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Originally Posted by phil235
^ A « prescribed purpose » in legislation just means a purpose that is set out in the regulations made under the Act. I don’t believe there is a regulation on that subject (though I haven’t looked thoroughly), so it is just conversions to bike lanes that are prohibited. You are correct that it would allow narrowing of existing lanes.
As for combined bus-bike lanes, there is a reason they really aren’t built anywhere. Having large, faster vehicles bearing down on small, vulnerable road users is ideal for neither, regardless of the frequency.
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It really isn't when you consider the bus would need to leave 1m to legally pass. You would basically have the bus riding the line to pass a cyclist. Plus the conflict of a cyclist coming up to a stopped bus... going to move around the bus and putting them self in traffic.. and whoopsies.. the bus starts moving again. Rinse and repeat.
I would detest the idea of cycling in a dedicated bus lane personally.
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