Re: Banning Cyclists
Hmm. My understanding and recollection, based on the Highway Code later than 1980, is that pushing a bicycle across a traffic-light junction when it's the pedestrians' turn implies that you've gone through a red light for road traffic. Which is forbidden even for wheeling a bicycle.
I will do it anyway but on a point of principle I don't operate the pedestrian crossing signal myself, I wait for someone else to do it so that I'm not responsible for stealing time from other road users for it.
In a marked pedestrian zone I will carry the bicycle, not just push it. Then it's just luggage.
As for smuggling a folding bike onto a bus that isn't supposed to carry them, I have camouflage. Well, a bin bag.