(02 Sep 2021, 9:48 pm)Acky81 wrote Proves Sunderland passengers are second class over Newcastle. We deserve better.
Vehicles operators are simply ensuring their vehicles meet any Clean Air Zone requirements to avoid charges and moving their none-compliant vehicles to outlying areas.
This is not unique to Go North East or even the bus industry, and it is not unique to Newcastle, it happens wherever an emissions based charging system occurs.
(02 Sep 2021, 10:13 pm)Acky81 wrote Its an absolute disgrace. I’d pull all services out of Newcastle. Dictating council as per usual. It’s going no different to the air. As I say why should other areas suffer for Newcastle.
That is just rubbish. Central Government gave Newcastle, Gateshead and North Tyneside Councils a legal order to address the illegal levels of pollution in their areas as quickly as possible.
The Clean Air Zone was proposed as a result of the legal order from Government.
To suggest Go North East spit the dummy and pull all their services out of Newcastle is just ridiculous. Newcastle is the regional capital afterall.
It’s not just the council and government that want cleaner air, residents do too.
I recall a number of years ago residents in Gosforth campaigned against Arriva North East’s decision to run their old polluting ex-London buses along Gosforth High Street (through the Gosforth Air Quality Management Zone). Their campaigning paid off and Arriva replaced the usual allocation of old ex-London stock with Enviro400s.