RETIRED grassroots, voluntary campaign group & think tank advancing a modern vision for sustainable, integrated and equitable transport in the Cambridge region.
Cambridge, England
Joined July 2015
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We are asking @GreaterCambs to scrap its £419 million programme of busways and big car parks, in favour of supporting better bus services for everyone, and making walking and cycling safe and convenient everywhere. Agree? Sign our petition:
smartertransport.uk/petition…
Smarter Cambridge Transport retweeted
Happy #WalkToSchoolWeek!
From today, over 250,000 pupils across the UK are taking the challenge to walk, wheel, cycle, scoot or ‘Park and Stride’ for the whole week and enjoy the many benefits it brings.
Find out more: livingstreets.org.uk/walk-to…
#MagicOfWalking
ALT A group of schoolchildren cross the road with a teacher, Strider (Living Streets' foot-shaped orange mascot) and a woman wearing a Living Streets T-shirt.
Smarter Cambridge Transport retweeted
This is one of the public transport service requirements that @SmarterCam’s proposal attempted to address – to provide access from all villages to destinations throughout the city with, at worst, one short interchange at a bus stop on the inner ring road:
smartertransport.uk/cambridg…
Smarter Cambridge Transport retweeted
The plans to build a new busway to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CSET Phase 2) could be back on track after the government announced £7.2m of funding in its 'Case for Cambridge' yesterday 👇
cambridge-news.co.uk/news/ca…
Smarter Cambridge Transport retweeted
East West Rail is a transport infrastructure project intended to support economic growth and job creation in the region between Oxford and Cambridge
Our @NAOorguk investigation takes a look at the EWR project
A thread 1/8
Government’s investment in East West Rail will cost between £6-7 billion.
It forms part of wider plans to deliver up to one million new homes between Oxford and Cambridge.
Read our report to find out how government’s investment affects you.
nao.org.uk/reports/investiga…
Smarter Cambridge Transport retweeted
Looking at the @CambsPboroCA survey on spending priorities, there is almost nothing there that 99% of the population wouldn’t say yes to. So, how will officers deduce what people’s priorities are (for finite resources)? 🧵
cambridgeshirepeterborough-c…
Smarter Cambridge Transport retweeted
This #FOI request to @GreaterCambs reveals how this local government body has lost control of its consultancy costs:
whatdotheyknow.com/request/1…
£4,696,202 to develop, consult on and revise the abandoned #MakingConnections and #STZ congestion charge proposals. 🧵
Smarter Cambridge Transport retweeted
GB local authorities with largest reductions in bus services 2008–23:
#2 Fenland ⬇️84%
#18 Peterborough⬇️75%
#33 East Cambs⬇️71%
#37 Hunts⬇️71%
👆@CambsPboroCA note regional disparity👇
#237 Cambridge⬇️36%
#266 South Cambs⬇️29%
policy.friendsoftheearth.uk/…
By @friends_earth @ITSLeeds
Smarter Cambridge Transport retweeted
Seriously deficient, newly installed, island bus stop
Union Lane (inbound) 0500CCITY083 commissioned by @GreaterCambs. Pedestrian obstructions, unsafe for cyclists (NOT designed by @camcycle) discriminates against wheelchair users. 1/8
ALT Photo of bus stop. Fuller details in thread.
Smarter Cambridge Transport retweeted
@NikJohnsonCA @CambsPboroCA @AnthonyBrowneMP @TrafficCommsGB bus for sixth form cancelled so drive 17 year old to 4 bus stop. He’s waiting with 5 others and 4 bus doesn’t stop because it’s full. Now on way to pick up and drive to park and ride. Just another average day!
Smarter Cambridge Transport retweeted
Save South East Cambridge Countryside. If you haven't signed yet....here you are...change.org/p/save-south-east…
Smarter Cambridge Transport retweeted
It's almost #CycleSeptember and @LovetoRide_ are working closely with Councils across Cambridgeshire to help encourage more people to #ChooseCycling.
We have prizes on offer and to be in with the chance of winning all you need to do is sign up 👇.
lovetoride.net/cambspboro
Smarter Cambridge Transport retweeted
Has @HighwaysSurrey cracked the formula to creating healthy streets? We think they might just be on the right path
People want healthy streets. They want streets that are welcoming. Streets that are safe. And streets that are attractive for all to use & enjoy....
Smarter Cambridge Transport retweeted
Yesterday's @GreaterCambs Assembly looked at a number of possible changes to the STZ proposals. They didn't completely rule any out, but some certainly got more support from Assembly members than others...
Smarter Cambridge Transport retweeted
Work is underway on the new Cambridge South train station, linking to the world-leading @CamBioCampus🔬
Part of the planned East West Rail line from #Oxford to #Cambridge which aims to unlock £103bn of economic growth, the new station will also support 300 new construction jobs.
ALT Next stop: Cambridge South. The new station is set to open in 2025.
Smarter Cambridge Transport retweeted
For anyone who wants to know what "taktplan" looks like in practice (this is the model the UK should follow across all transport modes), this is a good little snapshot:
Smarter Cambridge Transport retweeted
For supporters of the northern approach to Cambridge for #EastWestRail, there is an interesting finding in the Arup study report comparing the northern and proposed southern approaches … 1/2
@PhilRodgers @ACarpenDigital @ewmlpartnership @RailfutureEA @markrwilliamson
