(03 Nov 2021, 10:27 am)Andreos1 wrote https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...r-22033508

An interesting one. 
Whilst I agree with the idea in principle, in reality it's going to have a negative effect on the city. 
Relying on public transport to get home at the end of the night - that doesn't exist for a huge part of the region or is slow, awkward, cumbersome, involves changes and doesn't allow for much shopping bag space - isn't going to be attractive to the majority of those people who choose to drive/park in the city centre on an evening.

Forcing people out of their cars isn't the way forward imo.

It's a terrible idea. The council are naive to believe people will change to public transport. All that'll happen is people will go to the Metro Centre, Morpeth, Silverlink, Boldon, Cramlington and so on instead where there's still free parking. They seem to forget that cars don't have to go into Newcastle and people driving in are very unlikely drinking anyway so the options are all over the place. There's plenty of nice restaurants and entertainment ie. cinemas throughout the region without touching Newcastle (most which are cheaper anyway).