(27 Oct 2023, 7:42 am)Andreos1 wrote Whilst there's not much forward planning (I'd argue there's stuff they could do to mitigate delays) they can do for roadworks and the inevitable delays, I do wonder how many of the cars on the road are there because the buses don't meet their needs?
Imagine the bus companies being proactive and trying to find out why the people in the cars aren't on the buses and then doing something about it?
It's that they don't even attempt anything to mitigate roadworks. They know they've got buses getting stuck for around 20 minutes southbound, between Newgate Street and the foot of the Bigg Market, yet continue to send everything down that way. It's madness.
Seeing as stuff is managing to get in over the Tyne Bridge OK, I don't understand why they wouldn't send stuff back that way instead? Especially when they've got a bus only lane on Swan House and then a bus lane down the slip road onto the bridge. It'd mean missing stops at St Nicholas cathedral and by Microbus, but at least you'd not have a queue of buses backed up.