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For unclogged streets, fewer fumes, and healthier happier people. Not affiliated. @snifftheair @toot .bike Caution: posts may contain sarcasm

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Scientists: world likely to exceed 1.5 degrees overheating in the next 5 years Cambs drivers: Sure, but expecting me to pay to drive my car into Cambridge is an extremist fantasy!
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Drivers! If you find yourself gummed up on the roads this weekend, always remember:
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Somebody has just phoned into @BBCCambs show about the STZ complaining they'll be charged for their drive of "only 1 mile" into work.
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Mill Road. Which version are YOU campaigning for?
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Drivers in Cambridge like to exercise their 'right' to use any road without pesky interference from the authorities
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A bit of rain didn’t stop people turning out in numbers to ask why Mill Rd has not been improved yet with the bus gate they have asked for
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Ah autumn, season of ... long stationary traffics queues heading out of Cambridge along Mill Road
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Forget bro-science solutions like tunnels or hyperloops, and the unaffordable pipedream of railed solutions. The humble (electric) bus shall be the backbone of Camb's future transport system - and it's a future within realistic reach.
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@boys_nicholas @createstreets I give you the Cumbernauld megastructure
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As Cambridge transitions away from the car and (even) more towards the bicycle, there will be a need for on-road cycle hangars. Why are there none yet? Where are people meant to store their cargo bikes? As a bonus, installing them reduces car parking ...
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For all those gridlocked in Cambridge congestion this morning, Morpheus has some words for you:
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Reminder: in the UK driving is not a "right". The State issues a revocable licence to certain people for the use of motor vehicles. So drivers are there under license (unlike pedestrians, cyclists, equestrians etc who are there by right)
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In quite a few cases the cycle infrastructure in Cambridge is so sh*t cyclists will ride on the road in preference (as is their right). The answer is better cycle infrastructure.
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This idea that there's some "Plan B" to Cambridge's Sustainable Travel Zone that will be loved by all ... Fact is, any feasible plan for reducing motor car use will be vociferously opposed because it impinges on driver privilege
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Considering that @Camcycle is meant to have its tentacles into all aspects of budgeting and decision making, it's strange that the cycle infrastructure in Cambs is often so poor
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Trying to cure congestion with bigger roads is like trying to cure obesity with bigger trousers - latest from Cambs
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Unlike the LibDems in Cambridge, Labour in Oxford refused to fold in the face of a cynical Tory pro-motorist political wedge. Well done them!
@TheOxfordMail
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Oxford LTNs set to stay after key council decision
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There is solid scientific evidence for what cities need to do when tackling traffic congestion. Considering its supposed status as a science nexus, it's a disgrace that Cambridge has failed to adopt an evidence-based approach to its own problems
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Typical conflation of "residents" with "motorists" from @CambridgeIndy - pedestrians, bus users and cyclists won't be "grinding to a halt" and might even have a better time of it as improvements like these get rolled out ...
@CambridgeIndy
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Residents fear Cambridge could "grind to a halt" if @GreaterCambs surprise new plans to stop drivers turning at city centre junction go ahead.
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Scientists: Most of Cambridgeshire predicted to be 'underwater' by 2030 Cambs drivers: What needs to be sunk is the outrageous idea I should drive my car less!
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@snifftheair
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The motion is carried 8 votes to 7. Mill Rd bridge will get its modal filter.
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Looks great! This is what it should be like by the Fitzwilliam in Cambridge.
@CoHSATOxon
Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel
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#BroadStreet #Oxford really wonderful today! And so many people enjoying it. Hard to believe a year ago, this view would have been 20 parked cars, and 3 others circling, looking for a space. #ThePedestrianPound @livingstreets
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Always puzzled me how motorists object to having traffic offending monitored because 'it's a money-making tool'. Who cares? If the money from their fines benefit the public purse and deters the motor crims that's a win/win in my book
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Update on the "there's no congestion in Cambridge" story ... If only there'd been some kind of plan to tackle this ...
