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1 Endnotes i This is also the maintenance track for the Busway and is designated as a public bridleway ii Cities Outlook 2010 see iii Insight East East of England Forecasting Model, from Cambridgeshire Local Economic Profile Dataset: March 2010 available at iv ONS Jobs density figures 2008, as quoted in the 2011 Cambridgeshire Economic Assessment, see sessment.htm see p33 v ONS Jobs density figures 2008, as quoted in the 2011 Cambridgeshire Economic Assessment, see sessment.htm see p33 vi From DECC per capita local CO2 emissions estimates 2009, emissions for industry, domestic and transport sectors see vii ONS (2008) 2006-Based Subnational Population Projections, from Cambridgeshire Local Economic Profile Dataset: March 2010 available at viii UK Land Registry Home Prices Reports (December 2009 data), from Cambridgeshire Local Economic Profile Dataset: March 2010 available at ix Cambridgeshire Local Economic Assessment sessment.htm x Census 2001, from Cambridgeshire Local Economic Profile Dataset: March 2010 available at xi 70% of Cambridgeshire commuters who travel into Cambridge for work, live in wards which are on the two economic corridors. 68% of Cambridgeshire commuters who travel into Cambridge and the necklace of villages around it (which include Fulbourn, Girton, Histon & Impington, Milton, Teversham, The Shelfords & Stapleford within this area is the Cambridge Science Park) live in wards which are on the two economic corridors. Census 2001 data, ONS, Table W206. xii From section D of LEP bid for Alconbury Enterprise Zone see Zone-WEBSITE.pdf xiii Data from East of England Forecasting Model xiv A14 Study, Output 1, November 2011, SDG for DfT (Draft version) see section 6.4. Figures are AADT. xv Traffic monitoring data (2010) at A10 Milton (site 1) = 2 way 12 hour count of vehicles, factored up by 1.17 to give a 16 hour flow of vehicles. (1.17 is an average of the county rural (1.155) and Cambridge factors (1.184) xvi Based on differential between 2010 count used in xiii and a CCC traffic count (2003) at site South of Butt Lane on A10 = 2 way 12 hour count of vehicles, factored up by 1.17 to give a 16 hour flow of xvii A14 Study, Output 1, November 2011, SDG for DfT (Draft version) see section 6.7. xviii HM Government, National Infrastructure Plan 2011, xix See page 15 of Travel to Work report at xx Census 2001 data, table T10, S121, see see P31 of report xxi CCC Traffic monitoring report 2010 see p26 of report xxii The Transport and Economic Evidence Study, EEDA, 2008, see xxiii (including Cambridge City and the Science Park/Business Park in South Cambridgeshire, plus Alconbury as it comes forward, Huntingdonshire Regional College, Cambridge Regional College, Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin University), xxiv From DECC per capita local CO2 emissions estimates 2009, emissions for road transport sector see 2/2009_laco2.aspx xxv LTP3 Policies and Strategy Document P1-4 see xxvi A14 Study, Output 1, November 2011, SDG for DfT (Draft version) 21

2 xxvii DfT, Carbon Pathways Analysis, June 2008, p6 xxviii Located in Cambridge city centre, and along the A14 at Huntingdon, Bramford, between Hemingford and Fenstanton and between Bar Hill and Milton xxix Cambridgeshire LTP3 p3-9 see xxx Creating Growth, Cutting Carbon: Making Sustainable Local Transport Happen, DfT, 2011 xxxi The maintenance track adjacent to the Busway has been dedicated as a public bridleway and surfaced for use by cyclists and pedestrians. xxxii Dr Bike is a service to provide one-off basic repairs to get bikes back into use and in working order xxxiii In November 2011 the National Infrastructure Plan announced measures to improve the A14 in the shorter term (eg junction upgrades at key interchanges plus a study into longer term improvements). The A14 Challenge is part of this study and is being jointly managed by DfT and CCC. LSTF measures will complement any A14 Challenge measures put forward by CCC. xxxiv The full methodology for section D1 is available from CCC on request. xxxv Defra/DECC, GHG Conversion Factors for Company Reporting, 2010 xxxvi Department for Transport, Webtag 3.9.5, Marginal External Costs & Indirect Tax with GB Traffic Weighed Average Cars xxxvii Cycle Cambridge, End of Programme Report, June 2011, see p10 xxxviii Results from core group of employers, TfW 2011 report see see p4 22

