(19 Dec 2025, 4:27 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Think you’re comparing apples and pears with the bus lanes vs road infrastructure mind.  The obvious difference being the reality (inconvenient as it may be for some).  There are plenty of car journeys meaning (once the improvement works are done) a large proportion of the population gain a significant benefit.  Compared to bus lanes where there are ever fewer scheduled services using them, running to fewer places, less often – and which may or may not turn up and get you from A to B without breaking down.  The reason people see bus lanes as a waste of money is that there are so few buses on the road to use them even compared to 10 years ago let alone the peak after deregulation.  And that downward trend has been sustained and increasing over that time, so highly unlikely to change with or without bus lanes.  Increasing priority for something that runs so poorly and infrequently (and for some expensively) as is the case in many parts of our region is very likely just wasteful.

Appreciate it's going off topic from fares, but bus lanes are meant to look empty. 

Based on current frequencies, are there any current examples of bus priority measures that should be removed?