(24 Jun 2022, 5:27 pm)deanmachine wrote After using this for a few months now, I've got to admit, I'm impressed at Gateshead Councils incompetence with this bus link. They've made it slightly faster for 4 buses an hour, whilst every other bus using Gatshead High Street now has to wait at a red light that doesn't automatically trigger when nothing is using Sunderland Road.

Fantastic work on bus priority, fantastic. /s

(24 Jun 2022, 5:27 pm)deanmachine wrote After using this for a few months now, I've got to admit, I'm impressed at Gateshead Councils incompetence with this bus link. They've made it slightly faster for 4 buses an hour, whilst every other bus using Gatshead High Street now has to wait at a red light that doesn't automatically trigger when nothing is using Sunderland Road.

Fantastic work on bus priority, fantastic. /s

(24 Jun 2022, 7:24 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Sounds like a simple traffic signals fault. 
Wonder if anyone has reported it…. 

https://envirocall.newcastle.gov.uk/TrafficSignals

(19 Dec 2022, 1:11 pm)Rob44 wrote wonder if the bus link will remain if this happens

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2022-12-16/gateshead-flyover-could-be-demolished-in-500m-plans-to-boost-walking-and-biking

(19 Dec 2022, 4:20 pm)Adrian wrote Its not really much of an announcement, is it? The so-called Gateshead boulevard has been part of their masterplan for ages, and as Andreos1 suggests, is just a nice excuse to get rid of something that needs removing/replacing anyway.

(19 Dec 2022, 1:11 pm)Rob44 wrote wonder if the bus link will remain if this happens

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2022-12-16/gateshead-flyover-could-be-demolished-in-500m-plans-to-boost-walking-and-biking

(19 Dec 2022, 9:00 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Don’t see why not, I’m sure the bus link would’ve been planned with the long term boulevard plan in mind. 
Only difference is the top deck will be removed and the bottom deck turned into a boulevard with the bus gate still crossing over it.

(19 Dec 2022, 10:15 pm)Ambassador wrote It would have to go. There’s no way you hold up the vast amount of traffic heading towards and out of Newcastle for a few buses an hour. 

like most Gannon projects, it’ll go

(19 Dec 2022, 10:36 pm)Andreos1 wrote But that's exactly what the one on the Felling Bypass at Wardley does.

(19 Dec 2022, 10:52 pm)Unber43 wrote I don't think any bus services uses that now

(19 Dec 2022, 11:36 pm)Andreos1 wrote Just checked and it looks like you are right.
All that bleating on about bus priority measures, forcing the council over a barrel and now they've diverted the last remaining bus away from it.

Go North East in 2009: http://www.travelnortheast.co.uk/news/stories/2009/july/240709-ChangesToFab57RoutesOn1stAugust.html

Now: *tumbleweed and a bus gate that doesn't have buses going through it*

(19 Dec 2022, 11:36 pm)Andreos1 wrote Just checked and it looks like you are right.
All that bleating on about bus priority measures, forcing the council over a barrel and now they've diverted the last remaining bus away from it.

Go North East in 2009: http://www.travelnortheast.co.uk/news/stories/2009/july/240709-ChangesToFab57RoutesOn1stAugust.html

Now: *tumbleweed and a bus gate that doesn't have buses going through it*

(19 Dec 2022, 11:36 pm)Andreos1 wrote Just checked and it looks like you are right.
All that bleating on about bus priority measures, forcing the council over a barrel and now they've diverted the last remaining bus away from it.

Go North East in 2009: http://www.travelnortheast.co.uk/news/stories/2009/july/240709-ChangesToFab57RoutesOn1stAugust.html

Now: *tumbleweed and a bus gate that doesn't have buses going through it*

(19 Dec 2022, 10:15 pm)Ambassador wrote It would have to go. There’s no way you hold up the vast amount of traffic heading towards and out of Newcastle for a few buses an hour. 

like most Gannon projects, it’ll go

(20 Dec 2022, 7:24 am)ne14ne1 wrote …..if it’s just a few buses an hour then the traffic will barely be held back at all then.

(20 Dec 2022, 1:12 am)deanmachine wrote GNE took the move to change the route as it's just far too dangerous with the speeds cars approach along the A184. Probably had more near misses now the speed camera has disappeared from there now. Never liked crossing it when I used to be at Riverside.

(19 Dec 2022, 11:59 pm)Storx wrote Virtually everything wasted on stuff like in the past 15 years is the same:

Silverlink Bus Link
Northumberland Park Interchange
Centrelink 

Most 'traffic improvements' are a waste of money aswell:

Sandy Lane
Four Lane Ends
South Gosforth
Gosforth Salter's Road / Church Road
Haymarket
Findus Roundabout
Askew Road
Kingston Park Road

They're all worse than they've ever been. North East Councils, in particular Newcastle, North Tyneside and Gateshead should be banned from traffic planning as they're clueless. Not to mention anything done by them takes 10x longer than it should, the latest being Sandy Lane Roundabout and the paving off the side streets on Northumberland Street.

(20 Dec 2022, 10:20 am)Andreos1 wrote It's bonkers that so much public money is thrown at this infrastructure, with seemingly no recourse for an operator shrugging their shoulders after however long and upping sticks when the money dries up or doesn't flow as well as they anticipated.

Time and time again we see it happen.

(19 Dec 2022, 4:20 pm)Adrian wrote Its not really much of an announcement, is it? The so-called Gateshead boulevard has been part of their masterplan for ages, and as Andreos1 suggests, is just a nice excuse to get rid of something that needs removing/replacing anyway.

(21 Dec 2022, 12:34 pm)Storx wrote https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/gateshead-council-budget-cuts-parks-25802062

There we go, happens every time with Gannon it's predictable.

(21 Dec 2022, 5:37 pm)ne14ne1 wrote What we looking at here?

(19 Dec 2022, 11:36 pm)Andreos1 wrote Just checked and it looks like you are right.
All that bleating on about bus priority measures, forcing the council over a barrel and now they've diverted the last remaining bus away from it.

Go North East in 2009: http://www.travelnortheast.co.uk/news/stories/2009/july/240709-ChangesToFab57RoutesOn1stAugust.html

Now: *tumbleweed and a bus gate that doesn't have buses going through it*

(21 Dec 2022, 7:31 pm)pbjd wrote The bus gate at Wardley was blocked off completely today by Highways agency with the lights bagged over.


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(19 Dec 2022, 6:09 pm)Storx wrote "ambitious £500m plans" is quite an announcement to me. There's much more to it than just the boulevard. Most of it belonging in fantasy land especially the cycle highway from Carlisle to Newcastle. Who knows could spend the money on trains which aren't from the 80's which could erm take cycles aswell but yeah.

Anyone wanting to do that is very likely be doing the C2C as there's not exactly much commuter sense to it unless you really are barking mad especially from Greenhead to Brampton.