Those over retirement age are entitled to a free bus pass; what would it cost to extend this to everyone?
The Smarter Cambridge Transport response to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Independent Economic Review's interim report.
How can anything work in Cambridgeshire when five bodies have responsibilities and receive funding for transport?
Public education is needed to give cycling and walking a more positive image.
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.
The whole service provision needs redesigning – as is happening now in Dublin.
When people ‘reclaim the streets’ from motor vehicles, it’s one of the highlights of the city’s calendar
Actual costs and benefits would have given the Guided Busway a ‘poor value for money’ rating, which would not have qualified for taxpayer funding.
The social and environmental benefits of radically improving rural bus services far outweigh those of Park & Rides.
Neither the Greater Cambridge Partnership nor the Combined Authority has a plan to transform bus services across the region.
We can build an extensive public transport network now using buses. Here's how.
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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Our agenda is transparently about seeking out, developing and promoting the optimal balance of transport-related ideas for making Cambridge and the surrounding region a great place to live, work and study.
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Edward Leigh
Smarter Cambridge Transport
Chris Rand
