Glasgow City Council rakes in over £2m a year revenue in bus lane fines, new research has revealed.
New data by Moneybarn - obtained as part of a Freedom of Information Act request to local councils - looked into which councils in the UK made the most revenue from issuing bus lane fines in 2020/2021.
Glasgow ranks fourth in the list behind Lambeth, Barnet and Manchester, with an annual revenue of £2,171,400 from bus lane fines generated from a total of 65,686 individual bus lane fines to drivers throughout the year.
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Only Bristol and Manchester councils issued more fines, with Edinburgh issuing almost half as many as Glasgow did (36,492 fines) by comparison.
In response, a spokesman for Glasgow City Council said: ““It is vital we do everything that we can to sustain public transport in a city where almost half of our households have no access to a car. The bus remains the most significant form of public transport in Glasgow, but the bus sector was already facing a challenging future even before the covid crisis took hold.
“Giving buses priority on key routes gives operators the chance to run the kind of reliable and efficient services that people want to use. By providing clearer channels for buses to travel along, we can reduce delays and get closer to the bus industry target of ‘on time every time’ that seeks to meet passenger expectations.
“Bus gates, bus lanes and other bus priority measures help to improve journey times and make the bus a more attractive travel option in Glasgow. All of our signage for bus gates and lanes is fully compliant with the roads legislation and in many cases goes far beyond what is required by the law.”
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