We have updated our transport insights document for Q3 2024 – available in slide pack and pdf formats on this page: Transport Data Insights
Headlines from Q3 2024:
- Total Park & Ride passenger numbers continue to exceed pre-COVID levels. Volumes are now at 22% above those seen in September 2019.
- Vehicular flows on the strategic road network are now 10% above pre-COVID levels; with the M11 continuing to experience a particularly strong recovery (+30%).
- Local road vehicular flow sits just above pre-COVID levels (+5%) for the first time since the pandemic. This is based on a small sample size (4 roads in Cambridge) so care is advised when using this figure.
- Multi-storey car park use in Cambridge (-12%) remains below 2019 levels on weekdays and weekends. This may partly account for the large increase in P&R usage.
- Retail footfall in central Cambridge is 11% below pre-COVID levels, and 7% below this time last year (September 2023).
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.