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Representation ID: 167347

Received: 26/10/2018

Respondent: Cambridge Area Bus Users

5.2 MOVEMENT AND PLACE
Not enough reference to buses, particularly within the town and to routes to other key destinations.


SPD only mentions buses 4 times. It seems mainly focussed on the links along A10 - no mention is made of bus routes within the new town or to key employment sites such as Science Park, Research Park, Innovation park or Addenbrookes -most of which are currently difficult or impossible to reach by public transport.

The current bus services from the village have been recently cut and are not fit for purpose -they are slow, expensive and infrequent. There is no evening service or Sunday service. A frequencly used stop from Waterbeach nearest the science park is not on a pavement. Not mention is made of how the current service will be improved expected for the proposed busway about which little detail is given. The proposed Park&Ride is likely to cannibalise any other bus routes offered and move congestion up the A10.