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5 Mike Davies British Heart Foundation Programme Manager PO Box 296 Cambridgeshire County Council Tunbridge Wells Box CC121 1 TN2 9DA Castle Co urt, Sh ire Hall T Cambridge F CB3 0AP W bhf.org.uk Dear Mike Re: Local Sustainable Transport Fund Bid On behalf of the British Heart Foundation s Events Team I am writing to confirm our full support for your funding bid. In 2011 we delivered the very first Cam to Coast bike ride in partnership with the Cycle Cambridge Team and we were successful in attracting 526 participants. We hope to arrange future events in Cambridgeshire. We look forward to continuing to work in partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council to deliver further cycling events. Yours sincerely Melanie Blackman Regional Events Organiser Beating heart disease together Patron HRH The Prince Philip KG KT Chairman of Board of Trustees Howard Hughes FCA Chairman of Council Sir Peter Morris AC PhD FRS FRCS Chief Executive Peter Hollins A Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England Number Head and Registered Office at Greater London House180 Hampstead Road London NW1 7AW Telephone British Heart Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales (225971) and in Scotland (SC039426)

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7 In case of enquiry contact Matthew Bowles Direct Dial: Mr J Smith Transport Policy & Strategy Cambridgeshire County Council Castle Court Castle Hill Cambridge CB3 0AP Environment Planning 17 February 2012 Dear Jeremy Local Sustainable Transport Fund Bid On behalf of Cambridge City Council I am writing to express our support for the bid to the Local Sustainable Transport Fund. The City Council is pleased to see the variety of measures included in the bid that will help cut carbon emissions. The City Council is committed to cutting carbon emissions in Cambridge by 89% by The measures included in the bid, such as those encouraging further cycle usage, expansions in car sharing and further promotion of smarter choice measures are all considered to be key tools in helping to achieve this. The City Council is also supportive of the Travel for Cambridgeshire element of the bid. As a full member and funding partner of the current Cambridgeshire Travel for Work Partnership, the City Council sees value in the expansion of such a concept, in order to cover a wider area and a greater variety of smarter travel initiatives. As such, the City Council has committed funding to the Travel for Work Partnership / Travel for Cambridgeshire up until 2013/14. The City Council looks forward to continuing to work in partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council into the future. Yours sincerely Cllr Tim Ward Executive Councillor for Planning & Sustainable Transport Cambridge City Council, The Guildhall, Cambridge, CB2 3QJ,

8 February 22, 2012 Our ref: L12005 Mr Jeremy Smith Acting Head of Transport Policy & Strategy Economy, Transport and Environment Cambridgeshire County Council Castle Court, Shire Hall, Castle Hill Cambridge CB3 0AP Cambridge Cycling Campaign P.O. Box 204, Cambridge CB4 3FN Phone: fax: Dear Mr Smith, Local Sustainable Transport Fund and Better Bus Area Fund Cambridge Cycling Campaign offers support for both these bids to Government. The LSTF schemes should offer encouragement to many who currently drive to switch their mode to bike, as well as offering greater independence and mobility to young people and others who do not have easy access to cars and live in the area around Cambridge. The BBAF schemes are likely to give small individual benefits to most of the many thousands who cycle within the city each day. Together they should encourage more trips by bike and hence less congestion. Better Bus Area Fund Over recent years the County Council has made good progress on reducing the access for the private car to the City Centre. This has made the city a more pleasant place to shop, work and live. It has also significantly improved the environment for cycling. Unfortunately there are still locations where cars, both parked and rat-running, create conflicts, especially on narrow streets which may be two-way for cycling. Further access restrictions which reduce taxis, private cars, and unnecessary motorised delivery vehicles in St Andrews St, and hence Hobson Street and King Street, are to be welcomed. We strongly support the removal of car parking where this causes congestion, and consider that the reduced delays and conflicts for both buses and bikes far out weighs any revenue gains from parking charges. Station Road, which is very heavily used by both buses and bikes, is one place where conflicts and delays would be very much reduced if the small number of car parking spaces were removed. F o r b e t t e r, s a f e r a n d m o r e c y c l i n g i n a n d a r o u n d C a m b r i d g e Charity no

