The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway; claimed to be "a reliable, fast and frequent service, a genuine public transport alternative to driving in to Cambridge on the busy A14". Having traveled by bus from St Ives to Cambridge every working day since 13th April, I am somewhat disapointed to find out that it will actually take longer to get into Cambridge from St Ives (approx 33 minutes http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E8A447E2-C4E8-4A94-9B21-EC305F1F8B25/0/GuidedBuswayFactSheet.pdf) compared to the already existing 55 service (pretty much always takes 30 minutes).
For those of you who have not heard of the Busway, someone thought it would be a terrific idea to rip out pre-existing train tracks, install giant slabs on concrete and run buses backwards and fowards for 15 miles. Apparently the line of thought was that this would take more cars off the road rather than a regular, reliable, clean train service.
Raise your glasses to progress(!).
Lju
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