x-noarchive:Neil Williams wrote:
The bus lanes should be removed.

Only if there is enough room on the road to run an effective bus
service. In Central London, there usually is not.

Agreed, but this problem can be removed with a congestion charge set at
a level that causes a reduction in demand for road space great enough
for traffic to be allowed to flow.



In any case, if there is no room to overtake safely, then no overtaking
should occur. I cannot see any incompatability issue here.

Depends on your view of incompatible. Putting modes together with no
overtaking just results in everyone moving at the slowest possible
speed. Thus, it makes sense to either segregate, or ensure there is
space for overtaking[1], in order to gain maximum throughput from the
road.


In your example, overtaking space is achieved by removing the bus lane,
and reverting to a single carriageway.



[1] One way systems are a way to provide for this if the roads aren't
wide enough but there are sufficient of them.


For me, one way systems are an unacceptable restriction on our right of
way, and I would have them removed.