Object
Land North of Cherry Hinton SPD
Representation ID: 31817
Received: 02/10/2017
Respondent: Smarter Cambridge Transport
Agent: Smarter Cambridge Transport
-There is rarely enough subsidy money to run a high frequency service for the hours that people need it from the time when people start moving into the development to completion (typically a number of years).
-The bus operator is expected to cover a proportion of the operating costs, which makes the service loss-making at the outset.
-The "existing network" uses roads (Cherry Hinton Rd and Hills Rd) that are already very congested at peak times, making bus services unreliable and relatively expensive to operate.
-This is not a recipe for a large modal shift to bus travel.
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Summary:
*Impact the development will have on the local road network, and the modal shift required to offset that impact.
*Inadequacy of the proposed mitigations.
*Role of a railway station in stimulating modal shift.
*Opportunity to improve the urban environment of Cherry Hinton by re-routing through traffic away from the village.
*Requirement for walking and cycle routes to be available from when residents first move in.