CPCA Funding Committee in early January, and it appears all of the documents about the Bus Depot are exempt... wouldn't want the public knowing how they're spending Bus funding...?
democracy.cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
democracy.cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
December 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
CPCA Funding Committee in early January, and it appears all of the documents about the Bus Depot are exempt... wouldn't want the public knowing how they're spending Bus funding...?
democracy.cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
democracy.cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
Yes the acronym packed documents from the local authority are frustrating, BSIP is bus service improvement plan, the other one is something about Department of “Levelling Up” and communities.
December 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Yes the acronym packed documents from the local authority are frustrating, BSIP is bus service improvement plan, the other one is something about Department of “Levelling Up” and communities.
I see moving the Peterborough depot has come up again, yet all £6,598,000 of Capital funding in this years BSIP went fully in to “Supporting the delivery” of new depots, along with £20m of “Borrowing and funding from DLUHC“
December 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I see moving the Peterborough depot has come up again, yet all £6,598,000 of Capital funding in this years BSIP went fully in to “Supporting the delivery” of new depots, along with £20m of “Borrowing and funding from DLUHC“
And above it, on the ground that has to be dug up, build active travel routes…
December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
And above it, on the ground that has to be dug up, build active travel routes…
...routes they directly finance/contract. Seeing that not just with routes that have been contracted after being dropped by a commercial operator, but also in the new Tiger branded routes, and the new upcoming routes (9/10/X31). They need to do so much more to tell people, and get bus ridership up.
December 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
...routes they directly finance/contract. Seeing that not just with routes that have been contracted after being dropped by a commercial operator, but also in the new Tiger branded routes, and the new upcoming routes (9/10/X31). They need to do so much more to tell people, and get bus ridership up.
Free car parking, while "in the manifesto" as we keep hearing, doesn't seem the right thing for "now". Of course there's a huge majority of people who are car drivers who will want that over anything else... (and a bridge re-opening)
CPCA have been terrible at promoting bus usage, even on the...
CPCA have been terrible at promoting bus usage, even on the...
December 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Free car parking, while "in the manifesto" as we keep hearing, doesn't seem the right thing for "now". Of course there's a huge majority of people who are car drivers who will want that over anything else... (and a bridge re-opening)
CPCA have been terrible at promoting bus usage, even on the...
CPCA have been terrible at promoting bus usage, even on the...
Police and Crime Commissioner even taking part in the discussion about Tiger Pass during the Board meeting, and being supportive of it.
December 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Police and Crime Commissioner even taking part in the discussion about Tiger Pass during the Board meeting, and being supportive of it.
Yes. Maybe it'll sink in over time (I think it's starting, tbh) that the one thing the combined authority actually have an ability to improve (and have 'some control' over), being buses, they should put full focus on that and not the things that aren't actually part of their control.
December 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Yes. Maybe it'll sink in over time (I think it's starting, tbh) that the one thing the combined authority actually have an ability to improve (and have 'some control' over), being buses, they should put full focus on that and not the things that aren't actually part of their control.
Response is about having to make the Tiger pass financially sustainable. Obvious answer there is surely:
1) Don't pay for free car parking then this coming year, spend it on buses instead
2) If more people use the buses in general, including Tiger Pass, it'll make them all more sustainable
1) Don't pay for free car parking then this coming year, spend it on buses instead
2) If more people use the buses in general, including Tiger Pass, it'll make them all more sustainable
December 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Response is about having to make the Tiger pass financially sustainable. Obvious answer there is surely:
1) Don't pay for free car parking then this coming year, spend it on buses instead
2) If more people use the buses in general, including Tiger Pass, it'll make them all more sustainable
1) Don't pay for free car parking then this coming year, spend it on buses instead
2) If more people use the buses in general, including Tiger Pass, it'll make them all more sustainable
Watching the Board meeting online now, never seen so many members of the public in the room, and all four questions are about the Tiger pass in what appears (but may not be) a well organised push to ensure the Tiger pass gets continued by student groups. Even a (news/camera) crew there filming.
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Watching the Board meeting online now, never seen so many members of the public in the room, and all four questions are about the Tiger pass in what appears (but may not be) a well organised push to ensure the Tiger pass gets continued by student groups. Even a (news/camera) crew there filming.
Seems this "permanent Tiger Pass scheme" is just to last for another financial year - nothing planned for beyond March 2027, as the government might not continue the national bus fare cap
Cambridgeshire's Tiger Pass scheme could be extended until 2027
The young people's bus pass will be discussed by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Seems this "permanent Tiger Pass scheme" is just to last for another financial year - nothing planned for beyond March 2027, as the government might not continue the national bus fare cap
...to find that, when they get there, there's "nothing for them"? (sometimes not even a reliable 4G mobile signal)
December 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
...to find that, when they get there, there's "nothing for them"? (sometimes not even a reliable 4G mobile signal)
Having read through some of the comments on the Huntingdonshire Local Plan consultation (comments are public once approved) the view seems quite echoed by a few too.
That said, if a rural town has low transport connectivity, low workplace access, what good people moving in to 'affordable' homes...
That said, if a rural town has low transport connectivity, low workplace access, what good people moving in to 'affordable' homes...
December 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Having read through some of the comments on the Huntingdonshire Local Plan consultation (comments are public once approved) the view seems quite echoed by a few too.
That said, if a rural town has low transport connectivity, low workplace access, what good people moving in to 'affordable' homes...
That said, if a rural town has low transport connectivity, low workplace access, what good people moving in to 'affordable' homes...
