Re: CYCLISTS THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET INJURED ON BENDY BUS ROUTE- POPE
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Re: CYCLISTS THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET INJURED ON BENDY BUS ROUTE- POPE         


Author: Neil Williams
Date: Jun 9, 2007 18:36

On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:45:36 GMT, "Richard J."
blueukder.co.yon> wrote:
>Of course cycle lanes stop at bus stops! Are you suggesting that they
>should continue through bus stops so that passengers alighting from the
>bus step into the path of a cyclist?

In the Netherlands they normally run outside the bus stop, so the bus
crosses from the general traffic lane through the cycle lane into a
deeper bus stop. This requires more road space to implement, however,
and such space isn't really available in London.

Neil

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Re: CYCLISTS THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET INJURED ON BENDY BUS ROUTE- POPE         


Author: Colin Rosenstiel
Date: Jun 10, 2007 07:11

In article <466b558a.58285687@news.individual.net>,
wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:45:36 GMT, "Richard J."
> blueukder.co.yon> wrote:
>
>>Of course cycle lanes stop at bus stops! Are you suggesting that
>>they should continue through bus stops so that passengers
>>alighting from the bus step into the path of a cyclist?
>
> In the Netherlands they normally run outside the bus stop, so the
> bus crosses from the general traffic lane through the cycle lane into a
> deeper bus stop. This requires more road space to implement,
> however, and such space isn't really available in London.

But where there is space that is sometimes done in the UK.

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Colin Rosenstiel
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