Bus Gates

[Theresa Green]

It's now fashionable for towns and cities to paint a patch of road green and call it a bus gate . This basically means if you cross it it will cost you £60

If anyone was thinking of going shopping to Birmingham by car, be aware of the Selfridges bus gate trap

AA route planner sends you through it as do most other map apps ( Moorgate Street Queensway )

To get to the Selfridges multi-storey car park from the M6 you need to take a scenic route through Digbeth

Or take the train

 

[proactive]

More detail here.

About the bus gate | Moor Street Queensway bus gate scheme | Birmingham City Council

Information about a scheme to introduce a bus gate on Moor Street Queensway

www.birmingham.gov.uk

Edited: Google maps and TomTom Amigo divert you now. But if you were planning on going to Birmingham today, I'd avoid it as the motorways are at a standstill.

 

[Trumpet]

I'm in Brum at present, used to like it but so much has changed in the last two years, I won't be rushing back. A totally different vibe to how it used to be.

 

[proactive]

I'm in Brum at present, used to like it but so much has changed in the last two years, I won't be rushing back. A totally different vibe to how it used to be.

Ditto.

 

[Benedict]

And when you think how much his brother has in the bank!
Oh sorry, i thought the thread was Bill gates..

 

[Cue]

I got caught by this on my first drive down to Brum, thankfully they let you off your first one with a warning