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I don't know, what is it supposed to be? Is the barrier there to keep pedestrians on the footpath?
Should they walk on the bike path through the gaps in the barriers? What are the cones doing?
Creating new space for pedestrians on the bike path? Why are they only in a few places? Why are they blocking part of it? Why is there a sign in the bike path up ahead blocking the new space?
It would all be fun if it was just some symbolic pop up thing placed there by volunteers but there are millions of pounds being wasted on this.
And an empty road obviously has space for all of the things you mentioned. It just falls apart when there is a row of cyclists being overtaken by an impatient bus driver who then squeezes them into the imaginary bike path because of another oncoming bus.
I am not all that angry, mostly disappointed.