9 Cambridge Cycling Campaign 2 Improving the reliability of bus services has an additional advantage for those on bikes. Such services should attract some existing car users, which reduces the congestion that causes many of the conflicts with bikes. This can create a multiplier effect, in that it encourages yet more use of both bike and bus as an alternative to car travel in the Cambridge City area. Finally, congestion caused by extended loading times for buses in the City Centre has long created problems for those on bikes. Will the bus stop for 6 seconds, and I should wait behind, or will it be stopped for 2 minutes? The introduction and better use of ticketing systems and smart cards should reduce dwell times at stops. Ultimately, a regime where no tickets are bought on buses would both improve bus times and reduce the problems that variable dwell times at stops cause those on bikes. Local Sustainable Travel Fund We have great concerns that ever increasing levels of longer distance motor traffic on the A14, A10 and some approach roads discourage even existing cyclists. We are also concerned that proposed improvements on main roads will not change this. The LSTF bid can give alternatives for the many short trips using these roads. Hence we are pleased to see that it is proposed to improve access to, and facilities on, some of the alternative routes. The cycle path alongside the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway has proved to be a great success, especially now it has a blacktop surface throughout the length. Many, for whom it is too far to cycle to their ultimate destination, will use a combination of modes. Cycles are not generally permitted on buses, and severe restrictions are imposed on taking normal bikes on peak hour trains. Hence improved cycle access to bus stops and rural rail stations, as well as secure cycle parking at such locations, can give significant benefits. On both these radial routes there are significant developments, such as business parks that tend to be very car-dominated and difficult for access by bike. Ensuring improved cycle access to these locations should easily capture some existing car trips of under a couple of miles from local villages, as well as enabling access for those without cars. In Conclusion We welcome and support both submissions. Executed well they should provide long lasting benefits, well beyond the period of funding, for those on bikes in the Cambridge area. Because they enable easier trips by bike, modal switch is highly likely, reducing congestion and saving time for those whose car trips are essential and hence bringing significant nonuser benefits. These benefits should not just be a saving in time, but also to improved health and reduction in CO 2 outputs. We are aware that, despite best endeavours, some schemes can have unintended consequences for those on bikes, some early traffic calming schemes being good examples. We would welcome liaison with officers on the details for these proposed schemes at an appropriate time, to ensure suitability for cycling, and the best value for money spent. Yours sincerely, on behalf of Cambridge Cycling Campaign, Jim Chisholm Liaison Officer

10 Ravinder S Dhillon MA MBA RIBA MAPM FRSA Head of Estate Development Mr Jeremy Smith Acting Head of Transport Policy and Strategy Cambridgeshire County Council Box No: CC1214 Castle Court Shire Hall Castle Hill Cambridge CB3 0AP 24 February 2012 Dear Mr Smith, I am writing to express the University s support for measures contained in the County Council s bid to the Department of Transport Local Sustainable Transport Fund for infrastructure improvements and resources to support travel planning. Yours sincerely, Paul Milliner Senior Planning Officer 74 Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1RW Tel: Fax: Ravinder.Dhillon@admin.cam.ac.uk

11 Mr J Smith Acting Head of Transport Policy & Strategy Cambridgeshire County Council Box No. CC1214 Castle Court Shire Hall Castle Hill Cambridge CB3 0AP 31 January 2012 Dear Mr Smith SUPPORT FOR THE LOCAL SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT FUND BID I am pleased to offer the support of the Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce for the County Council s bid to the Local Sustainable Transport Fund. As the county s largest business support organisation the Chamber is well aware of the congestion problems that appertain to both the A14 and the A10 corridors and the impact this has on businesses and the local economy. In my position as Chief Executive of the Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce I played a key role in the development of the Greater Cambridge, Greater Peterborough Enterprise Partnership and I currently sit on the LEP Board as one of the key business representatives alongside both the County Council and the District Councils. I therefore understand the need to promote and facilitate sustainable transport in the county in order to secure economic growth and prosperity across the area. It will be particularly important to reduce the use of the existing road infrastructure to facilitate the development of the Enterprise Zone on the Alconbury Airfield site, near Huntingdon as the A14 corridor will be essential to ensure effective linkage throughout the East of England as well as to the docks at Felixstowe.

