4500 private hire taxis could flood Belfast's bus lanes - that's the warning from the Unite union

The bus drivers' union UNITE is urging the public to "bombard (the) Department for Infrastructure email" over opening Belfast bus lanes to private taxis. The Department launched a consultation last week into whether taxis should get to use them, with a closing date of July 6th. Unite say this would lead to 4,500 taxis flooding our bus lanes, and that "as every full bus means fifty less cars on our roads - this proposal is likely to led to a rise in traffic congestion".