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Centre for Cities report highlights four big barriers to building light rail
…and other types of public transport infrastructure. The report is titled Licence to build: Delivering urban transport infrastructure through devolution You can read the report here. There is also a fair amount of crossover from the industry body UKTram and their response to the Government’s Mass Transit Task Force There is also an interesting report…
Have Transport ministers learnt the light rail lessons of 2005?
Some of you may be old enough to remember the when John Prescott tried to bring in a new generation of tramways and light rail into UK cities. You can: Read what the Commons Transport Committee concluded on 23 March 2005 Read the Government’s response of 12 October 2005 ….and judge for yourselves. The Committee…
Can the Hobson Street cinema building be brought back into use under Andy Burnham’s new policy?
The building was saved from the wrecking ball by a planning inspector who refused an appeal by the site owner in late 2025. But nothing has happened since. Can the new development corporation and Cambridge City Council bring it back into public use – even as a ‘meanwhile use’? I wrote about the appeal here,…
