(04 May 2024, 7:06 am)DeltaMan wrote I was reading the manifesto of Kim McGuiness and one the things buried in there is a review of bus stops in the region to make them accessible to disabled people - A very noble aim.

Is this realistic though? There a load I can think of which are just a piece of hard standing and the geography means that is all that can be done. And then you have unmarked stops.

Are we inadvertently going to see the closure of some bus stops - which will actually reduce mobility?

I do believe most places can be made accessible quite easily, its negotiating badly parked cars that is the biggest obstacle to me for accessibility. Getting close to the kerb to drop the step down as close as possible, making the kerb stick out around parked cars is another solution, you can also make the path higher at the stops quite easily too. A lot of the work has already been done for this in Sunderland recently.

The biggest thing for me is getting more electric buses on the roads in more places, and hopefully the funding isn't centred in just Newcastle.