Bikes on buses.

[Bletchleyite]

Given the propensity for the British public to step out in front of buses without looking, I think we are some years off having bike racks and bicycles hanging off the front end on UK urban bus services.

It wouldn't pass Construction and Use in the UK because of the risk to pedestrians. However, racks on the back of the bus may well be viable. As would be some sort of mounting point in the multipurpose space, though it would have to be with the strict condition that if the space is needed for a wheelchair user the cyclist must leave the bus and cycle instead (or wait for the next bus), with their fare refunded.

 

[Robertj21a]

It wouldn't pass Construction and Use in the UK because of the risk to pedestrians. However, racks on the back of the bus may well be viable. As would be some sort of mounting point in the multipurpose space, though it would have to be with the strict condition that if the space is needed for a wheelchair user the cyclist must leave the bus and cycle instead (or wait for the next bus), with their fare refunded.

We already have racks on the back of some buses.

 

[ribbonola]

Here's the racking inside the bike friendly borders buses:

Bike friendly buses

Make the most of the wonderful cycling routes and events in the Scottish Borders. Take your bike on the X62, X95 or 253.

www.bordersbuses.co.uk

 

[hst43102]

I can’t find an interior shot at the moment but the Borders Buses running from Edinburgh to the Borders on the X95 and X62 have designed bikes racks inside the bus.

11901 - SK19ELV

Seen on Princes Street is one of three new bike-carrying Alexander Dennis Enviro 400MMC bodied Dennis Tridents in the fleet of Borders Buses. Seen here is 11901 - SK19ELV.

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Some Go North East services have those too.

 

[Green Machine]

When looking at how much it costs to build physical infrastructure like segregated cycle lanes, or reinstate or even build new railways, well, it starts to make a heck of a lot more sense to, over the span of next decade (which, we are told, is all that matters, climate wise), invest the money into making it a viable option to be able to take a bike on a bus. Any bus.

Kudos to Go North East for at least trying to change the equation.