Hello,
I'm not sure about this - is this bus lane a bus only lane, or can we cycle in it too? I've always cycled in it getting to Bruntsfield Avenue but now I think I may have been in the wrong….
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Bus only lane?
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Posted 9 years ago #
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The preceding sign for it says bikes are allowed:
http://goo.gl/maps/qOjQbPosted 9 years ago # -
thanks a lot! That's what I was looking for and couldn't find (incompetence)…. that bit is pretty tricky as the busses pull out into that bus lane from the bus-stop across the junction - if you're cycling in the middle lane before the junction you invariably get squeezed by the busses there as they don't tend to look for cyclists entering it - assuming all the traffic going up Bruntsfield Avenue is entering the right-most lane after the junction I suppose… I do find it a bit tricky and was wondering whether using the right-most lane i primary would be safer...
Posted 9 years ago # -
apols if i'm being a pedant, but brunstfield avenue is the short street perpendicular to the one you are discussing, and some way away.... b'field ave runs in front of b'field primary school.
pretty sure algo is referring to b'field place, which is previously home st and leven street, before it becomes b'field pl.
totally agree the names are the exact opposite of what you might expect here
Posted 9 years ago # -
thanks SRD you are entirely correct - apologies for any confusion…
Posted 9 years ago # -
on the topic -- i do tend to use the right most lane and then turn and go via fountainbridge. i have done the bus lane straight on, but invariably find it a slog. and as I am usually aiming for home street and gilmore place rather than leven street/b'field place, i nearly always take the right lane.
Posted 9 years ago # -
thanks SRD - yes I agree that's a better route choice. That bit of Lothian road to Home Street is pretty fast though so you can fairly easily keep up with traffic which is why I go that way - the problem is that I have tried to go from the middle lane to the bus lane directly but then often end up travelling alongside busses merging from the left, which can put you in a difficult position as you brake with cars behind not understanding why you're slowing down… alternatively I could take the right lane if there are busses present and wait to merge left after the junction, but that has provoked an undertake by a following car before. I'm probably not explaining myself very well.
In general I'd like to figure out how best to negotiate some parts without resorting to going a different way, although I realise in many cases that's probably the best option.
Posted 9 years ago # -
5 lanes for motors, and still no space for cycling. Lothian Rd + surrounds annoy me no end.
Posted 9 years ago # -
not too good that the sign is so remote from the marked lane. The signs regs normally only have "bus" in with-flow bus lanes that other vehicles (including cycles) are allowed to use. Contra-flow bus and cycle lanes should have a cycle symbol too http://m.tsrgd.co.uk/sign.html?id=1048.1
http://m.tsrgd.co.uk/sign.html?id=1048Posted 9 years ago # -
thanks @slowcoach - very helpful
Posted 9 years ago # -
Getting from lane one out to lane three (the green lane) across the junction with East Fountainbridge on a dark Friday rush-hour is one of my least favourite cycle experiences.
Closely followed by the leap to lane two if you're going round the Meadows.
Posted 9 years ago # -
I always just stay in lane 1 to go to the Meadows (I think I jut get lucky with the lights most nights so don't have the left turn to Lauriston on red as I approach). It 'is' a straight ahead lane as well, though most driving in lane two cut right across. Got to be very deliberate and obvious with shoulder checks and moves to come out past the parked cars just after the Forest Cafe though.
Just a ridiculous amount of space for there to be no cycling provision though.
Posted 9 years ago # -
I normally go to the meadows then turn right dont like being 2 lanes out when busy.
Posted 9 years ago #
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