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Cambs Travel News
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#Cambridge Traffic is building as you head into the city this morning, not helped with the #M11 SB closed. With longer delays on: #A1134 Queens Rd #A1307 #Babraham Rd #A1301 St Neots Rd / #Madingley Rd #A603 #Barton Rd #A14 HEAVY traffic EB J25 - J34 Please allow extra
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Just walking along Mill Rd and a black Audi TT roars westbound over the bridge at - must've been 50mph+ All pedestrians on the pavement swivelling round to gawp in disbelief. The filter cannot come too soon ...
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Reminder of the rules for the whole 'Coton Orchard' debate
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Many drivers try to play a 'what about the poor?' card when defending their driving privileges; it's those very privileges however that are part of the problem.
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You don’t need to make a special trip to see drivers make an illegal right turn from Mill Rd into Devonshire Rd; just walk past. Every. Bloody. Day. There’s a reason this is Cambs’ most dangerous road. #Scofflaw #Drivers
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Cambridge isn't Amsterdam, they say. But Amsterdam wasn't always Amsterdam. Change is possible.
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So there's some concern about cutting down trees next to roads for cycleways. The solution: keep the trees, ban cars and make the existing road the (tree-lined) cycleway. A win all round.
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Despite the sub-zero temperatures people were gathering at Reality Checkpoint this morning to voice their support for the Cambridge Sustainable Travel Zone
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Just another lunchtime on Mill Rd. A pushchair user is forced onto the road by a pavement-parked car. Moments later a lorry makes an illegal right turn into Devonshire Rd. #Scofflaw #Motorists
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Something for advocates of A10 'dualling' to educate themselves with (also might be wise to educate themselves that this govt doesn't deliver on its promises anyway, so meh)
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Sometimes it's just so simple. To stop the car problem, stop the cars.
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Four years ago 5000 drivers used this road as a rat run every day to save a few minutes on their journey to the A4 in Chiswick. Now they don’t.
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Periodic reminder. Introducing congestion charging isn't done out of populism, it's done to help fix a city's broken transport system.
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"I like big bus and I cannot lie" #YesToSTZ
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Suffering from clogged up roads this morning? Remember:
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"There's no congestion in Cambridge" latest
@Cambs_Traffic
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⚠️ #Cambridge DELAYS on various routes into the city this morning with LONGER delays present on #A1134 Barnwell Road, Brooks Road and Perne Road. Please allow extra time for your journey.
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"Motorized individual transport represents a cost imposed on society that is not covered by fees and taxes. In contrast, active transport constitutes a benefit to both individual and society, mostly because of positive health outcomes."
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Meanwhile in the new (ish) Ironworks estate, double yellow lines are taken as an invitation to park on the pavement. What a car sewer this development is. @Hill_Group_UK @camcitco #newhomes
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Can we have £50 parking fees for Cambridge please? Could help fund better transport for all ...
@carltonreid
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The Hague introduces €50 flat fee for parking, even for 10 minutes. Still too cheap, mind.
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ULEZ backlash latest
@LeftieStats
Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️
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🚨 NEW: Sadiq Khan leads in London by **27%** 🟥 LAB 50% (+10) 🟦 CON 23% (-12) 🟧 LIB DEM 10% (+6) 🟩 GREEN 7% (-1) 🟪 REF 5% (+5) Via Lord Ashcroft polling, 23 Oct - 8 Nov (+/- vs 2021)
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First impressions from the consultation response on Cambridge's Sustainable Travel Zone: opposition to it, though expected, is a lot less strong than was rumoured. This augurs well for some refactored version of it to get implemented.
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There's no congestion in Cambridge?
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⚠️ #Cambridge - SLOW moving traffic heading into the City this morning with delays building on: #A1309 #Hauxton Road #A1301 Shelford Road #A1307 Hills Road #A1303 Newmarket Road #B1049 #Histon Road Please allow extra time for your journey.
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The day after. Cambridge's Mill Road back to being a traffic sewer today ...
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Evidence, yet again, that trafiic evaporation is a thing ...
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Working out how Michael Gove's proposed new 'Development corporation' will fit in alongside existing Cambs local govt structures
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People in Cambridge are up in arms about Squirrel Nutkin and some scraggy fruit trees in a commercial orchard. Meanwhile, a few miles, away this is happening without so much as a comment
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Welcome to Groundhog Day, Cambridge!
