(08 Apr 2022, 8:58 am)omnicity4659 wrote A failed public transport network is being prioritised over the 70+% of those who choose to drive instead. It may work elsewhere but it doesn't work here because of the lack of decent services.

It's all well and good having a bus lane that lets 5 people get there 10 minutes before everyone else, but what about the other 100 people in that queue who couldn't get on that bus because it's too expensive, they didn't know it was going to turn up...or doesn't even run from where they live!

Within city centres, e-scooter and bike hire schemes meet people's needs if they can afford it.

Park and rides work if there's actually a decent level of service provision, there's no unnecessary costs to the customer and it's accessible. We have multiple park and rides for Newcastle that aren't properly promoted, are half-arsed or cost more than driving all the way, yet those making the decisions want more?!

The biggest problem with the Tyne Bridge traffic is it seems that no-one has actually bothered to see where the traffic is going. 

You could put a P&R every 0.5 mile going to Newcastle and Gateshead. The catch-22 is the majority of the traffic going over the Tyne Bridge is likely to be travelling from the likes of Byker, Wallsend and Walker towards the Metro Centre and Team Valley or alternatively from Bensham, Saltwell, Teams towards Cobalt and Quorum.

Theres absolutely no alternative for those people unless they want to change buses twice or take a 10 mile diversion including a £1.70 toll at the tunnel. 

Agreed with your comments that Gateshead are clueless 100%. 

Money aside we badly need a new bridge along the line of the never built Friars Goose Crossing but we're more arsed about spending it on fantasy Consett lines and car parks in Newcastle and Gateshead which is ironic.