On 9 Dec 2005, at 10:47 am, David Chamberlin wrote: > It's OK, it'll never be built, the last paragraph of the press > release gives it away: > > ?Getting permission to build the busway is an important first step, > but we now need the Government to come forward with the funding > they promised for the scheme. We are doing all we can to deliver > the project as quickly as possible but we are now in the hands of > the Government in terms of how quickly they can give us the money > to get on and build the busway.? ;-) 'Fraid not. Looks like it's a done deal news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4511842.stm > > I have really mixed feelings about this project - on the one hand I > can see the sense of a really flexible mode of public transport, on > the other, it will all stand or fall on how the buses cope with the > non-guided sections of route - it may well prove to be just a > quicker way to join a massive gridlock in central Cambridge. > Perhaps now we see another reason why Cambridge will be a trial > area for congestion charging. It seems odd that elsewhere in the UK > light rail/tram is the way to go, which seems to work really well, > but here we are to have the longest guided busway *in the world*. > So we will be the envy of the world. Perhaps. I know what you mean. Although I did like Cast.iron's solution of re- opening and extending the old railway to link us to the East Coast Railway. > > On another, not entirely unrelated, and more Milton-centric matter > - did I see somewhere that Stagecoach Citi route 2 is being > extended to Milton in the New Year? Does anyone know what route it > will take? If this is true, it might make a good alternative to the > Park and Ride for locals. I heard that too. Not sure if there are any details anywhere though. Jen