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⚠️ #Cambridge SLOW moving traffic heading into the city this morning with delays building on: #A1309 #Hauxton Rd #A1301 Shelford Rd #Addenbrookes Rd #A1307 #Babraham Rd/ Huntingdon Rd #A603 #Barton Rd #A1134 Queens Rd / Barnwell Rd / Brooks Rd Please allow extra time for
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This driver managed to score a triple at the 'Ironworks' estate (Cambridge): ✅ Pavement parked ✅ On double yellows ✅ Blocking somebody's garage
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Proposal for a congestion charging referendum in Cambs defeated 32/24.
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Hope this will be part of Cambs bus driver training
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This is VERY interesting — imagine if every decision-maker in YOUR city, elected or appointed, was required to experience just a small taste of what it’s like to be a bike-rider on badly designed, unsafe (aka typical) roads? HT to @SarikaPanda
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Positive vibes all round #YesToCambsSTZ
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I mean, seriously - why do we even want motor traffic along the Backs? It really spoils the place. Green it over and add some tasteful pathing for walking / wheeling / cycling. Maybe even plant some trees where the road was.
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Remember, in Cambridge the game is to favour WPL when congestion charging is on the table, and vice versa. Repeat so that nothing ever happens.
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If only there were some kind of warning ...
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I can think of a solution ... /cc @WorldBollard
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Meanwhile, over on the "Friends of Mill Rd Bridge" FaceBook group, some extreme triggering has resulted from (checks notes) a bollard on Vinery Rd.
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Mill Road busy in a good way today for the @MillRoadFair
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The more I think about it, the more I come round to thinking Mill Rd needs to be single carriageway with passing places, and private motor vehicles banned except for access or within delivery hours. Nothing else leaves sufficient room for a nice streetscape.
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Just been to Mill Road and it's ram-packed with motor traffic. In this cold air you can literally *taste* the fumes.
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Latest in the There's No Congestion in Cambridge myth
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⚠️ #Cambridge HEAVY traffic is present on #A1307 Hills Road S/B between Brooklands Avenue and Granhams Road and #A1134 #Trumpington Road between The Fen Causeway and High Street in both directions. Please allow extra time for your journey
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What was originally a simple pro-car movement has invited in racism, conspiracy theories and climate and COVID denial. And then they boast about 'numbers'.
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@CyclingJourno Did you start filling in your card?
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The fact is, congestion charging is an essential component of any credible traffic reduction scheme. People campaigning _against_ such charging are in effect campaigning _for_ congestion, and _for_ continued harm to our city.
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The only thing preventing hard gridlock in Cambridge is its high proportion of cyclists. That's why motorists love them so.
@CambsInsight
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🚲 #Cambridge is the authority area with the largest proportion of commuters using a bicycle to get to work, according to #Census2021 🏆💫 Examine more of the local #commuting & #remoteworking trends in our 'Travel to Work' Census topic summary 👇
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And this is the problem Cambs faces: many people want something to be done, but not to do anything meaningful themselves
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Saturday lunchtime on Mill Road. Pavement parking galore and a car making an illegal right turn into Devonshire Rd. Business as usual then.
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Facepalming hard at the "Friends of Mill Road Bridge" complaining about how long it takes to drive to and from London.
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Carter Bridge busy this evening (but not congested). If you want to be on time for something in Cambridge, go by bike!
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Would great for Mill Rd bridge (and for narrow sections of Mill Rd that should come from widening pavements at various points)
@elmers87
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If you've only got limited space and cars and vans *need* to go along a route. This is a great way to do it: A free flowing two-way cycle lane and alternating single traffic lane controlled by a traffic light. 👌👐👏
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A very apt question
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Good Enough. Creative piece from the #ReframeRoadSafety campaign developed with @NOYSnews earlier this year.
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Wishing everybody a filtered Xmas and an uncongested New Year
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It's got the point now where as well as the pro-congestion lobby in Cambridge, rent-a-mob types from all over are joining in ...
@AnneMiller_uk
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So why did Piers Corbyn feel a need to get involved in how we fix Cambridge's congestion? And I spoke with people who came to the rally from as far away at Yorkshire. This is bizarre.
