The oval 'upgrade' was very localised to just the junction. There isn't quite the political will to extend the segregation further into town. Only CS2 along whitechapel has any considerable length of segregation.
Hopefully now the junction is improved it should be easier to convince tfl and the councils that extending the kerbs further North is a good idea.
As long as the segregated lane is at least as wide as the current bus lane. If not there is going to be a tailback of cyclists almost as long as the one full of cars each morning peak. If the number of cyclists increases even that isn't going to be wide enough.
The oval 'upgrade' was very localised to just the junction. There isn't quite the political will to extend the segregation further into town. Only CS2 along whitechapel has any considerable length of segregation.
Hopefully now the junction is improved it should be easier to convince tfl and the councils that extending the kerbs further North is a good idea.