Fenland businesses call for better transport as council agrees to shake-up
The district council's called for a revised local transport plan for the county
People in Fenland are waiting to find out how local transport can be improved after proposals were turned down at a meeting last month.
The district council has called for a revised plan for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
One of the revisions includes considering opposition in some districts to ideas such as road charging and ways to cut the amount of traffic on Fenland's roads.
Helen Free runs craft shop Rainbow Valley in Chatteris:
"I think it would need major improvements to get people to use public transport rather than cars," she said.
"It would be nice to see regular buses but I can't see it happening or anything changing in the long-term.
"Yarn shops are few and far between, I get people from quite a while away coming in to see me sometimes; trying to get here by public transport is very difficult."
Barry Salters, owner of Busters Emporium & Cafe in Chatteris High Street:
"If you live in Chatteris, you need a car to get anywhere; it's only the locals that are driving through the town and I can't see how it (travel measures) can be changed," he said.
"Unless they update the bus system, to get anywhere, you've got to have a car."
"People who don't drive still need to move around"
Loveland Tawiah runs PC OK in the town and believes those that don't drive also need to be considered.
"I think public transport needs to be improved; it probably takes two hours to go somewhere like Ely and back, so the service needs to be more frequent," he said.
"There are lots of people here who don't drive, so they still need to move around.
"Because we're rural, we don't suffer from a lot of the pollution issues they have in places like Cambridge so we'll probably have to take slower steps in order to achieve what we need to get to (net zero carbon emissions by 2050)."
Last month Dr Nik Johnson, mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, saw his updated Local Transport and Connectivity Plan (LTCP) fail to pass a Combined Authority Board meeting.
The LTCP , which aims to promote more walking and cycling options to more people, had raised concerns earlier this year before consultations over the plans took place in the spring and summer.
Talks on a new transport plan for the county are due to be discussed at Cambridgeshire County Council's full council meeting on October 17.