Here we can see cycle hire bikes, and just out of shot to the right are a few cycle stands for people who want to extend their journey using public transport (the Selly Oak Triangle is a public transport interchange). This is good. Not so good is people on bikes have to give way here, but the only vehicles (legally) using this section of carriageway are buses, and they are nothing like frequent enough to cause a problem. Indeed the author has not had to wait here even once for a bus to pass. What is a problem is the queuing cars on the main section of road, as drivers queue across the crossings. This commonly happens on Saturday afternoons, which is when the photograph was taken.
