Bus Gate

This has been a nice earner for the Council in Glasgow.

The 'bus gate' at Nelson Mandela Place was introduced last summer. Only buses, cycles and taxis are allowed between 7am and 7pm. The idea was to reduce congestion and speed up bus journey times, and cut traffic emissions.

An average of 694 car drivers were caught daily going through and fined during its first week.

After just two months it generated £1.5 million in fines!

Its settled down a bit now but even in the short time I was there a few cars made an extremely late change of direction to avoid it which is quite dangerous in itself, and at leas one noticed it too late and went through.