars and lorries cutting the corner, and leaving it at that - both lanes stop for the pedestrian crossing, rather than shoving the bikes in with the pedestrians and making both groups wait for the cars to stop for them.