SPACE for Heaton

.@NewcastleCC are planning to remove cycle lanes on Gosforth High Street. Read our blog and reply by 3 February 2026. spaceforgosforth.com/bike-lanes-to-…

@space4gosforth @NewcastleCC Any word if this will bring forward the long anticipated extension to the Heaton Road cycle path and redesign of Corner House junctions?

This street leads directly from Heaton Road where a scheme to make things safer has been half build, despite being designed and consulted on in a process leading back to 2016. Making streets safer requires decisions to be made and action taken now with no more decade long delays.

Almost everything could be better here. This should be a street that prioritises people over vehicles. Huge parts of the street are hatched off to make things easier for drivers. There’s nothing that makes things easier for pedestrians and the thousands of people at the school.

This street passes a school with over 2000 students only prioritises vehicles. People are hemmed in to narrow pavements which are blocked by bus shelters, side roads have fast, sweeping entrances, crossing points have tiny islands, and the cycle lane is narrow and painted.

The main cycle route between North Tyneside and Newcastle will definitely be covered in ice for the next week, rendering it unusable. The road will be fine if drivers slow down a bit.

As peak Christmas shopping time arrives and city centre car parks fill up, most Metro park and ride sites have plenty of space.

Buses in Heaton are not where they should be due to a fire on Chillingham Road this evening. You can find where yours is at sensors.spaceforheaton.com/bustracker

Operational Update: Today and tomorrow (Monday 1st and and Tuesday 2nd December) the South Inclined lift will be out of service between 08:30 and 17:00. On Wednesday 3rd December, there will be a short period where both Inclined lifts will be unavailable.

Operational Update: The inclined lifts at the Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels will be unavailable at certain times over the next week due to planned maintenance. Howdon inclined lift will be closed on Friday 21 November, and from Monday 24 to Wednesday 26 November.

Hi @NewcastleCC please can you provide a reminder to drivers about your School Street at @HotspurPrimary ? I stopped someone this morning as he drove up Mowbray St w-e, to remind him of restrictions. He claimed it was OK to drive that way, just not e-w!! bit.ly/4oXp4qe

In conjunction with @NorthEastPTUG we recently wrote the the city council to urge it to work towards making New Bridge Street and Blackett Street match the vision that has been sold to residents. newcycling.org/2025/10/the-fu…

We joined our friends from SPACE for Fenham and Arthur's Hill on their Glow ride last night as part of the @WeAreCyclingUK "My ride. Our right" campaign. Find out what is was about and see pictures from the event in the video and gallery below 👇🏻

SPACE for Fenham and Arthur's Hill have organised a Glow ride as part of Cycling UK's "My ride on Wednesday. Our right" campaign calling for safer streets, especially for women riding after dark. Meet at the Civic Centre for 18:30. Full details: m.facebook.com/events/1382343…

OPERATIONAL UPDATE: The Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels will be closed from 10pm on Thursday 16 October until 6am on Friday 17 October. Please note that no replacement bus service will be in operation during this time.

What does cause chaos is the 5% annual rise in road traffic and annual increase in the number of cars registered in the city. Adding some extra cones to make a single lane stretch of road slightly longer isn't going to address that.

Last Thurs, 9th Oct, 8-9am it took 4 mins more for some people to drive from Cowgate to the Tyne Bridge than on Thurs 10th Oct last year. In 4-6pm times were lower this year. During the day they were very similar. The black line is times before bridge work started.

On the run up to local elections next year be sure to ask your councillors what they are doing to help make your neighbourhoods healthier, your active travel journeys safer, and your public transport journeys quicker.

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In 2024 the trial scheme was cancelled and the modal filters were removed. Now the data from the traffic counter has been updated it's possible to see what effect of removing the filters had. Traffic was higher every week for comparable weeks by ~500 vehicles per day. 2/3

In October 2022 modal filters were installed on streets in Heaton as a trial. Thanks to a traffic counter it was possible to to see what effect that had on one of the boundary roads. Traffic was down every week, by ~500 vehicles per day. Then the filters were removed... 1/3