12 For many years the Chamber has been an active supporter of the Travel for Work Partnership and currently sits on the Partnership Steering Group. This means we are fully aware of the benefits to be gained by businesses through encouraging their employees to find more sustainable methods of travelling to work - including the health and productivity benefits to be gained from the promotion of cycling and walking. We also know that it takes considerable time and effort to achieve behavioural change but over a number of years the Travel for Work partnership has developed effective partnership working that has brought about behavioural change and I am therefore pleased to see that TfW will play an instrumental role in implementing the LSTF project. The Chamber will continue to work in partnership with the County Council and TfW to bring about the success of the LSTF project and I feel strongly that the project will bring benefits to local businesses both during the lifetime of the fund and beyond. Yours sincerely John Bridge OBE Chief Executive

13 Challenge for Change Ltd University Gate East Bristol BS1 5UB Tuesday 3 rd January 2012 Dear Mike, Re: Cambridgeshire County Council Local Sustainable Transport Fund letter of support On behalf of Challenge for Change Limited, I am writing to express our full support for Cambridgeshire County Council s bid to the Department for Transport Local Sustainable Transport fund. CTC Challenge for Change supports the bid which proposes a package of sustainable transport measures that will reduce congestion and meet environmental and economic goals in Cambridgeshire. Having worked locally to deliver the Workplace Cycle Challenge Programme, CTC Challenge for Change believe that that there is great potential to encourage more people to cycle more often in Cambridgeshire. The proposed package of measures is set out to become a great success. We welcome the opportunity to work with Cambridgeshire County Council to help deliver this proposal and wish them every success with their bid. Yours sincerely, Sam Robinson Business Development Manager Challenge for Change sam@challengeforchange.com Challenge for Change Ltd - University Gate East, Park Row, Bristol, BS1 5UB. Company Reg. No VAT Reg. No

14 Martin Lucas-Smith and Simon Nuttall CycleStreets Ltd 80b York Street Cambridge CB1 2PY 20 th February 2012 Mr Jeremy Smith Acting Head of Transport Policy and Strategy) Economy, Transport and Environment Cambridgeshire County Council Box No: CC1214 Castle Court Shire Hall Castle Hill Cambridge CB3 0AP Dear Jeremy, Cambridgeshire s Local Sustainable Transport Fund bid 2012 On behalf of CycleStreets, I am writing to confirm our support for the cycling proposals within the County s LSTF bid. We are keen to see Cambridgeshire continue its leading work to increase cycle usage by making the route network more cycle-friendly and developing new routes, thereby improving the accessibility of Cambridgeshire as it grows, but in a way which is sustainable. We feel the County will be in an excellent position to implement the proposals in its LSTF bid, having demonstrated a record of delivery through the Cycling Demonstration Town programme. We are a not-for-profit local organisation committed to encouraging the use of bicycles by the application and provision of technology and mapping. We run the UK-wide cycle journey planner at and have been working over the last year with the DfT (through their contractor CCG) to make wider use of the cycling route data that has been collected. We have previously worked with Cycle Cambridge to establish Cycling Sorted, a website that allows the public to lodge their suggestions for improvements to cycling facilities and for cycle parking. It is good see that, as predicted, it has enabled the County to build up a database establishing clear demand from local people for specific improvements that would make cycling easier. We are keen to see wider use of this tool county-wide, as well as the further promotion of journey planning tools that we have developed to assist more people to take up cycling. We are hopeful that our current project, Cyclescape, will be able to facilitate wider partnership working between the County Council and local stakeholder groups. We look forward to working with you to help grow the levels of cycling in both Cambridge and the county as a whole.

15 Martin Lucas-Smith and Simon Nuttall Developers / Directors, CycleStreets Ltd Company No CycleStreets governing documents include a not-for-profit clause.

16 EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL LEADER OF THE COUNCIL THE GRANGE, NUTHOLT LANE ELY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB7 4EE Telephone: Ely (01353) DX41001 ELY Fax: (01353) Helen Marshall Cambridgeshire County Council My Ref: PM/Ldr/Marshall-LST Bid 16 th February 2012 To Whom it May Concern Local Sustainable Transport Fund Bid - Getting Cambridgeshire to Work I am writing to confirm my Council s support for the Local Sustainable Transport bid Getting Cambridgeshire to Work which has been co-ordinated and put forward by Cambridgeshire County Council. The Ely Cambridge transport corridor is one which is of crucial importance to our District as we seek to enable sustainable growth to take place in this area. The District Council has plans for significant growth in the Ely area, not just for housing but also to develop the City as an employment hub. Some 49% of our workforce currently commutes out of the District for work, many of them along the A10 corridor. This leads to substantial delays and congestion, and it is a discouragement to business investment in our area surveys of local businesses in East Cambridgeshire regularly highlight their concern about the congestion on the road transport network and particularly along this corridor. Promotion of more sustainable travel and targeting the commuter journey therefore aligns very closely with the Council s plans for the area. We are working closely with the rail authorities to seek ways in which local station access issues can be addressed and for better integration between the various transport modes, so that local people are encouraged to use this more sustainable transport mode. In the longer term the emerging East Cambridgeshire Local Plan is likely to identify the Ely Station gateway as a key opportunity site for regeneration as an employment hub and transport interchange. We believe that the investment outlined in the Getting Cambridgeshire to Work package will make a significant and cost effective contribution to the objectives of sustainable transport along this corridor, facilitating growth in the future and are pleased to support this bid and work with Cambridgeshire County Council to deliver elements of this programme. Yours faithfully Cllr Peter Moakes Leader of the Council

