IS Melbourne City Council pro-bike or anti-car? Frustrated drivers are likely to give an angry answer.

People are taking longer to get to work because the council has turned a traffic lane across Princes Bridge into a bike lane.

The council is determined to continue the three-month trial at a cost of $70,000. But all councillors have to do to see that it is not working is to walk down to Princes Bridge to see the traffic tangle.

Lord Mayor Robert Doyle says it only takes him a minute longer to get across the bridge, but other motorists disagree, some saying it takes them an extra five to 30 minutes.

The bike lane should be reinstated on the footpath with a barrier to prevent cyclists from intimidating pedestrians or sometimes running into them.

What is now a bike lane is wide enough for a stage finish in the Tour de France.