Motorbike and scooter use soars in bus lane trials

18 March 2007
 
Derby City Council is confident of opening its bus lanes to powered two wheelers (PTWs) on a permanent basis after ongoing trials prompted a significant increase in motorcycle uptake and overwhelmingly positive feedback.
Successful pilots of the use by PTWs of two experimental bus lanes into the city since May 2005 have led the council to extend the trials for a further 18 months. Studies undertaken before and after the schemes were implemented revealed up to an eight-fold increase in the number of motorcycles on the highway, according to Stan Werbinski, Derby’s road safety and travelwise manager. The extended trials will enable the council to gather a full three years’ data including motorcycle usage, accidents and comparable journey times, and Werbinski is confident of positive results.
‘I think the evidence will be strong enough to roll out the scheme on a permanent basis across all the city’s bus lanes, probably in 2008. And there has been no negative feedback,’ he said.
Chris Wynn, Derby’s cabinet member for planning and transportation, said: ‘Both bus lanes are ideally suited for this trial as their sparsity of junctions minimises much of the potential conflict between the vastly different operational characteristics of the buses, cyclists, taxis and now motorcyclists.’
Earlier this month the council introduced another experimental bus lane on Duffield Road – a main road into the city – for an 18-month trial period. The road will not be open to PTWs during the scheme, but Werbinski believes this will change.
The Department for Transport’s new guidance on opening bus lanes to motorcycles (Surveyor,
8 March) suggests it has adopted a more positive stance on the issue.

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