# New bus gates making Sheffield ‘medieval fortified city’ transport guru claims – thestar.co.uk

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/new-bus-gates-making-sheffield-medieval-fortified-city-transport-guru-claims-thestar-co-uk/
- Published: 2026-08-04T05:00:28+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-04T11:13:00+00:00
- Original publisher: 🔎 Sheffield
- Original article: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMizwFBVV95cUxQbXJRU1p4Q1B5Mkd5MUhveGYyTTRrTjk4VHlFTlE1Q09LNVNISW9KTVk2ZFpCZ2tLV0FmS240WEFPOU5vUkRiSXZEeEh3OGpWdUJneThVamdMYXZ2VmJnV050LVVhdk94N3l4bTZhYnhkTDF1c0o1eWw1YlF3YnVPZmR2ckhzbzNYNDFESmFNSzlsZVBLNHoyVWpKcTh2RDFiX1NFZ21lbVVqYUhDQWdkVExjT01wdkkyRkUxZGo0dHBRMTdpQzUwUlRIZ0RVY2c?oc=5
- Topics: Americas, Celebrity, Entertainment, Sheffield, UK, World

## Key points

- New Furnival Gate bus gates start 19 September 2026 in Sheffield
- Critic says camera enforcement makes city feel "fortified" to drivers
- Existing Arundel Gate bus gate earned £674,126 from fines in 2025

## Summary

Sheffield City Council is introducing two new bus gates on Furnival Gate from 19 September 2026, prompting transport consultant Peter Kennan to warn that the city is turning into what he sarcastically likened to a "medieval fortified city" with only limited points of entry for drivers. Kennan argues that the growing network of camera-enforced restrictions risks deterring more affluent out-of-town shoppers and undermining the council's own Heart of the City regeneration ambitions, even as the authority insists the changes will improve bus reliability and make streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

The new gates will stop cars heading towards Charter Row and redirect other traffic onto Pinstone Street, adding to an existing bus gate on Arundel Gate that alone generated £674,126 from 21,844 fines in 2025, making it the fourth highest-earning bus gate in the country. Sheffield City Council has defended the scheme as necessary for public transport priority and road safety, while Kennan's warnings highlight an ongoing tension between the city's traffic-restriction policies and its efforts to attract shoppers and visitors to the city centre.

## Coverage

- [🔎 Sheffield: New bus gates making Sheffield ‘medieval fortified city’ transport guru claims – thestar.co.uk](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMizwFBVV95cUxQbXJRU1p4Q1B5Mkd5MUhveGYyTTRrTjk4VHlFTlE1Q09LNVNISW9KTVk2ZFpCZ2tLV0FmS240WEFPOU5vUkRiSXZEeEh3OGpWdUJneThVamdMYXZ2VmJnV050LVVhdk94N3l4bTZhYnhkTDF1c0o1eWw1YlF3YnVPZmR2ckhzbzNYNDFESmFNSzlsZVBLNHoyVWpKcTh2RDFiX1NFZ21lbVVqYUhDQWdkVExjT01wdkkyRkUxZGo0dHBRMTdpQzUwUlRIZ0RVY2c?oc=5)
- [The Star (Sheffield): New bus gates making Sheffield 'medieval fortified city' transport guru claims](https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/traffic-and-travel/new-bus-gates-making-sheffield-medieval-fortified-city-transport-guru-claims-8836077)

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