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@General_Strike
Yeah, I see this sort of idiocy all the time. On Seven Sisters road therehas been some resurfacing done between Amhurst Park and St Anns Road, and there is a short stretch where there's no bus lane. in this section there is a lot of zig-zag 'no parking' lines, and then where that isn't there, there's a dashed line which look suspiciously like it's going to be a cycle lane. Now I'm not a fan of cycle lanes being all over the place but on major routes it is useful - IF they're solid lined or otherwise fully segregated lanes. But a dashed lane doesn't actually prohibit drivers from entering, so is worse than useless, because it reinforces the idea that cyclists should ride in the gutter, but provides no refuge whatsoever from reckless drivers, and has no legal or regulatory weight to do so as far as I can tell -whereas at least a solid line is technically not meant to be crossed.