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Unfortunately there wasn’t much interest from Cambridgeshire’s MPs – which is surprising given how high profile the CPCA Mayor’s commitment to a light rail for Cambridge is The first question at Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport was on mass transit earlier today (11 June 2026) Above – you can watch the TransportContinue reading “Transport Secretary answers questions on urban mass transit in the Commons”

When was the last time local government in your town and city researched and produced such a comprehensive guide to the public services where you live? I’ve digitised the book here for you to read online With undiagnosed AuDHD one of the things I’ve learnt is not to feel guilty about what the time isContinue reading “What Cambridge could learn from the City of York in 1928”

The use of the terms HQPT and MRT only serve to make the general public cynical about the forms of public transport systems that highways engineering professionals are preparing for an expanded Cambridge – mindful of their shortcomings with the first guided busway “What are we banning this time?” Acronyms that confuse the public byContinue reading “Transport professionals confuse public with vague acronyms. Again.”

The grim news from Belfast has unleashed a wave of disinformation and inflammatory posts across social media. Why have successive governments been so impotent and passive in the face of such a threat to social wellbeing and national security? But to start off on a more positive note, I spotted this post on IG fromContinue reading “Full Fact 2026 and the UK’s collapsing democratic information environment”

Cambridge Independent highlights the planning application for another round of boring grey boxes that Cambridge Past, Present and Future dubbed The Great Wall of North East Cambridge when Conservative ministers approved the outline planning permission Image: From Humanise’s campaign against boring buildings Above – by the Cambridge Independent which should also be in this comingContinue reading “Great Wall of North East Cambridge proposals for Cambridge Station”

“The Fund will support practical, locally led approaches that can build trust, remove barriers to participation and deepen people’s connection to democratic life.” Says the written statement to Parliament You can read the full statement from Democracy Minister Samantha Dixon MP here Long-time readers of this blog will be familiar with my workshops over theContinue reading “Ministers launch democratic engagement fund”

Daniel Zeichner MP discusses the Government’s purchase of the airport site with Julian Clover on Cambridge Radio You can listen to their conversation here “We are a global city – people look to us from all over the world, and it’s a slight embarrassment that when they arrive at Cambridge Station they are confronted withContinue reading ““Sixty hours a year is spent in traffic jams in and around Cambridge””

So says a report tucked away in a place where most people would not know existed “Overall participation declined compared to the previous year, with a 6.2% reduction in total learners and a 7.4% decrease in new starters. This was driven primarily by a fall in Adult Skills enrolment, alongside a notable reduction in TailoredContinue reading “Fewer people enrolling in adult skills programmes in Cambs & Peterborough”

The historic market town of St Neots in Huntingdonshire, west of Cambridge held its Big Listen event recently You can get the essentials at https://thebiglistenevent.com/ Above – have a listen to Alex Hughes on what he learnt here on IG “We got 20,000 responses from the residents of the town. We’ve got: Mr Hughes makesContinue reading “St Neots Big Listen – Can Cambridge do a scaled-up version?”

You can read the 2026 evaluation programme from the Department for Transport here I didn’t go looking for it – I think I was looking for something else and it just popped up. “Baseline and post-opening evaluation studies are conducted for selected major rail programmes, with priority given to those with the highest levels ofContinue reading “Transport ministers commission evaluations for Cambridge North and Cambridge South stations”