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 …
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 …
Responding to consultation feedback without reducing funding for sustainable transport Read More »
We believe, based on the relevant legal principles, that a separate consultation would not be required to alter the hours of operation of the proposed Sustainable Travel Zone (STZ) so that the road charge applies 7 days a week. We set out our argument below: There is no general legal duty on the GCP (or …
The agenda packs for the 26 June and 29 June GCP Committee Meetings suggest potential alternatives to the original Sustainable Travel Zone (STZ) road charge proposal, drawn up in response to the findings of the Making Connections consultation survey. Three ‘illustrative scenarios’ are put forward as a basis for further discussion (see p.111 of the …
On 8 June, the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) Joint Assembly began to consider what to do next after the publication of the findings of the Making Connections consultation (including a Sustainable Travel Zone for Cambridge). You can watch a recording of the meeting on the GCP’s YouTube channel (coverage starts at 2:06), read the agenda …
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And what else did we learn about the Sustainable Travel Zone proposals in the associated Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) statements and the papers for the 8 June GCP Joint Assembly meeting? The GCP’s representative poll on Making Connections shows that there is a fairly even distribution of opinion on road charging in the form of …
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The Cambridgeshire Sustainable Travel Alliance (CSTA) welcomes the publication of the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) report on the Making Connections consultation (including a new representative poll) and the detailed analytical work undertaken to produce the document. The GCP report shows that there is very strong support (around 70%) for the transformation of bus services set …
Initial statement on the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s Making Connections Report Read More »
The Cambridgeshire Sustainable Travel Alliance (CSTA) was delighted to attend the launch today of Cambridge’s 30 new electric buses at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford. We congratulate Stagecoach, the Greater Cambridge Partnership and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority on their joint achievement. The CSTA believes that transport should be fit for the future. …
Travel alliance welcomes major expansion of electric bus fleet in Cambridgeshire Read More »
PLEASE NOTE: some details are still uncertain and the following timeline includes some assumptions based on publicly-available information. It will be updated as more information becomes available. The consultation on the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP)’s Making Connections proposals, which include a Sustainable Travel Zone for Cambridge, closed on 23 December 2022. The GCP is now …
What are the next steps for the Sustainable Travel Zone proposals? Read More »
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 …
A referendum (local poll) on the “congestion charge” is not the answer Read More »
