(11 Dec 2018, 5:47 pm)Adrian wrote There isn't really a suitable place for this, and it is probably something that merits it's own discussion thread.
Here's why bus passenger numbers are falling in the North East
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...g-15536961
It's already about £8 for a few hours in Eldon Square car park, so if that's not enough to encourage local people to use public transport, I don't know what would be.
But people taking the car instead of the bus are going to be stuck in the exact same traffic. Last time I went into Newcastle by car, with husband, it took us almost half an hour to get off the Felling bypass and over the Tyne Bridge. Why? Because there had been yet another power failure on the Metro, that morning, that's why.