Why would you support a congestion charge? Probably because the journey time is sufficiently shortened or you’re given a better value alternative to driving.
Smarter Cambridge Transport is disappointed to see only abstract commitments to the environment and public health, and no progress on resolving unavoidable tensions in reallocating space between different highway users...
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.
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Why would you support a congestion charge? Probably because the journey time is sufficiently shortened or you’re given a better value alternative to driving.
Have traffic flows reverted to how they were before the summer? Interestingly, not everywhere.
You may have heard of ‘Mobility as a Service’ and ‘micromobility’, but what exactly do these mean?
On-street parking is about safety, fair access to a limited communal asset, and the right to clean air.
Almost nothing the Greater Cambridge Partnership has delivered in nearly five years has increased people’s travel options. That needs to change.
For now, we have no choice but to reduce our energy consumption by travelling less and, instead of driving, using more energy-efficient transport modes
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
Lynn Hieatt
