This is from today's London Lite, (P13).

These are the kind of bus stops that drivers hate but TfL thought were
a great idea - instead of gonig into a layby to allow traffic to pass,
the bus simply blocks the road. I don't think the intention is so that
the buses can easily move out again, it is deliberate anti-car policy.
"Hey you can't go faster than a bus so leave the car at home and take
the bus"".

Anyway, these particular ones were put in perhaps the worst spot - on
the A1 Falloden Way, the only stretch of the A1 north of Highgate to be
single lane. They were also placed close to traffic islands so that
vehicles who tried to overtake anyway would be squeezed out. Police
said these were dangerous and have closed the bus stops.

That it cost £65k to redesign these bus stops that nobody really
wanted shows exactly what TfL are wasting money on.