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* [[MCIA Report "An Observational Study of the Use of Bus Lanes By Motorcycles And Bicycles" 2004]] | * [[MCIA Report "An Observational Study of the Use of Bus Lanes By Motorcycles And Bicycles" 2004]] | ||
* [[MAG Document "Evidence for the Greater London Assembly Transport Committee Scrutiny Panel on the use of Bus Lanes by Motorcycles" (2004)]] | * [[MAG Document "Evidence for the Greater London Assembly Transport Committee Scrutiny Panel on the use of Bus Lanes by Motorcycles" (2004)]] | ||
* [[GLA Transport Committee meeting minutes]] | |||
* [[DfT Motorcycle Strategy 2005]] | * [[DfT Motorcycle Strategy 2005]] | ||
* [[TAL 2/07 “The Use of Bus Lanes by Motorcycles”]] | * [[TAL 2/07 “The Use of Bus Lanes by Motorcycles”]] | ||
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* [[Second TFL study 2011]] | * [[Second TFL study 2011]] | ||
* [[Evaluation of Journey Time and Emissions of PTWs in Bus Lanes]] | * [[Evaluation of Journey Time and Emissions of PTWs in Bus Lanes]] | ||
* [[Code of Conduct For Motorcyclists Using Bus Lanes]] | |||
* [[Motorbikes in Bus Lanes Leaflet]] |
Latest revision as of 17:50, 8 November 2018
Bus Lanes
The first bus lane in the UK was introduced in 1968.
Bus Lanes are intended to give priority to buses, cutting down on journey times where roads are congested with other traffic and increasing the reliability of buses.
MAG campaign for access to bus lanes on the grounds of increased road safety for riders whilst having no adverse impact on bus services or other road users. The first trials for allowing motorcycles to use bus lanes started in 1994, and have gradually spread across the UK, with access now permitted in over 50 local authority areas. However, with access decisions being taken at local level, there is now a situation of major inconsistency across the country, even with an inconsistent approach to access being demonstrated within individual local authorities.
Known Bus Lane Access Locations
The list below is accurate to our knowledge, but if you have knowledge of additional locations, please let us know:
1994 Reading
1995 Bath
1996 Bristol
1996 South Gloucestershire
1996 North Somerset
1998 Hull City Council
1999 Colchester
2000 M4 Bus Lane
2002 Swindon
2003 Kingston
2003 London TLRN
2003 North East Lincolnshire
2003 Sheffield
2004 Belfast
2004 Northern Ireland
2004 Sunderland
2005 Essex
2006 Derby
2006 Westminster
2007 Aylesbury
2007 Birmingham
2007 Plymouth
2008 Buckinghamshire
2009 Hammersmith & Fulham
2010 Bedford
2010 Solihull
2010 Walsall
2011 Leicester
2011 York
2012 Bromley
2012 North Lincolnshire
2013 Merton
2013 Peterborough
2013 Newport (SW)
2014 Coventry
2014 Durham
2014 East Sussex
2014 Edinburgh
2014 Newcastle on Tyne
2014 Darlington
2014 Brighton & Hove
2015 Doncaster
2015 Cardiff
2016 Wakefield
2017 Richmond
2017 Sutton
2017 Waltham Forest
2017 Wandsworth
2018 Calderdale
2018 Newham
2018 Nottingham
Other authorities have agereed in principle in transport plans that access should be granted, but are yet to implement the policy.
MAG Position
MAG believes that motorcycles are a legal mode of transport and as such, their riders are entitled to expect that measures be taken to improve their safety. With over 75 UK transport authorities recognising the sense of PTW access to bus lanes, the momentum of the policy is undeniable.
MAG calls for the Department for Transport to update its guidance for local authorities to make motorcycle access the default position for all bus lanes unless specific reasons for exclusion can be demonstrated.
MAG report: PTW Access to Bus Lanes, October 2018 [1]
Relevant Documents
- LTN 1/97 “Keeping buses moving”
- Government's White Paper on the Future of Transport, “A New deal for Transport: Better for everyone"
- MCIA Report "An Observational Study of the Use of Bus Lanes By Motorcycles And Bicycles" 2004
- MAG Document "Evidence for the Greater London Assembly Transport Committee Scrutiny Panel on the use of Bus Lanes by Motorcycles" (2004)
- GLA Transport Committee meeting minutes
- DfT Motorcycle Strategy 2005
- TAL 2/07 “The Use of Bus Lanes by Motorcycles”
- GLA Report “Easy Rider: Improving motorcycle safety on London’s roads” 2016
- Transport for London P2W in bus lanes study 2007
- Transport for London - "Attitudes to the Trial of Motorcycles in Bus Lanes" 2008
- TRL report "Impacts of motorcycles in Westminster bus lanes" 2008
- First TRL study (for TfL) 2010
- London Borough of Ealing Report
- MAG letter to Ealing
- Second TFL study 2011
- Evaluation of Journey Time and Emissions of PTWs in Bus Lanes
- Code of Conduct For Motorcyclists Using Bus Lanes
- Motorbikes in Bus Lanes Leaflet