BBC News - Route for third Edinburgh tram line unveiled www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“We’ve got to sort transport” said the Chair of the Cambridge Growth Company - something we’ve been saying for a decade now… Good to see he’s clocked the importance of Haverhill too… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"You mentioned "Mass rapid transport" - can you explain what plans you have?" Cllr Anna Bradnam (LibDems - Milton) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gLO... to Cambridge Growth Company representatives. @cambridge-connect.bsky.social

"What we really need is at Cambridge Station you hop on a tram to take you to where you need. That would revolutionise travel" www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gLO... Cllr Dr Richard Williams cc @cambridge-connect.bsky.social

Every French city with a population greater than 150,000 has a mass transit system. 60 cities in Germany… Cambridge needs to lead the change in 🇬🇧 😀

Maybe we need constantly rotating citizens’ assemblies to make decisions on infrastructure projects, so we can avoid politicians refusing to change outdated decisions from decades ago just to save face or to protect party interests.

“Fully automated trains are an investment in the public transport of the future…” meanwhile, in Cambridge the GCP still wants to proceed with the busway plans conceived 15 years ago even as the growth stares back at us… www.railwaygazette.com/traction-and...

Consortium selected to supply driverless suburban trains for København https://bit.ly/4bwtyR8

This isn't a London vs. others story. What it shows is how important public transport is to building new homes at scale. If London can't build sustainably without investment, there is little reason to think other English cities will be able to. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cambridge University urged to keep vet school open #Cambridgeshire #BBCNews 🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...

Delivery of EWR could be accelerated by simplifying the line direct into Cambridge South & instead serving Cambourne by light rail as per Cambridge Connect. Faster, cheaper, more flexible & better connections. Lower environmental impact. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The campaign to save the veterinary school at @cam.ac.uk has stepped up #Cambridge www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/campaig...

The ‘odour zone’ around the sewage works is restricting the number of new homes in the Cambridge Business Park plans, councillors have been told www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/odour-z...

Ambitious plans to triple the local economy and boost the population by nearly 50 per cent have been unveiled, with politicians calling them a once-in-a-generation opportunity. 🔗⬇️ www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/mayor-s...

£2.5 billion capital funding is a drop in the ocean for a scheme that would pay for itself in no time through increased economic activity driven by improved labour mobility. This is a bad decision made for the wrong reasons by weak people who don’t deserve the power they wield.

A bus network is not attractive rapid transit & will struggle to drive modal shift and investment. Look no further than Cambridge to see that despite busways, overall mode share of buses remains stuck on ~8% & congestion keeps increasing… is that the answer for Leeds? We don’t think so.

Re trams and trains, the challenge faced by Karlsruhe worksinprogress.co/issue/turnin... - sounds a bit like what Cambridge now faces. @cambridge-connect.bsky.social

Very disappointing. Leeds is the largest city in western Europe without a mass transit system. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Also, a deep dive on building light rail systems, published 2024 www.amazon.co.uk/Metro-light-... "This book guides readers through the complex lifecycle of metro and light rail systems, from initial network planning and architectural design to construction, operation, and maintenance"

Reinstating the rail line to Haverhill from Cambridge should be a prime candidate for practical implementation of these policies 😃

The headline reminds me of Spamalot. **'Ere! He says he's not dead** "Well he will be in a minute" **I can't take him like that - it's against regulations** 'I don't want to go on the [plague] cart!' "Shut up!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLgQ... - Save Honey Hill campaigners also made a song -->

More at cambridgetownowl.com/2025/09/24/p... from September’s CBC Forum @cambridge-connect.bsky.social

'Radical' plans for a new £2.3bn major hospital #Cambridgeshire #BBCNews 🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...

Note the proposed tunnels…which makes me think cc @cambridge-connect.bsky.social —>

….Could we keep the tunnelling teams together once the East West Rail work has been completed and transfer them over to do the main tunnel work for @cambridge-connect.bsky.social Light Rail? 🙂💡👍🏾

NEW BLOGPOST: "Cambridge Growth Company’s Mass Transit Commission to report back in June 2026" cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/30/c... Plus some things on the water crisis.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... More busway headaches…

Good to see progress on MRT, updating Mass Transit Options study of 2018 is badly needed. We anticipate light rail will be one of the options considered; it is the most proven, practical and deliverable form of mass transit available, as evidenced in dozens of cities across Europe.

NEW BLOGPOST: "The Cambridge Growth Company risks making the same mistake as the GCP on light rail" cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/27/t... Ft @cambridge-connect.bsky.social This is so effing grinding!!!

NEW BLOGPOST: "Tourism taxes coming to England following Scotland’s example" cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/25/t... We won't find out the detail until tomorrow when the consultation is launched.

A Visitor Accommodation Supplement can enable the Cambridge light rail scheme we’ve proposed, including the tunnel. The Mayor of the Combined Authority should implement it without delay to deliver on 2025 election promise. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NEW BLOGPOST: "Ministers confirm Cambridge East Station, and Eastern Entrance for Cambridge Station" cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/19/m... I'll be on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire later this morning to talk about this

See also @cambridge-connect.bsky.social at www.cambridge-connect.uk/submission-s... which the GCP could have awarded a small amount of funding for a feasibility study for a light rail backed by 4 of the 5 mayoral election candidates - including the new Mayor Paul Bristow. There are alternatives.

Uppsala, Sweden, with a population similar to Cambridge, plans to invest £650M in a 17 km tramway with the aim of opening in 2029. It will connect residential, business & University areas with the main rail line & transport hubs - excellent plan! www.mainspring.co.uk/industry-new...

Valencia invests in metro and light rail www.mainspring.co.uk/industry-new...

Capital Rail Action Group prefer segregated route

Callaghan Square trams by 2028

We didn’t support a Congestion Charge in Cambridge in the form the GCP proposed, and the Oxford experience doesn’t persuade otherwise www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2561634...

Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term www.gov.uk/government/p...

Trams return to København (Copenhagen) www.mainspring.co.uk/industry-new...

IfG DevoLab #3: How devolution can improve transport connectivity 📍This time our DevoLab will take place in Leeds, and will explore how mayors and local leaders can use devolved powers to improve regional transport connectivity. 🎟️ www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/devola...

@cambridge-connect.bsky.social ICYMI - any of your followers interested?