Rebooting the City Deal
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Rebooting the City Deal How can we make transport in the Cambridge region work better for everyone? The Greater Cambridge City Deal is a huge opportunity, with more than £500m at stake. Let’s be sure it leaves a legacy that future generations will thank us for. Come along to hear fresh ideas and discuss how to Rebootingimplem theent th eCitym. Deal Presentations by: How can we Cmakeolin H transportarris, Camb rinid gthee Co Cambridgennect region Edwardwork Leigh better, Smart eforr C aeveryone?mbridge Transport Rachel Aldred, Reader in Transport, University of Westminster Followed by panel discussion with: Daniel Zeichner, MP for Cambridge and a shadow transport minister Julian Huppert, former MP for Cambridge and one of the architects of the City Deal Others to be confirmed Friday 14 October 2016 7:30-9pm Lee Hall, Wolfson College Barton Road, Cambridge CB3 9BB 2 Rebooting The City Deal – Autumn 2016 Rebooting The City Deal – Autumn 2016 3 About Our Panel Dr Rachel Aldred is Reader in Transport at the University of A Vision For The Region Westminster, teaching on Westminster’s MSc in Transport Planning and Management. She also sits on the editorial The Smarter Cambridge Transport team is developing and promoting a modern vision for board of Transport Reviews. In 2016, she was awarded the integrated and sustainable transport for Cambridge, South Cambridgeshire and beyond. ESRC Outstanding Impact in Public Policy Prize, and has been named as one of the ‘Progress 1000’ Most Influential We want people to have: Londoners. Smarter Cambridge • More travel options Transport is a broad • More predictable and quicker bus journey times Dr Colin Harris is Director of the environmental planning and group of impartial, unpaid • Easier interchanging between transport modes spatial data business Environmental Research & Assessment, • Simple payment for transport and parking located in Coton. He founded Cambridge Connect to help volunteers and advisers • Safer and more enjoyable cycling and walking create an enduring system of rapid and sustainable transit from Railfuture East Anglia, • Transport infrastructure designed for people not vehicles that would help address the transport challenges facing the Cambridge Cycling Cambridge, while ensuring that the social, educational, Campaign, Cambridge • Protection and enhancement of the natural and built environment • economic, environmental, historic and cultural qualities that residents associations, Promotion of social cohesion and inclusion define the City are maintained and enhanced. parish councils, plus experts We have created a 10-point plan for realising these aims, evolving all the time. We have focused for Dr Julian Huppert was MP for Cambridge from 2005 to 2010. in transport planning now on what is deliverable within 5+ years, but we are actively discussing the role of a light rail He has been named one of the most influential people in and technology, land network (see page 7), road pricing, driverless taxis and minibuses, drone delivery, and much else! UK cycling, and as an MP was Co-Chair of the All Party development, urban and Parliamentary Group on Cycling. As a County Councillor, landscape design, built and he was chair of the Cambridge Traffic Management natural heritage, and more. Committee. Smarter Cambridge Transport’s 10-Point Plan The team, led by Edward Edward Leigh is the leader of Smarter Cambridge Transport. Leigh, has been developing Implement Smart Traffic Management Reduce congestion in and around in the city, making all traffic lights Cambridge by limiting through He readily admits to not being a transport expert (his work and promoting the adoption 1 7 responsive to traffic flows, and prioritising access around the inner ring road, is in IT, marketing and business development), but enjoys of community-led ideas for the challenge of drawing together best practice and ideas in emergency service vehicles and buses restricting right-turns where a less- transport from around the world, and combining them with the City Deal over the past without widening or building new roads. disruptive alternative route exists, local knowledge. He is also an independent member of the year. and creating more home zones. Build travel hubs throughout the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel and chair of his Reduce congestion in local villages Using 24/7 online region, making trains and buses more local residents association. 