Ghent is an interesting comparator for Cambridge: a bold transport plan has all but removed cars from the medieval city centre.
How to let the Greater Cambridge Partnership's Executive Board know what you think of the plan.
The economic case for CAM relies on a highly unconventional methodology to demonstrate value for money
We're asking the local councils to be more ambitious in their Housing Strategy and include issues to do with transport.
Smarter Cambridge Transport needs to change in order for it to be self-sustaining in the long term. We are aiming to formalise the structure of the organisation and seek a mix of funding. The envisaged structure would...
Smarter Cambridge Transport is the initiative of an impartial group of local people, all volunteers, developing and promoting a modern vision for integrated transport in Cambridge and the surrounding region. Our immediate focus is on ensuring that the Greater Cambridge City Deal money is spent in the best possible way.
Ghent is an interesting comparator for Cambridge: a bold transport plan has all but removed cars from the medieval city centre.
What would make the bigger difference: another 2,500 people using Park & Ride or 55,000 more people using buses in the region?
The planned south east approach to Cambridge appears to miss the two main out of town employment sites, and the villages on the way.
At a recent open event, staff were refreshingly honest about the shortcomings of Stagecoach’s service in recent times
The proposed P&R is therefore not even part of a solution; it intensifies the problem.
On every single metric, the ‘preferred’ option scores worse than all scenarios considered, including not building the P&R!
Ideas for reducing congestion and pollution in urban areas, developed in the context of the Greater Cambridge area, typical of many UK towns and cities.
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Simon was an extraordinarily knowledgable campaigner, and a friend of Smarter Cambridge Transport.
Edward Leigh
Smarter Cambridge Transport
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