Newcastle needs affordable and accessible bus services now – not the cuts we are seeing

Chi Onwurah 

(Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab)

What steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) affordability of bus services in Newcastle as part of the Government’s levelling-up agenda. (906118)

HANSARD: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-03-17/debates/1E241FAD-5654-402D-A67E-8F1B64FF8B56/LevellingUpBusServicesInNewcastle#contribution-3A4F60A5-8675-407F-AE7E-E6322B809267

Chi Onwurah 

The levelling-up White Paper promises to bring local public transport connectivity closer to London standards by 2030—so not as good as London, just less worse and not for another eight years. Newcastle needs affordable and accessible bus services now, not the cuts we are seeing. Transport North East’s bus service improvement plan sets out the improvements we need. Will the Minister fund it?

HANSARD: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-03-17/debates/1E241FAD-5654-402D-A67E-8F1B64FF8B56/LevellingUpBusServicesInNewcastle#contribution-7215EA9C-49D9-4F4F-9AC1-62F3FA96B7E5

 

Newcastle MP slams Government’s London-centric approach to public transport improvement

Chi Onwurah criticised the Government’s lack of ambition for the North East

https://www.newcastleworld.com/news/newcastle-mp-slams-governments-london-centric-approach-to-public-transport-improvement-3617228