{"id":17169,"date":"2016-11-18T16:18:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T16:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=17169"},"modified":"2016-11-18T16:18:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T16:18:03","slug":"dont-drive-in-bus-lanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/dont-drive-in-bus-lanes","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Don&#039;t drive in bus lanes&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Drivers&#8217; behaviour to be improved, bus lanes freed up for public transport, fines imposed as part of a new scheme to keep Cardiff moving.<\/h2>\n<p>The second phase of the Moving Traffic Offences (MTO)\u00a0scheme include additional bus lanes, banned turns and one new yellow box being enforced.<br \/>\nThe scheme is to prevent\u00a0drivers from using banned turns,parking in bus stops,use bus lanes illegally and stop illegally in yellow box junction and parking in zig zag lines outside schools that continue to jeopardise the safety of school children.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17196\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17196 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/ramesh-patel-new-1.jpg\" alt=\"ramesh-patel-new\" width=\"615\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/ramesh-patel-new-1.jpg 615w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/ramesh-patel-new-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/ramesh-patel-new-1-500x279.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17196 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/ramesh-patel-new-1.jpg\" alt=\"ramesh-patel-new\" width=\"615\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/ramesh-patel-new-1.jpg 615w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/ramesh-patel-new-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/ramesh-patel-new-1-500x279.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/noscript> Councillor Ramesh Patel, Cabinet Member for Transport, Planning and Sustainability.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cCardiff is a city with an ever increasing population, so those living, visiting or commuting into Cardiff are being strongly advised to avoid the congestion and consider public transport. We have to make public transport more attractive and viable and this scheme is part of that process,\u201d said Councillor Ramesh Patel, Cabinet Member for Transport, Planning and Sustainability.<br \/>\n\u201cBy providing dedicated bus corridors and enforcing them, we will make travel by bus more direct and quicker than using a private car. The second phase of the scheme also involves enforcing banned turns. Motorists that breach banned turns are putting other motorists at risk. It is dangerous and isn\u2019t acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Statistics of penalties<\/h3>\n<p>The scheme began in December 2014, when the council received the authority from the Welsh Government to implement the enforcement scheme.<br \/>\nFrom April to October, a total of 46,533 penalty charge notice (PCN) have been issued under the MTO. The PNCs increased to 6839 in October as against 6151 in September. The highest recordings were in July and August with 7103 and 7116 respectively.<br \/>\nFor the Yellow Box Junction offences, 2571 PCNs were\u00a0issued from April to October. There were 703 offences in October as compared to 519 in September.<br \/>\nOffences under camera car show a total of 2269 PNCs issued from April to October. A total of 437 offences were recorded in September and this decreased to 227 in October.<br \/>\nThe total income [doesn&#8217;t take into account for the payment of the scheme] raised from the Moving Traffic Offences Scheme since it began is \u00a34.5m.<br \/>\nAll of the money raised is ring fenced in law for traffic and highway improvements.<\/p>\n<h3>Locations for second phase<\/h3>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17222\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/camera-new.jpg\" alt=\"camera-new\" width=\"633\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/camera-new.jpg 633w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/camera-new-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/camera-new-500x279.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17222\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/camera-new.jpg\" alt=\"camera-new\" width=\"633\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/camera-new.jpg 633w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/camera-new-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/camera-new-500x279.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/noscript><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Bus Lane cameras<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Southern Way in Penylan \u2013 Eastbound<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Churchill Way in the City Centre \u2013 Northbound<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 North Road (after the junction with Boulevard de Nantes) in the City Centre \u2013 Southbound.<br \/>\n<strong>Yellow Box cameras<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Adam Street in Adamsdown \u2013 heading westbound towards the City Centre.<br \/>\nBanned Turn cameras in the city centre<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Turning right into College Road from North Road.<br \/>\nThe following additional locations will start to be enforced in two to three weeks and the exact date on when the enforcement will begin will be sent.<br \/>\n<strong>Bus Lane cameras<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bus Gate at Malvern Drive\/Pentland Close in Llanishen \u2013 East and Westbound (2 cameras)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Llantrisant Road in Llandaff \u2013 Southbound<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Two inbound cameras and one outbound camera on Newport Road between Rhymney River Bridge and Beresford Road.<br \/>\n<strong>Banned Turn cameras in the city centre<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Turning right into North Edward Street from Churchill Way<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Turning left into John Lewis from Canal Street which leads onto Hayes Bridge Road.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Turning right into West Grove from Newport Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning: Don\u2019t breach the Highway Code or you could be fined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":360,"featured_media":17240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-17169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-city"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Don&#039;t drive in bus lanes&#039; 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