Bugner
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Below is an e-mail that I sent to Boris regarding motorcyles allowed in Bus Lanes...
Dear Mr Johnson,
I commute by bicycle daily into Central London from Bromley, a trip of approximately 12.5 miles. I use the bus lanes where I can and currently have to deal with impatient bus drivers and taxi drivers, who rev their engines very close to my back wheel or dangerous overtaking manoeuvres where these vehicle pass far too close. I am also occasionally 'buzzed' by speeding motorcyclists who ignore the current legislation and use the bus lane as a fast track to overtake vehicles.
I am therefore writing to you in respect of your decision to allow motorbikes to use bus lanes and would be grateful if you would answer the following questions.
Your initiative 'Way to Go' includes smoothing traffic flow.
I would like to know how enabling motorcycles into the bus lane will improve the said traffic flow and ease congestion?
Whenever there is a traffic jam in London it hardly ever contains motorcycles as they are able to make their way
along side the traffic! It is stated that only bus lanes along red-route zones are going to be allowed to be used by motorcycles.
Firstly how are motorcyclists going to know which bus lanes they can and can't use. Secondly how will this be policed?
Some motorcyclists currently break the law, yet I have yet to see one occasion this year when an offender has been stopped. The scheme is going to be trialled for 18 months. How are you going to monitor the scheme? What are the measurement criteria and benchmarks to
determine if the scheme is a success?
As you are probably aware there has been a recent spate of incidents involving large lorries and cyclists. I believe that allowing motorcyclists to use bus lanes will create another regular occurrence of accidents. I can see a typical scenario happening where a cyclist swerves slightly to miss a pothole, but remains in the bus lane and is then hit by a passing motorcyclist.
Mr Johnson, as you have declared on your website that you are a 'passionate cyclist'. I would like to invite you to join me for a commute to and from work one day to really experience what the majority of commuting cyclists have to experience day in, day out with the general traffic, public transport, pedestrians, potholes and other obstacles let alone having to contend with motorcycles.
Additionally, I recommend that you stand on the south side of
London Bridge at 6am in the morning and witness the number of motorcycles that use the bridge as an opportunity to get from 0-60mph in as short as time possible.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully
Dear Mr Johnson,
I commute by bicycle daily into Central London from Bromley, a trip of approximately 12.5 miles. I use the bus lanes where I can and currently have to deal with impatient bus drivers and taxi drivers, who rev their engines very close to my back wheel or dangerous overtaking manoeuvres where these vehicle pass far too close. I am also occasionally 'buzzed' by speeding motorcyclists who ignore the current legislation and use the bus lane as a fast track to overtake vehicles.
I am therefore writing to you in respect of your decision to allow motorbikes to use bus lanes and would be grateful if you would answer the following questions.
Your initiative 'Way to Go' includes smoothing traffic flow.
I would like to know how enabling motorcycles into the bus lane will improve the said traffic flow and ease congestion?
Whenever there is a traffic jam in London it hardly ever contains motorcycles as they are able to make their way
along side the traffic! It is stated that only bus lanes along red-route zones are going to be allowed to be used by motorcycles.
Firstly how are motorcyclists going to know which bus lanes they can and can't use. Secondly how will this be policed?
Some motorcyclists currently break the law, yet I have yet to see one occasion this year when an offender has been stopped. The scheme is going to be trialled for 18 months. How are you going to monitor the scheme? What are the measurement criteria and benchmarks to
determine if the scheme is a success?
As you are probably aware there has been a recent spate of incidents involving large lorries and cyclists. I believe that allowing motorcyclists to use bus lanes will create another regular occurrence of accidents. I can see a typical scenario happening where a cyclist swerves slightly to miss a pothole, but remains in the bus lane and is then hit by a passing motorcyclist.
Mr Johnson, as you have declared on your website that you are a 'passionate cyclist'. I would like to invite you to join me for a commute to and from work one day to really experience what the majority of commuting cyclists have to experience day in, day out with the general traffic, public transport, pedestrians, potholes and other obstacles let alone having to contend with motorcycles.
Additionally, I recommend that you stand on the south side of
London Bridge at 6am in the morning and witness the number of motorcycles that use the bridge as an opportunity to get from 0-60mph in as short as time possible.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully
