(07 May 2024, 8:03 am)L469 YVK wrote Think the big things that need taken into account if we get the opportunity:
- Bus / metro integration for the areas that currently have 'mickey mouse' services paid for by the taxpayer (351 etc) and instead, provide seamless bus / metro integration with contactless payments and early to late service....as long as integration is guaranteed.
- Bus / metro integration for areas and routes facing increasing congestion issues or needless overbussing (i.e 308 & 309 around East North Tyneside, endless Cross River services that just terminate in Newcastle and don't go beyond)
Disagree with terminating buses short at Gateshead. Bus / metro integration only really works if the vast majority of the journey is on the mass transit. Forcing someone to sit on a bus for 30 minutes to drop them off short by 5 minutes before the end of the journey is just frustrating and isn't good integration.
The only two routes which could be done are the 27 and 57 imo as both have an integration at Heworth and the unique sections have the 58 nearby anyway.