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Bus lanes are relatively safe places for inexperienced cyclist, the bus drivers are generally not in rush unlike cars and have no reason to dangerously over take because they will soon be stopping at a stop soon enough.
By removing buslane it just makes a car so much faster then the bus. Buslane are being removed on uxbridge road to widen footpaths. This now means buses are no longer a fast choice at rush hour with a safe place for cyclists.
This encourages people back into cars. Totally the wrong direction imo all round busier road for all and a more horrible place for a cyclist experienced or not, to be in.
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the bus drivers are generally not in rush unlike cars and have no reason to dangerously over take because they will soon be stopping at a stop soon enough.
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By removing buslane it just makes a car so much faster then the bus.
It could make being in a bus as slow as being in a car, which I agree kinda sucks.
This encourages people back into cars.
Possible, but I don't think people really take the bus because it's the quick option, no? Although as above it kinda sucks if we are slowing buses down.
Howard
Isn't the simple answer to this that normal all-traffic lanes are relatively hostile to cyclists and so you have put in segregated cycle lanes to get people other than confident fast cyclists to use bikes; whereas buses can be quite happy in normal all-traffic lanes (they may or may not be slower than bus lanes).
It's a city FFS! Everyone gets in everyone else's way and space allocated to any group may inconvenience other modes of transport (clever design like road diets notwithstanding). Ultimately if you want to achieve a balanced, resilient, overall transport network, which includes getting people of all ages and abilities onto bikes, then you need to build proper bike lanes somewhere.