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Backstop
Usually I take the CS7 bypass around E&C, but today I gave the newer infrastructure a go - the lane behind the bus stop, over the lights, then off towards Borough.
Now I remember why I stopped using it - I used the seg lane that spits you out into the bus stop, and lo and behold a bus was bearing down on me as I exited the lane. Worse than that, the driver didn't wait, and edged her bus closer and closer to the kerb - closing the gap on me while I was still on her left and forcing me into the gutter. For some reason she was angry at me...
Spent the rest of the commute thinking about how I should have stopped and snapped a photo of her and her driver number.
Edit: Raised a complaint with TfL about the layout design at that location and northbound at Oval. Suggested a simple timing change on the lights would do the trick there - an extra 5-10s for the cyclists to clear the bus stop before the buses get released.