17 University of Hertfordshire College Lane Campus Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK Jeremy Smith Head of Transport Policy and Strategy Cambridgeshire County Council Shire Hall Castle Hill Cambridge CB3 0AP 16 February 2012 Dear Jeremy Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) Bid - Cambridgeshire EValu8 Transport Innovations Ltd is pleased to support Cambridgeshire County Council's bid for LSTF funding from the Department for Transport. As the company delivering the Government's 'Plugged in Places' initiative in the East of England, we are keen to continue expanding our growing network of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in the County and in the wider East of England. This will build upon and complement our emerging network in the Cambridge area including proposed installations at a number of important sites such as Cambridge Science Park. We are grateful for the support you have already given us through your active participation in our Project Steering Group and look forward to working with you on delivery of further EV charging points following what will hopefully be a successful bid for LSTF funds. Yours sincerely Eur Ing Dr Keith I Bevis Managing Director keith.bevis@evalu8-ti.org.uk EValu8 Transport Innovations Limited is a wholly owned company of the University of Hertfordshire. Registered in England and Wales under number VAT Number:

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19 Jeremy Smith Transport Policy and Strategy Cambridgeshire County Council CC 1214, Castle Court Castle Hill CAMBRIDGE CB3 0AP Geraint Hughes Partnerships Manager Greater Anglia Floor 2, East Anglia House Great Eastern Street Shoreditch London EC2A 3EH Date 22 February 2012 Dear Jeremy, LOCAL SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT BID: ELY-CAMBRIDGE CORRIDOR I write to confirm Greater Anglia s strong support for Cambridgeshire s innovative Local Sustainable Transport Fund bid. The Ely to Cambridge corridor presents a number of challenges for the Greater Anglia franchise, both in terms of responding to growth and improving access to stations. The work completed with East Cambridgeshire District Council and the County Council on a station travel plan for Ely has confirmed the value of the partnership approach and has resulted in a clear programme of measuress that will tackle issues raised by our customers and potential customers. This work has been used to shape the LSTF bid, and is also being used to define projects to improve station facilities, which we hope will be funded throughh the National Stations Improvement Programme or the Stations Commercial Property Fund. However, this bid takes things a stage further, tackling specific challenges around cycle parking, pedestrian access and forecourt design, as well as some of the soft interventions such as personalised travel planning and marketing of sustainable travel alternatives for the journey to the station. All of these will make a significant contribution towards achieving the goals of the Station Travel Plan. Registered office: Abellio Greater Anglia Ltd 5 Fleet Place, London EC4M 7RD Registered in Englands No: An Abellio company

20 Our contributions to the partnership in respect of Ely might therefore be: Funding of other projects identified through the station travel plan to complement the LSTF programme, including ticket hall improvements Matched funding from our franchise commitments on cycle parking to supplement the LSTF proposal for a Cycle Hub at the station Options for combined marketing exercises to promote rail travel and sustainable access to the station Resources and project development assistance through our Partnerships Manager and additional support from our Commercial Team and the Area Manager (Ely). At Cambridge station, we have franchise commitments to implement a major improvement to the ticket hall, funded primarily through a S106 agreement with the CB1 developer, but we wish to supplement this through provision of a Cycle Point facility. This willl build on the success of the innovative project at Leeds station completed by our sister company Northern Rail, providing the first facility in this country comparable with cycle rail installations in the Netherlands. The LSTF bid, combined with our own business commitments, therefore provides our customers with a realistic and viable opportunity for a seamless bike-rail-bike journey between Ely and Cambridge, which we are anxious to exploit. We are therefore very pleased to be able to support this excellent bid and commend it to the Department of Transport. Geraint Hughes Partnership Manager T: +44 (0) M: +44 (0) E: geraint.hughes@greateranglia.co.uk Registered office: Abellio Greater Anglia Ltd 5 Fleet Place, London EC4M 7RD Registered in Englands No: An Abellio company