tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985711776365144891.post9063206799916497088..comments2023-05-19T11:22:45.301+01:00Comments on Your Coleridge Conservative Action Team: What next for the station area?Chris Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00788153276499154335noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985711776365144891.post-57338456405686275462010-04-09T00:56:39.625+01:002010-04-09T00:56:39.625+01:00As Frugal Dougal said, more cycle spaces please. B...As Frugal Dougal said, more cycle spaces please. But again, because the whole thing has been privatised and given that politicians of all parties are calling for this, I fail to see how any private company would be interested in making any changes unless a) failure to do so would cost them money, or b) someone paid them - i.e. the tax payer.<br /><br />This is one of the big problems with privatisation of anything - private companies deliver against contracts, not against political pressure unless the latter costs them in terms of profits.<br /><br />On another point re: local government, what difference do local councillors make? Are local authorities primarily driven by officials or do local councillors really have influence over both policy and delivery?<br /><br />Coming back to the Station Road area, it's good to see news about extra platforms at the station that I'm hearing from the grapevine. What I would like to see is communication between Stagecoach and the train companies in terms of when trains arrive and when buses leave. There's nothing more frustrating coming back from a hard day in London to face a half an hour wait for a City1/3 to take you back home. <br /><br />My journey to/from work involves Citi-3/Train/Tube. (Doesn't "Citi" breach Plain English Campaign rules about not being able to spell properly? Maybe we should tax companies that have names that are not in the Oxford English Dictionary in order to pay off the deficit!)<br /><br />How to get the public involved? Mixture of ideas such as:<br />- encouraging people from the public sector to go into schools/residential homes etc to publicise the cases<br />- working with local supermarkets (i.e. where people go for essentials) <br />- notices at bus stops/ Cambridge station<br />- the voluntary and community sector - we've got enough churches in our area for example<br />- social networking sites<br />- Even getting together with all of the other political parties and saying that "This issue goes beyond party politics and we, the political parties of this area would like you to get involved"<br /><br />After all, on the last point there are various cross-party committees in Parliament. How about you all make it happen locally?<br /><br />After all, there is a huge responsibility on all political parties to rebuild trust in the political system after what's happened in recent years...Equinoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985711776365144891.post-30164889991967455782010-04-08T23:50:46.331+01:002010-04-08T23:50:46.331+01:00There is already a bridge linking the station to t...There is already a bridge linking the station to the leisure centre - Hills Road Bridge. All it needs is a set of steps on the station side to match those already in place on the leisure centre side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985711776365144891.post-77039789508394912502010-04-05T22:23:50.812+01:002010-04-05T22:23:50.812+01:00As you, Richard Normington and Nick Hillman have a...As you, Richard Normington and Nick Hillman have all mentioned before, we could also do with loads more cycle-parking spaces.Frugal Dougalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459572116047155640noreply@blogger.com