The bus lane on Elizabeth St heading Northbound (between Park & Market St's) used to exist in lane 1, moving the bus lane to lane 2 helps the flow of buses as lane becomes a left turn only into Market St, although the amount of traffic turning both left & right from Elizabeth St into Market St will continue to be of concern.boronia wrote:I noticed some new bus lanes in Elizabeth St, for northbound traffic. Surprisingly, they are in lane 2, even where the buses are going to be in a long crawl between stops in Lane 1.
Apart from the bits which say BUS LANE, the red surface seems to be limited to a thin line on either side of the lane.
THis effectively leaves just one lane for general traffic,
The new style of bus lane is slowly becoming a common sight as roads are resurfaced and is a new standard from the RMS. This style of bus lane reduces maintenance costs.