Re: Sydney Metro

The majority of the small number of cyclists, especially the lycra louts,  ignore  this purpose built for them infrastructure and continue to use the New South Head Roadway, with bus passengers having to make their way across the cycleway to get on/off the bus services.  Another set back for bus users and further increasing stresses for bus drivers.

They are on the road as the actual cycle way is full of obstructions and wayward pedestrians. A some one who uses a bicycle for transport (not hooning or exercise), a lot of so-called 'bicycle infrastructure' is extraordinary badly designed with random obstructions, pointless chicanes, random speed bumps, pointless extra length bypasses that go around places you actually want to go, etc, etc.

It's fairly clear that the council engineers designing these things do not ride bicycles or only ride MTBs on dirt trails in national park on weekends. They never ride a 'city bike' to get from point A to point B an urban area expecting to get there uninjured.