Manchester Cycle Path

On Wilmslow Road (Manchester) near Owens Park a stretch of green cycle path has appeared. It is in the middle of the road (I kid you not) with a bus and taxi lane on one side, and cars on the other. It runs for about thirty yards and then - like so many so called cycle paths - abruptly stops. If any cyclist (heading towards Manchester) was fool enough to use it, (s)he would have to cut across the bus/taxi lane to get onto it and then do the same further on in order to get back onto the other cycle path (by the side of the road). I think it has been designed with the intention of killing as many cyclists as possible. From this point of view it is a design triumph. Can't say I've ever seen a cyclist use it.