Question 37c
Comment
Cambridge Northern Fringe East AAP - Issues and Options
Representation ID: 29701
Received: 02/02/2015
Respondent: Brookgate
Agent: Bidwells
The car parking at the Station should be for station users only. The car park should not be operated as a 'park and ride' site for the CGB.
The car parking at the Station should be for station users only. The car park should not be operated as a 'park and ride' site for the CGB.
Comment
Cambridge Northern Fringe East AAP - Issues and Options
Representation ID: 29934
Received: 02/02/2015
Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council
The County Council would wish to consider the form of car parking provision at a later date when further details are known. It is important to note, however, that car parking provision has a strong relationship to traffic generation and careful consideration will need to be given to balancing operational needs of the site, with encouraging high levels of access by non-car means and supporting sustainable transport access to the site, and thus ensuring that any residual impacts on the highway network are not severe
The County Council would wish to consider the form of car parking provision at a later date when further details are known. It is important to note, however, that car parking provision has a strong relationship to traffic generation and careful consideration will need to be given to balancing operational needs of the site, with encouraging high levels of access by non-car means and supporting sustainable transport access to the site, and thus ensuring that any residual impacts on the highway network are not severe
Comment
Cambridge Northern Fringe East AAP - Issues and Options
Representation ID: 30054
Received: 02/02/2015
Respondent: Orchard Street Investment Management LLP
Agent: Beacon Planning
Adequate provision should be made to preclude overspill parking elsewhere in the area.
Adequate provision should be made to preclude overspill parking elsewhere in the area.
Comment
Cambridge Northern Fringe East AAP - Issues and Options
Representation ID: 30627
Received: 03/02/2015
Respondent: RLW Estates
Agent: Boyer Planning
RLW Estates submits that the key priority as regards car parking is to ensure that it is provided to a standard and in a way which supports the overall strategy for CNFE. Therefore proper provision needs to be made both for appropriate car parking, but also for public realm befitting of one of the main entrances to CNFE. In determining how car parking can best be integrated into the setting of the proposed new rail/bus interchange primary regard should be given to the quality of the bus/rail interchange for passengers and also for cycle parking, for which proper provision should be made so that lack of cycle parking does not constrain future use of the railway and guided bus to/from the CNFE.
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Comment
Cambridge Northern Fringe East AAP - Issues and Options
Representation ID: 30664
Received: 02/02/2015
Respondent: P Verbinnen
All the options fail to consider pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users, including disabled on buses, by placing a Multi-storey carpark right next to the station. This replicates the horrendous conditions at Cambridge railway station where vehicles pick up and deposit people just a couple of metres from the front door, creating a fume-filled and dangerous approach, frequently gridlocked and preventing buses from completing a turning round a small roundabout. This delays the buses from arriving at their stops, delays the public travelling on them and makes it the poor relation.
The carpark should be sited a minimum of 100 metres away - a covered walkway could be provided, if one is also provided from public transport users - but priority must be given to pedestrians and users of public transport (excludes taxis).
One would hope that after so much publicity cyclists would be considered too and allowed a traffic free approach where the interaction with LGVs/buses is eliminated. This is the chance to prevent the distressing and needless deaths one sees so often in London and the cities.
All the options fail to consider pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users, including disabled on buses, by placing a Multi-storey carpark right next to the station. This replicates the horrendous conditions at Cambridge railway station where vehicles pick up and deposit people just a couple of metres from the front door, creating a fume-filled and dangerous approach, frequently gridlocked and preventing buses from completing a turning round a small roundabout. This delays the buses from arriving at their stops, delays the public travelling on them and makes it the poor relation.
The carpark should be sited a minimum of 100 metres away - a covered walkway could be provided, if one is also provided from public transport users - but priority must be given to pedestrians and users of public transport (excludes taxis). Similarly, a taxi rank should not be any closer than 100 metres to allow space for ordinary and guided buses.
One would hope that after so much publicity cyclists would be considered too and allowed a traffic free approach where the interaction with LGVs/buses is eliminated. This is the chance to prevent the distressing and needless deaths one sees so often in London and the cities.