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@George_Dawes
I just don't get it.
The TfL "independent" Transport Research Laboratory report into the trial of motorcycles in bus lanes emphatically concludes that motorcyclists are worse off. It shows that more motorcyclists exceeded the speed limit. How then does TfL/ Boris conclude that they should do another trial? Seems to me this is Boris' way of buying votes from motorcyclists. Seems TfL are slaves to Boris' whim. Pathetic.
Para 4.3.4 :
"Conclusions - Collision Rates on the Network
The relative change in collision rates on the TLRN roads with a bus
lane compared and other lanes appears to imply that permitting
motorcycles access to bus lanes:
o increased motorcyclists' chance of having a collision.
o did not affect cyclists' chance of having a collision
o did not affect pedestrians‟ chance of having a collision"
**Section 3.4.2 On exceeding the speed limit: **
In the After survey on the Main sites, 47% of motorcycles were filmed exceeding the speed limit between the two timing points. The increase in percentage of motorcycles exceeding the speed limit was 6% on the Control sites and 10% on the Main sites. Although this initially appears similar, a statistical analysis shows that the percentage increase on the Main sites was greater than that on the Control sites (at the 95% confidence level).
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/MIBL-report-2010.pdf