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In praise of TfL’s bus stop bypasses for cyclists

Mark Treasure, Cycling Embassy of Great Britain, Horsham, West Sussex RH13
25 January 2013
Mark Treasure praises Transport for London’s plan to extend the cycle superhighway from Bow roundabout to Stratford in East London. The illustration shows the bus stop bypass design
Mark Treasure praises Transport for London’s plan to extend the cycle superhighway from Bow roundabout to Stratford in East London. The illustration shows the bus stop bypass design
The segregated cycle track
The segregated cycle track

 

Brian Dalton’s letter on the subject of Transport for London’s design for bus stop bypasses along Cycle Superhighway 2 to Stratford (Letters LTT 11 Jan) is confused in several respects.

Mr Dalton assumes that such a bypass would present anyone on a bicycle with an ‘option’ to duck behind a bus stop, instead of using the carriageway. He claims that, when a bus is not stopped, cyclists would naturally continue using the carriageway, as there would be no impediment to their...

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