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BUS LANE AND VEHICLE LIVERY COLOUR SURVEY

These tables concentrate on two distinct pieces of data: bus lanes and livery colour of vehicles. How does your council compare?

BUS LANE TABLES
1. Are there bus lanes in your area? Answered as YES or NO.
2. Are hackney carriage vehicles allowed in them?
3. Are private hire vehicles allowed in them?

LIVERY COLOUR TABLES
1. Is there was any policy in force that requires each type of vehicle to have a specific colour;
2. What that colour needed to be.

UNITARY AUTHORITIES
There are a number of unitary authorities which govern the fees for various licensing authorities. Click here to see a full list as your licensing authority might be among them.

Filter by Council:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

SYMBOLS:     n/a = Not applicable      T = Town      R = Rural     X = Not Allowed
1 = One (but any) colour      V = Various     - = None in Borough     A = LTI, any colour     * Both hackneys and private hire vehicles are allowed to use some bus lanes but not all

BONNET COLOURS KEY:

White/Black
Black/White

White/Orange
White/Blue

Green Stripe
Stripe

GATESHEAD

BUS LANE
Bus Lane? HC Allowed PH Allowed
YES YES YES
LIVERY COLOURS
HC Req Col HC Col PH Req Col PH Col
NO N/A NO N/A



GEDLING

BUS LANE
Bus Lane? HC Allowed PH Allowed
YES YES NO
LIVERY COLOURS
HC Req Col HC Col PH Req Col PH Col
NO N/A NO N/A



GLOUCESTER

BUS LANE
Bus Lane? HC Allowed PH Allowed
YES YES YES
LIVERY COLOURS
HC Req Col HC Col PH Req Col PH Col
YES
YES
X



GOSPORT

BUS LANE
Bus Lane? HC Allowed PH Allowed
NO N/A N/A
LIVERY COLOURS
HC Req Col HC Col PH Req Col PH Col
NO N/A NO N/A



GRAVESHAM

BUS LANE
Bus Lane? HC Allowed PH Allowed
YES NO NO
LIVERY COLOURS
HC Req Col HC Col PH Req Col PH Col
NO N/A NO N/A



GREAT YARMOUTH

BUS LANE
Bus Lane? HC Allowed PH Allowed
YES YES YES
LIVERY COLOURS
HC Req Col HC Col PH Req Col PH Col
NO N/A NO N/A



GUILDFORD

BUS LANE
Bus Lane? HC Allowed PH Allowed
YES YES NO
LIVERY COLOURS
HC Req Col HC Col PH Req Col PH Col
YES
NO N/A



GWYNEDD

BUS LANE
Bus Lane? HC Allowed PH Allowed
NO N/A N/A
LIVERY COLOURS
HC Req Col HC Col PH Req Col PH Col
NO N/A NO N/A



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