(09 Jul 2022, 7:45 am)N1cholas wrote The biggest cause of congestion in newcastle is caused by private cars, remove them, you remove the congestion, air quality changed during lockdown when there was very few cars on the road and mainly only buses

But has been said many times before, the emission hot spots are mainly those dominated by bus or used heavily by bus. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...n-15893433
Blackett Street, Moseley St and Market St aren't exactly full of cars and you've got Percy St that has its obvious limitations and traffic management for car drivers. Neville St and Gosforth High St are both on the list, despite the huge investment in bus priority measures.

A fleet of half empty buses following each other in and out of the town isn't an effective use of resource, regardless of the pollution or emissions being pumped out.

Of course there's a whole different argument about why theres a fleet of half empty buses going in and out of the town, but that's probably for another thread.