LTSA response to Priority Lanes

[Wolf]

A lane for buses, and cars with more than so many people in them, and also motosicles.

Large signposts saying as such and on roads like Onewa road, and constellation drive.

And heading through Plimmerton - they have the outer lane marked in bands of green and the signage says "buses, cars with more than one occupant and them thar motosicles" - single occupant cars and other through traffic have to use the inner lane.

Means if I'm visiting the whanau I can use the transit lane as I'd either be on the bike or in the car with wife and three kids...

[Fatjim]

motorcyclists are less vulnerable if they operate in ways similar to other motor vehicles particularly in relation to positioning in vehicle lanes. The road rules support that view.

Apart from the last bit (quoted) that makes sense.

[Fatjim]

And heading through Plimmerton - they have the outer lane marked in bands of green and the signage says "buses, cars with more than one occupant and them thar motosicles" - single occupant cars and other through traffic have to use the inner lane.

Means if I'm visiting the whanau I can use the transit lane as I'd either be on the bike or in the car with wife and three kids...

If your visiting the Whanau then you're waka is allowed anywhere. Didn't your study your traditional rights.

[Chill]

So motorcycles are allowed on the green bus lanes around Wellington?

[rwh]

So motorcycles are allowed on the green bus lanes around Wellington?

As I understand it - some of them.

If it says 'Bus Lane', you can. That's most of them. If it says 'Buses Only', you can't. As far as I've seen, the only one of those is the southbound one that starts on Lambton Quay by the ANZ, and finishes on Willis St just before the turn into Mercer St.

The other way of looking at it that seems to work is that if the bus lane is alongside a regular lane in the same direction, you can use it; if it's by itself you can't.

I assume we're not allowed to use the Hataitai bus tunnel, either - but I don't think I'd want to anyway.

Richard