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How Should We
Sort out Cambridge
Transport and
Congestion?
Councillor Lewis Herbert
November 2015
The Case for Cambridge
Greater Cambridge City Deal
1. Five year transport Investment of £100 million, then £200m after 2020, plus £200m after 2025
2. Integrated Cambridge City & South Cambridgeshire Local Plans, and transport strategy
3. Target of 1000 extra affordable homes for rent
4. New Skills Service and 400 extra apprentices
5. Ensuring all share the benefits of growth
The Case for Cambridge
Wider Transport Delivery
1. A14 upgrade, and mitigation work & funding
2. Cambridge North Rail Station
3. Dualing A428 from Cambridge to Milton Keynes
4. Priority for East/West rail, including a new
Addenbrookes station, and more …
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The Case for Cambridge
Local Plans Update
1. Building essential homes in sustainable locations - 14,000 Cambridge homes - 19,500 in South Cambs
2. No additional green belt housing after Update
3. Specific site additions and delivery plans
4. Review of sustainability, transport and infrastructure
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The Case for Cambridge
Growth = More Journeys = Congestion is all cars
The Case for Cambridge Slide 1
Future Growth Strategy of Satellites & More Distant Satellites 2030?
The Case for Cambridge
CONFIDENTIAL
Planned growth and anticipated pressure on the transport network
The Case for Cambridge
The Case for Cambridge
Added Focus on Peaktime Commute
• 23000 from South Cambridgeshire to Cambridge
• 20000 within Cambridge
• 8000 Cambridge to South Cambridgeshire
• 7000 E Cambs to Cambridge & 5000 to South Cambs
• 5000 Huntingdonshire to Cambridge & 6000 to S Cambs And more from elsewhere
The Case for Cambridge
Modal Shift – from cars to other options
The Case for Cambridge
2 metre x 3 metre metal cars take up
most of our limited road space
The Case for Cambridge Slide 1
Bus
punctuality,
2012/13 to
2014/15
Traffic Commissioners
target: 95% of services
to be no more than 1
minute early or 5
minutes late
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The Case for Cambridge
AVERAGE JOURNEY TIME DELAY – SCHOOL TERM TIME
PM PEAK AM PEAK
The Case for Cambridge
AVERAGE JOURNEY TIME DELAY – SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
PM PEAK AM PEAK
The Case for Cambridge Slide 1
Effect of school half
term on traffic levels
From counts of all vehicles entering and leaving
Cambridge and crossing the River Cam within the city,
19th and 26th May 2015
The Case for Cambridge Slide 1
KEY
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
07:00 07:00
07:30 07:30
08:00 08:00
08:30 08:30
09:00 09:00
09:30 09:30
10:00 10:00
10:30 10:30
11:00 11:00
11:30 11:30
12:00 12:00
12:30 12:30
13:00 13:00
13:30 13:30
14:00 14:00
14:30 14:30
15:00 15:00
15:30 15:30
16:00 16:00
16:30 16:30
17:00 17:00
17:30 17:30
18:00 18:00
18:30 18:30
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
YEARHalf hour
starting
5,000 - 5,999
6,000 - 6,999
7,000 - 7,999
8,000 - 8,999
9,000 - 9,999
10,000 - 10,999
11,000+
The peak is spreading
Cambridge radial cordon, two way flows by half hour time period
The Case for Cambridge
Smart City transport opportunities
1. Smart engineering:
Road and vehicle technology eg driverless cars
2. Smart information and devices
- including smartest choices by travellers
3. Smart connectivity throughout city including
disadvantaged areas, and on all transport
The Case for Cambridge
Options for Cutting Congestion
Full time closure to general through traffic of major routes in the city, to enable priority to be given to buses, pedestrians and cyclists.
Partial closure (by time, or direction) to general through traffic of major routes in the city, to enable priority to be given to buses, pedestrians and cyclists.
Reallocation of road space to public transport, pedestrians and cyclists Bus lanes, bus stops, cycle lanes, cycle parking, wider footways etc.
Congestion Charging
Workplace Parking Levy
Expansion of on-street parking controls in new areas of the city
Introduction of on-street parking management in all of the city and in immediately adjacent city fringes in South Cambridgeshire
New transport capacity Busway, railway, cycle paths, footpaths, roads
Provision of new transport interchanges Stations, bus stations, Park & Ride
Travel Planning Workplace / School / Personal / Area
We look forward to
your written and oral
contributions.
Councillor Lewis Herbert
October 2015