We have updated our transport insights document for Q3 2025 – available on this page: Transport Data Insights.
Headlines from Q3 2025:
- Vehicular flows on the strategic road network are now 19% above pre-COVID levels; with the M11 (+16%) and sensors in Huntingdonshire (+36%) seeing particularly strong recoveries.
- Vehicular flows on the local road network are only 1% below pre-COVID levels; and are 1% below this time last year (September 2024).
- Multi-storey car park usage in Cambridge remains below 2019 levels (-16%). Queen Anne Terrace Car Park usage remains furthest ahead of pre-COVID (+9%); whereas Grafton East usage is furthest below pre-COVID (-61%).
- Retail footfall in central Cambridge is only 4% below pre-COVID levels. Tuesdays (+2%) and Sundays (+<1%) remain the only days of the week to see footfall levels above 2019, whereas Wednesdays (-13%) are furthest below pre-COVID.
- Average Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) concentrations were 35% below the 2017-2019 baseline in September 2025; suggesting that air pollution levels in central Cambridge are still a little way below those seen pre-COVID.
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.