I've properly studied the A38 plans. Silly Oak high street gains a segregated cycle lane for the downhill (northbound) bit, while those heading uphill get to weave between pedestrians, piles of rubbish, etc. on the pavement.
It then bodges (via excessive road-crossings) into the poorly designed new infra that's under construction on the Silly Oak Triangle, before turning into bus lanes for the run to Northfield (apart from the bit uphill by the hospital, where you get to wobble about on the chutney while trying not to mow down any smokers or vulnerable pedestrians, because parking).
I mean, it's an improvement, but it's still fairly bollocks.