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@winter
Really interesting reply! Have to say I totally agree with you; vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians all get squashed together around there. They're all in their own separate spaces so I suspect they all feel safe but then they all end up together at the same spots. I never ever trust that vehicles will stop for me over those junctions and am assuming they haven't seen me. On an almost daily basis vehicles cross without checking the cycle lanes and pedestrians step out into the cycle lanes without looking. For me it's ok as I just deal with the situation as it is but there's always something going on, especially as the cycle lanes cross junctions and then onto a paved pedestrian area. Always amazes me at the amount of cyclists blasting down there straight across the zebra crossings and angrily ringing their bells at pedestrians.
This bit of infrastructure is a right mess though—think it could almost be safer just as a road without bicycle lanes.