Time for straight talking on capital's great traffic tangle

This may be a stupid question. But better to look daft now than see another avoidable kink added to the trams saga. If Edinburgh's trams are to run beside a central reservation – not pavements – with buses on either side, can a cyclist on Princes Street be anything other than a cycle sandwich?

If almost the same number of buses are running – only 23 of 520 will go when the trams start running – with 12 trams an hour in each direction, won't Princes Street be horribly congested for pedestrians too?

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