Lib Dems say no to ‘Bendy Buses’ in Cambridge
Congratulations to the Cambridge Cycling Campaign for spotting that Cambridgeshire County Council has argued in its published response to the CB1 station area planning application that the development should be designed to accommodate articulated bendy buses 18 metres long.
The Lib Dems are calling on the Conservative administration to drop the idea. It’s worrying enough that the Guided Buses will be 15 metres long, almost ten feet longer than the 12 metre length of the buses currently using the station.
Alex Reid, Lib Dem spokesperson on Environment and Transport at the County Council, said: ‘This is madness. With its constricted street pattern, the last thing Cambridge needs is bendy buses. Because of the hazards that they present to other road users, particularly cyclists, bendy buses are to be withdrawn in London, starting next year. We do not want them here.’
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