(31 Jan 2025, 2:05 pm)Shrek wrote I agree. The network doesn't take people where they want to go which is a big issue, but frequency isn't good enough and people don't want to be waiting around at bus stops (often without shelters) in the cold and rain. Often when you do manage to get a bus, they're overcrowded and you end up standing uncomfortably rather than relaxed in a seat. Then there's the cost, which realistically isn't low enough to entice people out the car. I can within a 2 minute walk of Newcastle for the same cost as a return bus journey. In my own comfort, knowing I'll leave on time and no annoying school kids sitting around me. It's a no brainer for me at the moment, I'm taking the car.

Taking a number of cars off the road because the network is better, would be a heck of a lot more effective than a bus lane or two.