Cambridgeshire County Council trial ‘Tesla lanes’ which could see cyclists sharing bus lanes with electric vehicles https:\/\/t.co\/hlU1TJxftJ<\/a> #cycling<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Xqel95g202<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 road.cc (@roadcc) January 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Bus lanes are designed to give some priority to those that use public transport, meaning that they don\u2019t get stuck in traffic jams and can stick to their scheduled times.<\/p>\n [Read: How Netflix shapes mainstream culture, explained by data<\/span><\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n While we\u2019re all for getting more people into electric cars, we\u2019re also keen on supporting our roads\u2019 most vulnerable users, such as pedestrians and cyclists. In bike-first cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen, infrastructure is designed to protect the most vulnerable road users before giving priority to cars.<\/p>\n Bus lanes aren\u2019t a perfect solution for cycling infrastructure, but in the UK they are one of the closest thing cyclists get to dedicated infrastructure in the country.<\/p>\n Understandably, cyclists in the UK are annoyed that Cambridgeshire is letting cars, even if they are electric, into the bus lanes.<\/p>\n I’m all for electric and self-driving cars, but it seems some people lose all sense of safety and logic the second electric cars are mentioned. \u2014 Ashles (@Ashles3000) January 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n In Nottingham, these lanes are generally occupied by commuters in electric beamers who\u2019ve bought them so they can speed up and overtake other traffic while in the quieter lane \ud83d\ude2b<\/p>\n \u2014 Steve (@stephen365) January 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n As readers of UK-based online cycling magazine Road.cc highlight, the whole point of letting cyclists use bus lanes is to offer them a safe space that is somewhat segregated from dense car traffic. Letting EVs in infringes on that safe space.<\/p>\n Sure they don\u2019t emit fumes like combustion engine vehicles do, but they are still fast and heavy chunks of metal that can pose a significant threat to the road\u2019s most vulnerable road users.<\/p>\n The trial is destined to run for around 18-months, at which point the council will reconvene to discuss whether the trial was a success.<\/p>\n However, with the UK imposing a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles in 2035, EVs can\u2019t have priority to bus lanes forever, otherwise they will get too busy and be rendered useless.<\/p>\n HT \u2013 Road.CC<\/a>, <\/em>Cambridgeshire Independent<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a>SHIFT<\/a> is brought to you by Polestar. It\u2019s time to accelerate the shift to sustainable mobility. That is why Polestar combines electric driving with cutting-edge design and thrilling performance.<\/span><\/i> Find out how<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Published January 15, 2021 \u2014 14:55 UTC <\/p>\n\n
Have them on the road, not in lanes with cyclists. https:\/\/t.co\/oW9W74hA0V<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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