What would be interesting in this tool, is if you could "place" a destination, such as health destination, or education destination, or workplace, and see a comparative map of how it improves (or not) the area around it - SimCity/Cities Skylines style. Simulate where there could be demand/benefit.
December 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What would be interesting in this tool, is if you could "place" a destination, such as health destination, or education destination, or workplace, and see a comparative map of how it improves (or not) the area around it - SimCity/Cities Skylines style. Simulate where there could be demand/benefit.
Health destinations by Walking, vs Education by Walking, in the Alconbury Weald area.
This data really appears to show where facilities have, or haven't, been provided when places have been built/grown, and how it's not consistent across all destination types or modes of travel - planning fails?
This data really appears to show where facilities have, or haven't, been provided when places have been built/grown, and how it's not consistent across all destination types or modes of travel - planning fails?
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Health destinations by Walking, vs Education by Walking, in the Alconbury Weald area.
This data really appears to show where facilities have, or haven't, been provided when places have been built/grown, and how it's not consistent across all destination types or modes of travel - planning fails?
This data really appears to show where facilities have, or haven't, been provided when places have been built/grown, and how it's not consistent across all destination types or modes of travel - planning fails?
Surprisingly poor 'health' (destination) by 'walking' (mode of transport) score for West Cambridge, especially around the university site and parts of Eddington...?
December 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Surprisingly poor 'health' (destination) by 'walking' (mode of transport) score for West Cambridge, especially around the university site and parts of Eddington...?
'Health' destinations by Walking, vs 'Residential' by Walking.
Shows how some places, especially rural (market towns), drop off very quickly on the health, vs the rural residential properties that are more broadly spread across wider (sparse) areas
Shows how some places, especially rural (market towns), drop off very quickly on the health, vs the rural residential properties that are more broadly spread across wider (sparse) areas
December 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
'Health' destinations by Walking, vs 'Residential' by Walking.
Shows how some places, especially rural (market towns), drop off very quickly on the health, vs the rural residential properties that are more broadly spread across wider (sparse) areas
Shows how some places, especially rural (market towns), drop off very quickly on the health, vs the rural residential properties that are more broadly spread across wider (sparse) areas
'Public transport: All forms of public transport are grouped into one mode for the purposes of the Connectivity Tool Lite. This includes buses (including some demand-responsive services), coaches, trains, ferries, light rail, trams and metro systems'
but Tiger on Demand DRT not included on map?
but Tiger on Demand DRT not included on map?
December 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
'Public transport: All forms of public transport are grouped into one mode for the purposes of the Connectivity Tool Lite. This includes buses (including some demand-responsive services), coaches, trains, ferries, light rail, trams and metro systems'
but Tiger on Demand DRT not included on map?
but Tiger on Demand DRT not included on map?
Changing to 'show local authority view' and 'show authority band' is "interesting", especially when picking between modes of travel, as shown in the images same area, on the left image 'driving' on the right image 'public transport'
(bus stop icons overlay was also showing in these examples)
(bus stop icons overlay was also showing in these examples)
December 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Changing to 'show local authority view' and 'show authority band' is "interesting", especially when picking between modes of travel, as shown in the images same area, on the left image 'driving' on the right image 'public transport'
(bus stop icons overlay was also showing in these examples)
(bus stop icons overlay was also showing in these examples)
And while I've not looked enough to confirm yet, it appears it uses 'proximity' to a place (eg: bus stop) and not "can you actually safely walk it" (eg: footpath) using National Travel Survey 'willingness to travel', rather than if people actually do travel that distance to access that/those things?
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
And while I've not looked enough to confirm yet, it appears it uses 'proximity' to a place (eg: bus stop) and not "can you actually safely walk it" (eg: footpath) using National Travel Survey 'willingness to travel', rather than if people actually do travel that distance to access that/those things?
Interesting find, thanks for sharing!
I note that with opacity turned down, places with '1' score (worst connectivity) show through the 'green' on map, such as Great Fen, and multiple places across the Fens, which is the colour for '~50' ('average' connectivity). Base map should maybe be mono?
I note that with opacity turned down, places with '1' score (worst connectivity) show through the 'green' on map, such as Great Fen, and multiple places across the Fens, which is the colour for '~50' ('average' connectivity). Base map should maybe be mono?
December 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Interesting find, thanks for sharing!
I note that with opacity turned down, places with '1' score (worst connectivity) show through the 'green' on map, such as Great Fen, and multiple places across the Fens, which is the colour for '~50' ('average' connectivity). Base map should maybe be mono?
I note that with opacity turned down, places with '1' score (worst connectivity) show through the 'green' on map, such as Great Fen, and multiple places across the Fens, which is the colour for '~50' ('average' connectivity). Base map should maybe be mono?
I've been watching a channel for months and just catching up with some recently posted ones - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vehz... is well worth a watch
(ticket machine not scanning passes, and then failing completely - driver not in wrong. Got to wonder how it affects LA measuring pax numbers/funding)
(ticket machine not scanning passes, and then failing completely - driver not in wrong. Got to wonder how it affects LA measuring pax numbers/funding)
DAY IN A LIFE OF A BUS DRIVER - Doing an Early Finish!
YouTube video by Bus Driver Froosh
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I've been watching a channel for months and just catching up with some recently posted ones - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vehz... is well worth a watch
(ticket machine not scanning passes, and then failing completely - driver not in wrong. Got to wonder how it affects LA measuring pax numbers/funding)
(ticket machine not scanning passes, and then failing completely - driver not in wrong. Got to wonder how it affects LA measuring pax numbers/funding)