2 by adding missing connectivity at accessible. internal debate, Smarter the Girton interchange, A14–A11 and February Phillips has wide-ranging experience working as Cambridge Transport aims Reorganise city, rural, park-and-ride, M11–A11. a lead consultant, project architect, project manager and to be a model of mobilising works and school bus services into contract administrator on multi-award-winning projects 3 Build new train stations, such community expertise. express and local services. including listed buildings, new buildings, landscaping and 8 as Addenbrooke’s Biomedical public-realm design. Projects she has led at 5th Studio The organisation has no Campus, Fulbourn, Soham and political or commercial Implement smart ticketing for public include New Court, Trinity College, Wolfson Flats, Churchill 4 transport, car parking and cycle hire to Waterbeach North. College and Creative Exchange, St Neots. allegiance and its agenda is facilitate multi-modal journeys. transparently about seeking Promote city-wide goods delivery Daniel Zeichner MP is the Member of Parliament for out and promoting the best Create a website and app to plan 9 services to and from businesses via Cambridge. Before entering Parliament in 2015, he served as collection points at travel hubs. transport-related ideas for 5 journeys, see real-time travel updates, a councillor for eight years. He was appointed as a Shadow purchase tickets and reserve car parking. Transport Minister (with responsibility for buses, bikes and making Cambridge and the Rationalise car parking in the city, walking) in September 2015. He is a keen environmentalist surrounding region a great Create a connected network of 10 by phasing out free parking for and is an executive member of Labour’s national place to live, work and study. 6 segregated cycle ways throughout the commuters on residential roads and environmental campaigning group, making a case for a shift city and between villages. charging a workplace parking levy. to a greener tax policy. www.smartertransport.uk 4 Rebooting The City Deal – Autumn 2016 Rebooting The City Deal – Autumn 2016 5 Let’s make these schemes our priority – now Smarter Cambridge Transport believes Acquire high quality travel data sets ‘Green ways’ cycle route network New bus stations that we should re-prioritise the schemes to This is part of the Smart Cambridge programme, These would connect Cambridge, South Cambourne, Fenstanton, Cottenham, Burwell, be delivered by the City Deal’s Tranche 1 though we believe a large budget is required to Cambridgeshire villages and travel hubs. Linton, Babraham and Comberton are the (£100m to 2019). We should choose schemes obtain historical data from third parties. highest priority locations we have identified for which have the strongest evidence base for Access and parking permit management travel hubs, readily accessible by foot, cycle or car, encouraging people to change their travel and served by regular express bus services into TROs and signage for parking controls Develop a centralised billing and enforcement habits, have popular buy-in, and will enhance Cambridge. Residents’ parking policy for the city is currently system for paid-permit-based access and parking rather than damage the environment and under review by the Cambridge City Joint Area in the city. This would enable vehicle owners to character of the region. Committee. We have proposed a city-wide pre-register for automatic charging when passing Upgraded facilities at existing stations This list comprises schemes that are relatively approach that recognises free parking attracts through access control points in the city during Better facilities would attract more people to use uncontroversial, and which would lay the traffic and creates congestion; and that better peak hours, or parking at park-and-rides, multi- public transport at St Ives bus station (waiting foundations for a step change in the attractiveness enforcement of parking controls would reduce storey car parks or on-street. Pricing of permits room and toilets), Swavesey Guided Bus station and convenience of public and active transport in congestion and delays to buses. can be tailored to different road users, taking into (car park), Oakington Guided Bus station (car the region. Many of these already feature in the [TRO = Traffic Regulation Order] account need to drive, social and environmental park), Shelford train station (more secure cycle County Council’s Long-Term Transport Strategy impacts, etc. parking), Foxton train station (100-space car park and the Transport Strategy for Cambridge and ANPR-monitored access control points plus cycle parking, co-ordinated with Network South Cambridgeshire, and just need to be Unified, multi-operator ticketing Rail project to replace level crossing), and brought forward, ahead of City Deal schemes for We have proposed alternative locations on and Addenbrooke’s bus station (waiting room, kiosk, bus lanes or busways. close to the inner ring road in our paper on buses, Develop or purchase a platform to support which we believe would be more effective and Oyster Card-style ticketing,