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The pavement straddled parking (permitted) in Romsey makes pavement use a disaster. When residents' parking comes in it needs to be scrapped. As a bonus this will also reduce the overall parking in the area ...
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Parking, "Ironworks" estate, Cambridge
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Pavement parking should get a fine and 3 points on the licence. Simple. The Highway Code should be broadened so this is unambiguously an offence nationally, not just in London
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Meanwhile, over on the "Friends of Mill Rd Bridge" Facebook page, climate change denial has broken out in response to the apparently intolerable burden of traffic restriction outside a primary school ...
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A 20mph through Cambridge for: ✅ reduced congestion ✅ reduced pollution ✅ reduced death and injury Given the city's problems, this is a no-brainer.
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It's true there are some 'crazies' opposing Cambridge congestion charging, and some politicians sniffing opportunity. But the real hurdle to overcome is deep ingrained motonormativity
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So, we in Cambridge didn't get the STZ, but we might get higher council taxes so extra buses can sit in the traffic jams that haven't been addressed! Brilliant!
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Presumably there are some decent Tories left alarmed at the fact that portions of the Party now seem to be coming out with stuff which sounds an awful lot like Nick Griffin a decade ago?
@implausibleblog
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Conservative MP Tom Hunt, "If you walk into your town center, people speaking English is almost a rarity" Sophy Ridge, "That's not what people find, come on" Tom Hunt, "Lots of people when they walk into their town centers across the country often feel that way"
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Once again
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Personally I always thought Mill Rd bridge should be traffic filtered because it was a strategic imperative for improving the area (no matter what people thought). But for those who wanted a democratic 'mandate' ... well, you got it: 72%
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Evidence suggests the best way to reduce congestion is with carrot AND stick, and that congestion charging is the most effective method overall.
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Friends of Mill road bridge are dishonestly presenting the fine for driving through a bus gate as a "toll". Reminder: if you drive past this sign in a motor car you are committing a traffic offence.
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Another idea for Cambridge
@DavidZipper
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In Lyon, residents owning cars >3,800 lbs (4,400 for EVs) will have to pay €540/year for a parking permit, 3x more than those owning small models. Good move. Weight-based vehicle fees help address the climate and safety risks of car bloat.
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Intrigued how "Friends of Mill Road Bridge" have dishonestly framed what will happen if you drive through a bus gate as a "charge". In fact it's: - breaking the law - voiding insurance for the transit (so pray there's no 'incident') - liable to prosecution with points & fine
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@djmissgripper @LeeAndersonMP_ Part of the war on motorists innit, forcing them to have space/time rift in their cars
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So in Cambridge the LibDems are blaming (checks notes) the LibDems for the collapse of Cambridge's Sustainable Travel plans. It is going to be very hard for this party to rebuild any local credibility wrt transport and sustainability.
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Latest in the "There's no congestion in Cambridge" story
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Cambs Travel News
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⚠️ #Cambridge – Traffic building this afternoon on the south side of the city. Longer DELAYS building on: #A1134 #Trumpington Rd/Long Rd #A1309 #Hauxton Rd/High Street, Trumpington #A1307 #Hills Rd #A603 Lensfield Rd/Gonville Place Please allow extra time for your journey.
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@Bikery1966 Is it Wayne Kerr's Driving School?
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Parking in Cambridge is out of control
@ChrisHowellCam
Chris Howell
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Ambulance on emergency call held up earlier by van parked in Hills Road bus lane - also causing chaos for buses. Sure it’s more hassle to park safely and legally but this is really unacceptable
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Great shame that Cambs didn't stand up to the Tory challenge and manage 'resposible government' wrt its congestion charging ...
@Charlie_Hicks_
Cllr Charlie Hicks 🌹
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Congestion in Oxford is the core issue we must solve to improve our transport system 🚌🚲🚶🏼 🌹 @LabourOxon successfully turned the Tory protest motion into a motion of responsible government and it was voted through unanimously My speech from Tuesday's Full Council meeting🎥👇🏼
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Can we have a 13mph speed limit in Cambridge please? (though currently no vehicle can attain that speed because of the congestion anyway)
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