(03 Nov 2021, 8:19 pm)Andreos1 wrote Assuming those people parking after 5 are actually leisure customers and not people working in the night time economy.
It almost defeats the point of a low waged worker, going to work. Bearing in mind a chunk of their hourly wage will be spent on parking now. 

Then there's this:
https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2021-...ce=NewsApp&utm_medium=SocialShare



'weak public transport costing economy'. Yet they're wanting to get rid of free parking


There's also a quote from a bloke who lives in Crawcrook and relies on lifts to get to work 7 miles down the road.

Yeah that's fair point but don't they all shut at 10pm/11pm so wouldn't be much use for people working late anyway. Think only Grainger Town is open 24/7 (or it used to be, that might have changed aswell now).

I think it's counter productive it was proven that the free parking improved the economy massively now all of the sudden removing it is going to improve the economy aswell. Something doesn't add up.

Can't argue about the poor public transport though tbh.