Figures for 2019 show that 2 million Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) were issued to drivers caught on 800 cameras driving in bus lanes across the country. Collectively, councils in London issued just over 300,000 bus lane fines, pocketing almost £15million in the one year. Drivers paid out an eye-watering £59.6million in bus lane fines in 2019, according to research published todayGlasgow was second in the list of locations handing out the most penalties, issuing 115,534 fines and collecting £3.4million ahead of Birmingham, with 108,841 bus lane-related PCNs. Despite drivers being issued the third highest volume of bus lane fines in the Steel City, Lambeth Council generated higher revenue from the PCNs it issued, collecting close to £3million in 2019. Locations were drivers paid the most for bus lane fines in 2019 1.

Source: The Nation February 25, 2021 10:06 UTC