On 18th of January 2012 Cambridge MP Julian Huppert, who also acts as the Liberal Democrat transport spokesman, was interviewed on Newsnight by Jeremy Paxman on the subject of the proposed new airport in the Thames estuary.
Paxman: “As long as you are part of the collation, will this happen?”
Huppert: “No I don’t think it’s [...]
Tag Archives: Transport
Julian Huppert on Boris Island - Newsnight 18 Jan 2012 - Click for Full Article
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Cambridge Cycling Campaign AGM with Julian Huppert - Click for Full Article
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Julian Huppert MP Drinking Tea/Coffee Before Speaking at the 2011 Cambridge Cycling Campaign AGM
I observed the Cambridge Cycling Campaign AGM on Tuesday the 1st of November 2011. Cambridge MP Julian Huppert was the guest speaker.
Key Points
The 1082 member campaign has been re-organised at the top. Martin Lucas-Smith, who previously led the organisation with the [...]
Taxi Regulation and Licensing in Cambridge - Click for Full Article
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Cambridge Taxi
Cambridge City Council is currently running a consultation on how it licences taxis and taxi drivers in the city.
The council has a webpage on the consultation which includes the new draft policy and guidance as well as a set of questions and proposals for amendments. Responses can be sent in by [...]
Watching Cambridge Magistrates Deal With A Car Vs Cycle Incident - Click for Full Article
Monday, July 25, 2011
Junction of Cherry Hinton Road and Wulfstan Way (Google Maps
On the morning of the 25th of July 2011 I observed Cambridge magistrates deal with a Ms Waresha who had pleaded guilty to careless driving following a collision with a cyclist in Cambridge.
The prosecution said that on the 25th of January Ms Waresha was driving [...]
Hike in Cambridge On Street Parking Charges - Click for Full Article
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
The Guest Road area is to see the largest increase in residents parking permit charges
I have just returned from observing a meeting of Cambridgeshire County Council’s cabinet where the decision was taken to increase Cambridge’s on street parking charges. The cabinet approved raising the annual charge for residents parking permits from around £40-50 to £70-£80. [...]
Good News Says MP As Cambridge Gets Paltry Fraction of Concessionary Fares Cash - Click for Full Article
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Was Cambridge’s MP Julian Huppert Too Hasty to Describe the Local Government Settlement as Good News for Cambridge City Council?
On Monday the 31st of January 2011 the amounts to be paid to local councils from central government for the 2011/12 financial year were announced. Cambridge’s MP Julian Huppert welcomed the settlement in a tweet saying:
Good [...]
Access Restrictions on Addenbrookes Road - Click for Full Article
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Photo: steinhardt, via Cyclestreets Photomap (licence)
At Cambridge City Council’s South Area Committee on the 11th of November 2010 I asked the police about the arrangements for enforcing the traffic regulation banning through traffic from using a stretch of the new Addenbrookes’ Access Road.
I noted that in April 2009, in response to my question, police [...]
Cambridgeshire County Council - October 2010 Full Council - Click for Full Article
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Lunch menu from the Cambridgeshire County Council meeting on the 19th of October 2010. (I did not have permission to photograph the meeting itsself)
On the 19th of October 2010 my local County Councillor, Rupert Moss-Eccardt, invited me to observe a full meeting of Cambridgeshire County Council from the floor of the chamber and to join [...]
Police Not to Enforce New City Centre 20 MPH Limit - Click for Full Article
Friday, August 27, 2010
Confusing new speed limit signage in Cambridge. (Now fixed thanks to FixMyStreet).
In Cambridge City Centre a 20 MPH speed limit now applies to all roads, apart from Victoria Avenue, within an area bound by the inner ring road (East Road though Lensfield Road to Fen Causeway) and the River Cam. The inner ring road [...]
Transparency Changes Outcome of Police Priority Vote - Click for Full Article
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Coleridge Road, Cambridge.
A fantastic example of why transparency is good for democratic decision making occurred at the Cambridge City Council’s East Area Committee on the 19th of August 2010. Green Party Councillor Margaret Wright had proposed a motion removing an existing police priority aimed at reducing speeding on a range of target roads across [...]