Thread by @RTaylorUK

I oppose charging people to drive in Cambridge. Wealthy people will be able to carry on driving regardless, poorer people will have their freedom curtailed. #GCPMakingConnections

A congestion charge is not a fair tax, it hits people if they can afford it or not. Income taxes are a fairer way of funding public spending. #GCPMakingConnections

Freedom to drive on the roads has been hard-won and we should not erode that lightly. #GCPMakingConnections

A congestion charge will make many aspects of life in Cambridge more expensive. #GCPMakingConnections

While the road network is increasingly covered by number-plate recognition cameras a congestion charging scheme will increase the degree to which people's travel around the city is monitored. I'm concerned about misuse, and disproportionate use, of this data #GCPMakingConnections

Personally identifiable travel data collected by the congestion charge system should only be accessible via a judicial warrant, and there should be transparency over how data is stored and used. #GCPMakingConnections

The proposed charges will unfairly, and unjustifiably, impact those not contributing to congestion, such as those travelling within the city's suburbs. #GCPMakingConnections

We are far from having done all we can to make cycling a safe and attractive option in the city. In particular we need safer junctions and secure cycle parking. #GCPMakingConnections

We should encourage, and enable, use of suitable cycleways and busways by lightweight electric vehicles #GCPMakingConnections

We should continue encouraging developments which give people the option to live closer to where they work. #GCPMakingConnections

I do not believe busses can ever be made as aspirational, comfortable, speedy and convenient as personal cars. Cambridge's aspirations should be greater than better busses. #GCPMakingConnections

We should make the city attractive to those wishing to develop innovative transport schemes eg. driverless pods on off-road routes. The environs of the biomedical campus, city centre, and historic core could be suited to such projects. #GCPMakingConnections

The @CambsCC consultation on charging people to drive in Cambridge closes at midday on 23 December. consultcambs.uk.engagementhq.com/making-connect… Following @greatercambs on Twitter and commenting using the #GCPMakingConnections is one of the official routes for responding, which makes replying easy

The @CambsCC Highways Committee on 12 July 2022 approved @GreaterCambs carrying out a transport consultation on their behalf cambridgeshire.cmis.uk.com/ccc_live/Meeti… but it was @GreaterCambs on 22 September who decided to seek views on a congestion charge. cambridgeshire.cmis.uk.com/ccc_live/Meeti…

A closing date of the consultation of Christmas Eve is surprising. Will officers be analysing responses on Christmas Day? Could respondents have been given more time? #GCPMakingConnections

I've spotted some other consultation responses worth reading:

https://twitter.com/CamSci84/status/1582317484996055040

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChrisHowellCam/status/1604543923132588033

We should make the city attractive to those wishing to develop innovative transport schemes eg. driverless pods on off-road routes. The environs of the biomedical campus, science park, and historic core could be suited to such projects. #GCPMakingConnections

Twitter’s thread presentation can be inconsistent, read this thread at threadreaderapp.com/thread/1605991… #GCPMakingConnections

Road closure points, which deter through traffic, but allow access have worked well in Cambridge. The recent citizen's assembly made them their top congestion reducing measure. We should expand their use.
#GCPMakingConnections Para 8.3 p83 of agenda cambridgeshire.cmis.uk.com/ccc_live/Meeti…