Well I'm glad it hasn't gone completely. I think the original scheme may have worked a la London congestion charging - everyone screamed about that, but it's turned out to be a total success. We don't have people of Ken Livingstone's vision round here, though.
I hope they bring the Gateway towns propsal back, and improve the buses. Perhaps this time round though, they should leave the carparking arrangements alone and start with increasing transport choices first.
I agree Dan. As somebody who visits Snowdonia regularly and has to rely on public transport, I welcome improvements to the bus service and rail services which at the moment are crap. At the same time I also understand that the original proposal would have had a devastating impact on the economy of the smaller villages, with only the gateway towns benefitting.
Hopefully commonsense will now prevail and a compromise can be found and I will be able to catch a bus out of the Ogwen valley after a hard day on the hill. Usually I hitchhike!
I think people who don't live in Wales should listen to the locals (93% of businesses are against this proposal). Common senses must prevail, keep the local economy alive and drive to Snowdonia (as 94% of hill users arrived by non-public transport last year), it makes sense in the long run. Join the rest of the British public and drive.
I'm not saying that I agree with the Green Key Proposal, I just feel that public transport could be improved, thus making the hills accessable for everyone.
I must say that I have never considered there to be much of a problem in Ogwen (though I will agree that there is in the Llanberis Pass and P-Y-P) but places like Bethesda and Betws are hell for traffic.
Wasn't Green Key's aim to make places like that "hubs" and so attract MORE traffic and visitors?
But yes, more and better Public Transport is the well, key. Green Key wasn't and isn't the way to do it.
