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Just got my reply from TfL after I had an official whinge about getting funnelled into bus stops by segregated lanes.
Basically in both cases I mentioned (Oval, E&C), the distance between the end of the seg lane and the start of the bus stop markings is 'considered sufficient distance for cyclists to merge safely with bus. lane traffic'.
Oh well, that's OK then...
In both cases the distance is (apparently) 30m+, but when you factor in that a bus is 10m long and has to spend at least a bus length getting in line with the markings (i.e. it doesn't slide gracefully into the stop perpendicularly to the curb) it feels like so much less. Not to mention when there's more than one bus present (isn't that always the way...)
Reassuringly, there haven't been any bus-on-cycle accidents reported at Oval in the last 3 years, so the data is on TfL's side.
My suggestion of releasing the cyclists earlier was batted away with a 'But what if they arrive during the green light. Same problem, innit?' (to paraphrase slightly...) and a bypass is a no-go because they've not got the budget.