For British Motorists: What is a "Bus Gate"?

And is it a national standard marking or something peculiar to the City of Bristol, where I saw the words on some streets recently?

Bus Lane, yes, and there are plenty of them in the city centre; but Bus Gate is new to me!

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ninalanyon · 61-69, T

If you don't know how are foreign visitors supposed to know?

Or is it aimed a Scandinavian visitors? Then it would just mean Bus Street :-)

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@ninalanyon That might work in some Northern English towns where some of the local language is Scandinavian; and "gate" is indeed used to mean "street"!

supersnipe · 61-69, M

@ArishMell Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate for example. You'll find it in York. It's the shortest street in the place.