Bus lanes opened to motorbikes in Edinburgh Published duration 5 October 2015

The majority of bus lanes in Edinburgh have been opened to motorbikes as part of a nine-month trial.

All-day bus lanes will also be changed to peak period lanes.

They currently operate 07:30-18:30 on Mondays to Fridays and 08:30-18:30 on Saturdays. This will change to 07:30-09:30 and 16:00-18:30 on Mondays to Fridays.

The changes follow a review of Edinburgh's 65km (40 miles) of bus lanes.

A total of 60% of bus lanes are currently peak period only.

Lesley Hinds, Edinburgh City Council's transport convener, said: "The different operating hours that apply to bus lanes can cause confusion. We are therefore running a trial to have 90% of bus lanes operating at peak periods only.

"The purpose of this is to see if standardised operating hours will make it simpler for drivers, without impacting adversely on bus journey times or compromising the safety of cyclists and pedestrians.