(12 Nov 2014, 8:03 pm)citaro5284 wrote Oh dear....

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...er-8094502

It's a strange one, but it does need to happen. The Durham Road congestion has only gotten worse and worse over the years, to the point that it's pointless even trying to use the 21 or X2 at peak times. 

A few month ago, I was working one day a week through Newcastle, and travelling home to Durham around 1630 on the X2. It actually took about as long to get from Gateshead Interchange to the Angel, as it took to get from the Angel to Durham. The bus was in excess of 25 minutes late, and that was pretty much standard each week I was through there.

We should be doing our utmost to encourage people onto greener forms of transport, whether that be bus, cycling or even walking. Whereas parking is always going to be a problem, whether on pavement parking exists or not. You see it at Pity Me in Durham, where people both use the designated parking, but then double park on the same side, but completely blocking the pedestrian section of the pavement off. Just because the parking is removed, doesn't mean residents should become ignorant, and block garages and such - as described in the article.