Public consultation – have your say on bus services and safer cycling

Making Connections: A City Access Public Consultation – Have Your Say

Greater Cambridge is a vibrant, economically successful and beautiful place. But we have some of the worst congestion in the UK, making it hard to get around and polluting our air. For many journeys, there’s no alternative to going by car, limiting opportunities for many. With employment and population growing, the pressure on our roads will increase and our quality of life will suffer.

Today we have launched our Making Connections consultation. You can have your say on proposals for faster, cheaper, more reliable bus services and safer cycling through the introduction of a Sustainable Travel Zone:

 

  • From as early as mid-2023, we’re proposing to transform the bus network through more services to more locations, with cheaper fares at £1/£2 per journey.
  • Alongside the bus network, we’re proposing more investment in new sustainable travel schemes, such as better walking and cycling links.
  • From 2027/28, we propose to introduce a Sustainable Travel Zone in the form of a road user charge on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council as the Highway Authority. Vehicles would pay to drive in the Zone at certain times.
  • There would be discounts, exemptions and reimbursements for some, including those on low incomes and blue badge holders.

Shaped by extensive consultations, we’re seeking input to this step-by-step plan for better, cleaner, safer transport.

 

Have your say

You can complete our survey online or contact the GCP by post, phone, email or social media from today (Monday 17th October) to midday Friday 23rd December. Find out more about the ways to respond online: www.greatercambridge.org.uk/mc-2022.

You can hear more about the proposals at a series of drop-in events across the region. There are also online events. All events are listed here: www.greatercambridge.org.uk/mc-2022.

Help us reach more people by sharing with your networks 

There are materials to share at: https://greatercambs.filecamp.com/s/3QQqPRbNCVhUhluA/fo

This includes a simple slide pack for presentations. We can also provide a GCP representative to speak to your staff or community meetings or events. Please contact consultations@greatercambridge.org.uk and we will do our best to coordinate.

Print flyers, posters and consultation brochures are available in limited numbers on request. This includes brochures in large print, Braille, audio tape and other languages. Please contact 01223 699906 to request these.

This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. Feedback from your organisation and the public is vital to shape these plans for a better, cleaner and safer Greater Cambridge.

Thank you in advance and we look forward to hearing your views.

Yours faithfully,

 

Rachel Stopard

 

 

Chief Executive
Greater Cambridge Partnership

 

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