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one of the things Ken did, which has worked out to be a total mistake, was to try and make the bus king of the road, this meant squeezing in bus lanes where there really isn't room for them, increasing the frequency of bus stops , investing in lots of new vehicles and creating driver's jobs. Clearly the training these drivers get before being let loose on the road is inadequate, most of them act as if they are driving their own car and in a hurry to get somewhere, rather than providing a public service designed to ferry people smoothly and steadily between stops.
I never understand the "bus driver in a hurry" thing, several times I've explained to them that dangerously overtaking a cyclist is pointless, as they are stopping only another 30 yards up the road.