Boris Johnson has decided after two trials showed he shouldn’t, to permanently open up 478km of bus lanes to motorbikes out of London’s 580km of red routes.

The trials showed an increase of 23% in motorbike collisions around bus lanes they were allowed on for the trials. The whole purpose was to reduce dangers to bikers not put them at more risk. The incidence of motorbike crashes near junction shot up 67% – guess drivers pulling out have less chance to see bikers in bus lanes. It also showed that collisions between motorbikes and cyclists shot-up by 250%.

No reporting of whether this experiment reduced cycling on those bus lanes. I certainly avoid them which means I now cycle less.

So what does this tell us. That if you’re a biker avoid bus lanes because you’re much less likely to reach your destination. For cyclists it means find alternative routes. Boris has made the main road bus lanes on Red routes less safe for you.

The silver cloud in all this is you can tell Boris what you think in the ballot box this May.