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Annual General Meeting and Executive Committee Summer 2026 update

Cambridge Area Bus Users’ Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday 11 July 2026 at 14:45, in the Great Western Room, The Signal Box Centre, 82 Glenalmond Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 8DB
Eighteen members were present, with apologies received from another ten members.

Chair’s remarks, Secretary’s and Treasurer’s Reports

Hugh Taylor (Vice Chair 2025-26), Richard Wood (Secretary 2025-26) and Miranda Fyfe (Treasurer 2025-26) contributed opening remarks, including a special thanks to Peter Griffin (Chair 2025-26, who needs to move to Nottingham for family reasons) for steering the Executive Committee through the first post re-launch year; an overview of the Executive Committee’s work over the year; and the financial report, respectively.

Executive Committee member Sarah Hughes (also Campaigns Officer of the Cambridgeshire Sustainable Travel Alliance) added further detail of Cambridge Area Bus Users’ collaborative work with the Sustainable Travel Alliance and with Cambridge Citizens.

For full details, view/download the Report on Cambridge Area Bus Users Annual General Meeting 2026 (PDF)

The work of St Ives Executive Committee member Anthony Stanton, in collaboration with St Ives Cares, St Ives Town Council and others in producing publicity to promote local bus services was also highlighted. View/download the excellent St Ives Bus Leaflet (PDF). The Executive Committee believes that this is an exemplar of how our transport authority (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority) should be marketing our bus services.

2026 Constitution Update

In 2018, Cambridge Area Bus Users was established as an affiliate of Bus Users UK. the constitution adopted at the Inaugural General Meeting reflected this. Bus Users UK no longer have an affiliate structure. An update to our constitution was required. View/Download the 2026 constitution here.

2026-27 Executive Committee

The following ten members of Cambridge Area Bus Users were elected, nem con:

Aland Chan
Miranda Fyfe
Geoff Heathcock
Sarah Hughes
Mark Reader
Anthony Stanton
Hugh Taylor
Martin Thorne
Peter Tribble
Richard Wood

At the first Executive Committee meeting for 2026-27 held online on 4th August 2026 the officer positions were agreed as follows:

Chair: Hugh Taylor
Secretary: Richard Wood
Treasurer: Miranda Fyfe
Vice-Chair: Peter Tribble

Recent Executive Committee Activities

  • St Ives Bus publicity (see above) and improvements to information in St Ives bus station and the Station Road stop
  • Frequent reports on errors with at-stop and online real-time bus information
  • Liaising with Living Streets, Cambridge, and Highway Officers about improving safe pedestrian routes across Emmanuel Street and St Andrew’s Street
  • Liaising with the Cambridge Citizens group campaign to retain and enhance the Tiger Pass for  young passengers
  • Collaborating with planners and designers working on improvements to Mill Road, Cambridge, to improve bus stop infrastructure
  • Pressing Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority for improvements to bus stop infrastructure (see separate, forthcoming post)
  • Questioning Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority about funding for improved bus services
  • Meeting with senior management of bus operators and with key politicians to share insights
  • Continuing work on improving and updating our website
  • Increasing and improving the relevance of our social media channels
  • Responding to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Bus Network Review (see separate post)

Membership fees

With Cambridge Area Bus Users having returned to active campaigning, we hope that many more of those on our mailing list will be inspired to make the suggested £5 per year (£10/year for a family) contribution towards this work.

Members can make one-off payments or regular (Standing Order) payments into our bank account or you can  donate using PayPal (opens in a new tab). Our bank account details are:

Bankers: Barclays
Account name: Cambridge Area Bus Users
Sort Code: 20-17-20
Account No: 33197727

(Please note: we are unable to support Direct Debits. Sorry.)