Today's Huntingdon & St Ives News & Crier (9 August, page 19) includes a full page devoted to the busway's first birthday. Chris Havergal asks whether the celebrations are justified. Although the number of journeys ( 2.5 million) in the first year is above target, it includes journeys made in guided buses off the busway, and bus operators do not expect fully to recoup their investments until Northstowe new town is built. Has the busway been 'value for money'? What evidence is there that the busway has reduced traffic on the A14? Finally there is the court case between Cambridgeshire County Council and BAM Nuttall still to be resolved - the case will not start until January 2014.
A similar article can be viewed on the Cambridge News website here.
There are two letters in the News & Crier ( 9 August, page 6) about the Station Road bus stop in St Ives. Note that this bus stop is still unfinished : the top layer of tar hasn't been added, and there is no shelter.
Comments from readers of this blog welcome. What have been your experiences of the busway?
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