A dispute in Britain's capital city of London between motorcycle riders and Governmental officials appears to be settled.

Motorcyclists will be able to share bus lanes under plans unveiled by London’s newly elected Mayor Boris Johnson. The responsible agency, Transport for London will develop a scheme to allow motorcyclists on the lanes.

British bikers recently used the bus lanes until police started to ticket them, creating a public fight between motorcycle advocacy groups and City officials.

A similar move of allowing bikers in the bus lanes proved successful in Bristol, Bath and in other British towns. The report shows this change would considerably reduce accidents. The study actually demonstrated that allowing motorcyclists to use bus lanes resulted in a reduction in collisions of more than 40%.

After reading the report Mr. Johnson has told Transport for London to go ahead with plans to extend the scheme across London. The report was completed in September 2007 after a three year experiment.