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Perth to trial motorcycles in bus lanes
During two peak periods across the day, followed by feedback to decide whether it will become a long-term policyWestern Australian Transport Minister Dean Nalder has announced that a 12-month trial will be held in 2015 allowing motorcyclists to use two peak-period bus lanes. Until now, motorcycles have not been allowed in bus lanes.
“Motorcycles will be able to travel in the Beaufort Street bus lanes between Roe Street in Northbridge and Grand Promenade in Inglewood, as well as along South Street between Vahland Avenue to the Kwinana Freeway,” Mr Nalder said.
“We are running this trial in response to requests from the motorcycling community… The purpose of this trial is to assess any safety implications and whether sharing the lanes has any impact on the on-time running of buses.
Mr Nalder said motorcyclists would be restricted to the same signposted speed limits as buses.
Transperth will monitor bus on-time running using GPS data and collate feedback from bus drivers to determine whether the trial can be continued on a long-term basis.
Melbourne adopted a similar trial in 2011-12, while cities with chronic congestion such as London have been discussing opening up a large portion of its inner city bus lanes for motorcyclists.
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