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A new(ish) phenomenon has arrived in our city. Buses were being held up by slow moving traffic, so whole lanes were marked for bus use only. These "bus lanes" started to breed rapidly, allowing buses to whizz around much faster than the rest of the traffic. Then taxis were allowed to use them.

Then bicycles.

And it all went wrong.

Held up by slow-moving bicycles in their lanes, buses and taxis started to leave their sacred space and join the files of slow moving traffic. But now, of course, there were fewer lanes for all this traffic, so major jams developed.

The council reacted in many locations, by adding another lane.... the p̶s̶y̶c̶o̶p̶a̶t̶h̶ cycle path, between the kerb and the bus lane Some cyclists started to use them, whizzing around, often faster than the speed limit.

And then the carnage started.

People stepping off and on buses via the cycle path. Would the cyclists give way? Not often.