The other thing to think about is it’s possibly easier to improve both services than it is to improve cycle options. Improving cycling requires redesigning roads and that might actually not be possible or particularly quick but adding more buses is a much simpler solution.
Bus lanes are more costly than cycle lanes. But cyclists can use bus lanes and they reduce the space available to cars, making the bus and cycling both look much more attractive by comparison. We can kill all three birds with that one stone.
The other thing to think about is it’s possibly easier to improve both services than it is to improve cycle options. Improving cycling requires redesigning roads and that might actually not be possible or particularly quick but adding more buses is a much simpler solution.
Bus lanes are more costly than cycle lanes. But cyclists can use bus lanes and they reduce the space available to cars, making the bus and cycling both look much more attractive by comparison. We can kill all three birds with that one stone.