Additional traffic lanes mean less congestion, right? But experience and behavioural psychology tell a different story.
We believe that the consultation on this draft Local Transport Plan needs to reach much deeper into the communities, businesses, schools and other organisations that will be affected for years to come by what is...
The economic case for CAM relies on a highly unconventional methodology to demonstrate value for money
How to let the Greater Cambridge Partnership's Executive Board know what you think of the plan.
We're asking the local councils to be more ambitious in their Housing Strategy and include issues to do with transport.
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Additional traffic lanes mean less congestion, right? But experience and behavioural psychology tell a different story.
Had the Greater Cambridge Partnership invested in smart traffic signalling technology in 2016, the network would now be more resilient to roadworks and seasonal variations in travel demand.
We cannot keep kicking the can down the road. We have to make big changes, some of which will be painful and unpopular.
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority’s Local Transport Plan could drag us back into making the mistakes of the 20th century.
How today's young people are using the opportunities given to them to research and propose fixes to the problems around us.
Greater Anglia's new trains' most innovative feature is level boarding from the platform. Why isn’t it universal on our railways?
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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A set of 20 aims and principles which governments, local authorities and urban planners might find useful in coping with the introduction of self-driving vehicles and other transport technology developments.
Edward Leigh
Smarter Cambridge Transport
Matthew Danish
Chris Rand
