Hi Grahame, do I get a prize? Or should I have waited till I was number 500?

I have thought about what you suggest - bikes and buses on one side with light controls. If the buses weren't too frequent I wouldn't have thought it unreasonable to ask cyclists to wait occasionally, or walk across on the pedestrian side instead, but of course in practice we would cycle across the pedestrian side! Maybe that wouldn't matter if it was just when buses used our 'normal' side and if cyclists were aware that they were intruding into the pedestrian realm and riding 'deferentially'.

I'd certainly rather 'share' the route with the odd BRT^▸ (Bus Rapid Transit) bus, even a long bendy bus, than a constant stream of cars, so it could be workable with a bit of give and take. At least with buses rather than trams one doesn't have tramlines to contend with, although it might be that the plan is to use Kerb Guidance on the bridge. The plans for BRT to Ashton Vale should become public very soon if they're going to get the submission for TIF^▸ (Transport Innovation Fund) funding in on time so watch this space, as they say.

There's more to the Prince Street Bridge plan than meets the eye. See here for speculation - http://greenbristolblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/bridge-too-narrow.html