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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.
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Of course, this infra is not for me, it's for everyone who would like to ride a bike whilst feeling safe
This is true, unfortunately the infrastructure's presence makes some drivers think you have no right to be on their part of the road. This is what happens around the Tavistock Sq excuse for a cycle lane where I regularly get abuse from taxi drivers for not staying in "my" lane.
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I will be getting spat out on the wrong side of St Georges Rd so I wont likely be using the cycle lane for my own safety.
I just hope I wont be getting grief from motorists that presume I have to be in the cycle lane.
middleofnowhere
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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.