Wolverhampton lights up offence for drivers

摘要

AA new bus lane deterrent scheme has just gone live in Wolverhampton. It is part of a pilot which is being run by Centro, the West Midlands Transport Initiative. Centro, which is responsible for providing and developing public transport in the West Midlands metropolitan area, was looking for some ideas for bus demonstration projects and in particular innovative schemes to control the use of bus lanes. Wolverhampton, as a very busy urban city, has many bus lanes. Virtually all arterial routes, except those constrained by the geometry of the site, have bus lanes and, in common with other areas, the level of misuse is high. So for John Charles, team leader at Wolverhampton's UTC, this was a very welcome opportunity to put some new ideas into practice.