We have updated our transport insights document for Q2 2025 – available on this page: Transport Data Insights.
Headlines from Q2 2025:
- Total Park & Ride passenger numbers continue to exceed pre-COVID levels. Volumes remain 22% above those seen in March 2019, albeit with some site-by-site variation (Babraham Road -9%; Newmarket Road +44%).
- Vehicular flows on the strategic road network are now 1% above pre-COVID levels; with the M11 continuing to see a particularly strong recovery (+22%).
- Vehicular flows on the local road network are 15% below pre-COVID levels; and are 1% below this time last year (June 2024).
- Multi-storey car park usage in Cambridge remains below 2019 levels (-20%). Queen Anne Terrace Car Park usage is 6% ahead of pre-COVID; whereas Park Street Car Park usage is furthest below pre-COVID (-52%), having re-opened in November 2024.
- Retail footfall in central Cambridge is only 2% below pre-COVID levels. Tuesdays (+6%) and Sundays (+1%) are the only day of the week to see footfall levels above June 2019, whereas Thursdays (-5%) are furthest below.
Context: each quarter, the transport sub-section of Cambridgeshire County Council’s Policy & Insight Team publish a slide pack which seeks to summarise how transport and mobility is recovering / has recovered from the impacts of COVID-19.
This includes metrics relating to strategic road usage, local road usage, footfall levels, air quality, car park usage and levels of active travel.
Please get in touch with us if you require the document in an alternative format.