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| A1096 junction improvements around St Ives | The Town Council notes that these studies are underway. Consideration should be given to providing better access to the bus station directly from the A1096 to improve journey time reliability for village bus services |
| Bus infrastructure (St Ives to Huntingdon) | This proposal is supported. Consideration should be given to: Any new bus lanes near St Ives should respect existing trees and hedges Removing narrow sections on North Road, St Ives Measures to reduce rat running by cars through St Ives should be considered |
| Wyton airfield access | The Town Council would support the Old Ramsey Road north of St Ives being used as a pedestrian/cycle route and possible bus only road to any new development at Wyton. The Town Council would oppose the use of this road as a normal road open to all traffic. |
| LTP Objective 2- sustainable access to jobs | St Ives has good public transport access via the busway to some key employment sites in Cambridge. At present the industrial area of St Ives has no regular bus service and pedestrian /cycle access to residential areas is poor. There are no bus services linking St Ives to the industrial area of Huntingdon. There are no suitable bus services linking St Ives to Bar Hill, and Cambourne for workers. |
| The Guided Busway | The busway provides frequent services to Cambridge during the day (8 buses per hour) Peak hour buses are often full by the time they reach the busway – additional capacity is required especially as Northstowe develops. In the evening peak, passengers traveling back from Cambridge beyond St Ives to some villages often can not get on the one service to their particular village, leaving them stranded. Limited stop buses missing out stops nearer to Cambridge may be required. There is a need for more frequent buses in the evening, every 20 minutes from Cambridge and every 30 minutes from Huntingdon. The Sunday service needs to extend into the evening to allow people to use public transport for days out. |
| Rural Bus Services | St Ives has a range of bus services linking it to surrounding villages; a few villages have an hourly services (Monday to Friday), other villages only 1-2 buses a week. St Ives is seen as a local centre for a range of services not available in the villages. These include shopping, banking, medical services and leisure (community groups and sports facilities). Providing suitable public transport from these villages is considered essential both for the wellbeing of St Ives but also for the wellbeing of those in the villages. The Town Council would want the larger villages connected to St Ives by buses running hourly 6 days a week. The Town Council would support more community based transport schemes for the smaller villages. Some villages have both commercial services in the peak periods onto the busway and CCC supported services during the day. Tickets are not interchangeable making it more expensive to use the bus. The busway services are designed around workers in Cambridge and are generally not suitable for workers coming into St Ives. The supported services start too late and finish too early for many workers in St Ives . This gap in services need to be filled if workers are to be encouraged to use the bus. |
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