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Alliance says new Sustainable Travel Zone proposals are a good start, but warns more revenue is needed for sustainable transport

Initial statement on the revised Making Connections proposals The Cambridgeshire Sustainable Travel Alliance (CSTA) is pleased that the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) has continued to refine the Making Connections proposals and is glad that a revised package of measures has now been announced. We welcome the fact that the GCP has listened to the concerns raised …

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Responding to consultation feedback without reducing funding for sustainable transport

Download the CSTA’s 28 June briefing. The full transformation of bus services and improvements to active travel proposed in Making Connections 2022 are urgently needed. They are supported by at least 70% of consultees and cannot be achieved if the funding generated by the road charge reduces much below the consultation proposal level (£75 million …

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A referendum (local poll) on the “congestion charge” is not the answer

Download the CSTA’s briefing. A motion submitted to the Full Council Meeting on 21st March calls for a local poll (ie referendum) on whether Cambridgeshire residents want to pay a congestion charge to receive improvements in public transport, as outlined by the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) in the Making Connections 2022 consultation. The Cambridgeshire Residents …

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Guest post: Professor Linda Jones from Cambridge Living Streets asks “Cars and human health – what price are we paying?”

Cambridge Living Streets is the local branch of the national charity working for better everyday walking. Cambridge Living Streets’ Linda Jones is Emeritus Professor of Health at the Open University. We are now paying a significant health price for our sedentary, car-based lifestyle and our children are paying it too, faced with traffic danger, congestion, air pollution …

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Are road closures in Cambridge causing more congestion?

Are road closures in Cambridge causing more congestion?

What are modal filters and low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs)? Over the past few years, Cambridgeshire County Council and the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) have introduced modal filters – features such as planters, bollards or concrete blocks – in many streets across Cambridge to create low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs). The filters prevent through-traffic by certain types …

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Why is Cambridge so congested with traffic?

Why is Cambridge so congested?

Cambridge faces a number of challenges and its streets are under a great deal of pressure. Cambridge is the fastest growing city in the UK with its population growing 17.6% between 2011 and 2021. Yet unlike many other cities, it has generally avoided undertaking large road building schemes and adding vehicular capacity in order to …

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