The plans for Jubilee Square involve creating gardens to replace a car park in St Nicholas Place and move the taxi rank and park-and-ride bus stop.

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Recognition may have taken a while, but Spencer - bemused at being recognised on a Kent park-and-ride bus recently - senses a shift in attitudes.

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Its scheme, which also suggests greater use of park-and-ride schemes, and better co-ordination of bus, cycle and train routes, is a response to Cardiff council's own local development plan.

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Last year Bath and North East Somerset Council opted to scrap a rapid transit bus route through the city and shelve plans for a park-and-ride at Bathampton Meadows.

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