Should park and ride return to Worcester?
BBCShould Worcester get its park and ride service back?
Yes, says the leader of Worcestershire County Council - 12 years after it was controversially axed.
Green councillor Matt Jenkins said it had been a "mistake" for Worcester to have scrapped the service back in 2014, and believed it could help ease congestion.
He told the BBC it should be revisited once a reorganisation of local government is finalised.
"Congestion in Worcester has absolutely got worse - you can see that across the city," he said.
Why was it axed?
Worcester used to have a thriving park and ride - two in fact, with one service heading from Perdiswell to the city centre, and the other going from Sixways to Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
The main city service launched in 2001 and at its peak in 2008 did 450,000 passenger trips a year, before decline set in.
By 2014 the number of annual trips dropped to 274,000, and the service fell victim to county council cuts, with the old Conservative leadership arguing that it was becoming too expensive to run.
About £1.6m was saved in bus subsidies after the operation ceased, although that figure including the scrapping of more than a dozen bus services.
Could it come back?
It is simple: Jenkins believes it should be revisited once local government reorganisation is sorted out, arguing it would have a better chance of success.
At the time park and ride was deemed to have failed, it followed years of price rises - and at the time Worcester City Council tended to keep its car parking charges low, or even cut its prices, in the belief it would boost the economy.
Worcestershire is almost certain to have one or two unitary councils by 2028 or 2029 under the reorganisation, meaning one authority would be making key decisions on transport and parking in Worcester, rather than the current two-tier county-city arrangement.
Jenkins also said he believed the city was more congested now, meaning the public are more likely to back it.
"Initially for the first few years it was a great success, but it didn't have the political support," he said.
"If you look at Worcester now you see it down every road going into the city, the congestion has got worse.
"Look at other places in the country like Oxford, Bristol and Bath - these kind of places aren't massively different to Worcester and they've got park and rides."
What support is there?
Councillor Alan Amos, the leader of Worcestershire's opposition Reform UK group, said he was not necessarily against the idea.
But it would need to be a high-quality service that was backed up with finance, he said, and the future make up of local government in the county is still unknown.
"Matt knows as well as I do that LGR (local government reform) may not be sorted out until 2029," he said.
"But having said that, I've got no objection to it - I'm in favour of all forms of transport and for me, buses is certainly part of that.
"It's something I wouldn't rule out. I'm not against the principle of it at all, but something like this must be efficient and reliable.
"When it comes to public transport first impressions are so important - it would have to be a really good service, otherwise people won't use it."
Among residents we spoke to in Worcester, there was interest in a potential return.
Connor Leighton, 30, said: "I work in a cafe and drive in; on a really bad day it can take 25 minutes to get out of town.
"The traffic can be pretty bad, so I don't think park and ride is a bad idea at all."
Lisa Sutton, 60, said: "I remember the last time they tried it, I never used it because I live the other side of Worcester.
"Maybe that was why it didn't work. They've certainly got to do something about the traffic though, I'll say that."
The BBC also spoke to decision-makers in several other parts of England with park and rides, to see how such services work there.
Councillor John Patient sits on Gloucestershire County Council, which operates one in Gloucester and Cheltenham.
"It works well here, although it's not just a park and ride," he said.
"It has stops every 10 minutes or so and runs through quite heavily populated areas."
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