As for the bike crash:
Car coming down whiteladies, temporary stop light up near exit to toolstation car park (50m or so away from crossroads). Bike coming down from Cotham and heading to Clifton crossing whiteladies. The car went through on the green but was slowed slightly by someone turning into toolstation hence there being a small gap to the car in front. Lights must have just changed and the bike went flying through and just clipped the back of the jag that was passing through the crossroads. Guy on the bike was hurtling through the junction and the cars waiting got no where near the jag – I don’t think they even got off the mark by the time the bike was meeting the jag so blame to me is poor roadwork traffic management and the cyclist not slowing down for what is obviously an increased danger due to the roadworks.
So entirely the cyclists fault for going too fast through the lights and not looking then? can’t see how that’s the fault of the roadworks. Sounds like the cyclist assumed that the jag was going to be out of the way by the time he got there, not an assumption he’ll make again I suppose.
If anything I feel sorry for the car driver there as it sounds like there will be damage to his car and he has little hope of claiming that from the cyclist.
With respect to the improvements, again roads aren’t just for cars. congestion already is a problem on whiteladies road and that causes issues for the buses, if this improves bus journey times and makes the streetscene (apart from the abhorrent keep left arrows) more pleasant for pedestrians then that’s surely a good thing.