(24 Dec 2014, 12:38 pm)gtom wrote Massive vote loser that one. Being anti-car won't do any favours (even if Newcastle do it subversively especially with Central Station schemel)
You're correct the car park closing would solve things but its a moneyspinner and there's no way John Lewis or intu or the Council would close it and again....not a vote winner.
Park and Ride is fine in old small road cities like York or Durham but it will never take off in Newcastle imo unless you start forcing routes to terminate in Gateshead and use the increasingly unreliable Metro, but that's not feasible either imo.
Allowing the situation to continue to worsen and do sweet nothing about it s also a massive vote loser. One party or another will have to make changes at some point, eg London Congestion Charge.