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The issue of motorcycles in bus lanes can also be readily framed in terms of environmental impact as well as safety. Motorcycles and scooters typically give off high levels of polluting emissions (as many of you can probably attest to when waiting at the lights) despite their small size although the introduction of catalystic converters is being to reduced some of the more extreme effects on newer machines.
I would be interested in what any increase in motorcyclists is coming from, but I'd guess that it hasn't been a sudden switch from car use (limited and expensive parking in the city already limits this as an option for many people) so don't think we are likely to see a reduction in emissions as people switch out of their cars.
Given this and the potentially negative effect an increase in the motorcyclists is likely to have on cyclists perception of safety, I still would strongly argue against their use of bus lanes...but as said earlier, Boris has made promises so it's pretty much a done deal