Motorcyclists are demanding to be allowed to use bus lanes across Brighton and Hove.

Lobbyists have been in discussion with Brighton and Hove City Council about relaxing the restrictions for more than a year.

Advocates claim the plan for motorised, two-wheeled vehicles will reduce congestion, improve road safety and cut down on air pollution.

Despite some raising concerns about potential casualties, the local authority’s transport committee has approved a 12-month trial scheme on two-and-a-half miles of the city’s busiest roads.

These would be a one-mile stretch of the A23 from Carden Avenue to Preston Drove, Brighton, and a 1.5-mile section of the A259 coastal road from the city’s boundary in Saltdean to the Ovingdean roundabout.

But John Mitchell, Motorcycle Action Group’s (MAG) south east region representative, said: “Why there should not be a full roll-out across the city, given that the evidence in this country, and abroad, is that allowing two-wheelers into bus lanes reduces accidents and injury?

“As such, we are keen to continue to have a dialogue with the council, to understand the reasons for their decision.

“However, until the council can release the study and the corresponding data to us to review, we are unable to draw our own conclusions.”

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