(09 May 2024, 8:21 pm)DeltaMan wrote Park and Rides only really work if it's free to park and if the journey time is no worse by parking and getting the bus compared to driving and finding a parking space. That means lots of bus priority in order to compensate for the time it takes to park and then board a bus - and that ain't happening unless there is a very good business case.

To be fair, I can't see them ever working. There's a massive P&R at Northumberland Park and Four Lane Ends, you'll be lucky if 1 floor is full at both of them. Just no reason to use  them considering how easy it is to drive and park in Newcastle.

It's very different to the old cities like York, Durham, Chester etc where parking is limited.

The only way you'd have a successful P&R is strategically placing them in places where there's a flow in the opposite direction ie. say Team Valley and then it serves two purposes, an express bus for the workers at Team Valley and an express bus towards Newcastle. I know it's how it works in York at places like the Designer Village and Monks Cross. Least then, if the car park is empty the buses still have a purpose which generally go against the P&R peak flows.