(15 Dec 2024, 10:03 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Opening up the Askew Road Bus Gate to all traffic will not only have major impact on buses but general traffic on the Tyne Bridge approach too - the very reason Askew Rd east was made bus only in the first place.

To be fair I'd reopen it now but totally rejig the rest of the network.

What they need to do asap, is turn the whole of Gateshead into one gyrotory like the below, with the red bits being buses only:


It means you'd have all the traffic going in the same direction and kill of numerous crossing points including at the Tyne Bridge which would effectively become free flow onto the bridge since all the cross movements are now removed.

It just couldn't be done in the past because of where the flyover ended.

The likes of the X24/X34, 93/94 will have to find a longer route but they'll benefit by the area around The Sage no longer becoming a rat run as it brings you back to square one.