(27 Apr 2022, 1:27 pm)Andreos1 wrote See, if a bus operator had their way - it would be a case of getting the council to finance and build some sort of bus lane or gate, get everyone to pay a small fortune to park and force people to make the switch. Then ask the PTE to subsidise some sort of bus service.
Which may or may not last. 

Whereas from the outside in, the most obvious way to encourage people to make the switch - would be for the operators to do some research, find out where the demand/flow is and take the commercial punt.

tbf the place isn't exactly far from the centre of North Shields. Instead of forcing buses along there imo they should be looking at ways to connect it better to the town centre.

I know it's radical but something like building some escalators from the bottom upto towards where the registry office is would be better. Would help with the regeneration aswell and connect Howard Street which are going to be bars / restaurants aswell with the fish quay. It'd also open more parking at the top of the hill out of the way helping the traffic problems aswell.

If you removed the problem with the hill then it's really not far but with the hill there people won't walk it, not to mention the ferry is supposedly moving along there aswell.