Cycling in Cambridge
Cambridge has the highest levels of cycling in the UK, with about 25% of commuter journeys and an estimated 20% of journeys in general.
Cambridge was awarded Cycling Demonstration Town status in 2008 and that led to £5 million investment in cycling over a 3 year period.
There are many good quality facilities for cyclists and walkers, e.g. the many specialised bridges which create shortcuts to many areas. But there are also many problems remaining, and a legacy of car-orientated streets.
The main group campaigning for cycling in the area is Cambridge Cycling Campaign, the largest group outside London.
Two of their members are the creators of CycleStreets, and the system is based on the journey planner and photomap which was launched in June 2006 on Cambridge Cycling Campaign's website.
CTC Cambridge organise regular rides in the area.
Latest photos of the area
See also a full list of photos in this area.
Histon Road is now closed southbound except for cyclists - this is the rather messy arrangement at the southern end.
I think this means that pedestrians and cyclists are sharing the same space for about ten metres - but it shouldn't be necessary to dismount.
Histon Road is now closed southbound - most (but not all) of the No Entry signs have Except Cycle signs in place.
Queueing area for Covid-19 vaccinations - cycle stands temporarily out of use, but there are enough others.
The current state of the Addenbrookes-Trumpington path - you can go down Hering Road and then join the path.
This stretch of the fen has been flooded for over a month - there's a free-flowing stream to the right but somehow the cycle path seems to be an impermeable barrier to drainage.
The big (iron?) pipe that was below the footway, and not supported by the scaffolding, has gone. Chisholm Trail underpass site.
Waterproofing of precast sections, and significant digging, in progress on south side of Chisholm Trail underpass.
Chisholm Trail river bridge, north compound. Strong site fence has gone while they work on the edge of the site - being replaced by Heras fencing. Good progress too on building up the ramp to the bridge.
fixtures of individual stands to toastracks under shelter in northeast corner of Trumpington Park&Ride
Fen Causeway has been resurfaced, and the awful ski-jump has gone - but the tatty shared-use path has not been fixed, of course.
Fen Causeway has been resurfaced, although there was no real need at this end - but not the tatty shared-use path, of course.
Almost all the pop-up cycle parking at the Trumpington Park & Ride seems to be firmly welded in one piece.
No Bicycles sign - if they provided something better than wheelbender parking, there wouldn't be an issue.
Trumpington Park 'n' Ride site. Two columns each of 16 toastracks plus 8 toastracks in between the two columns. Each toastrack can accommodate 8 cycles. That's a total of (16 + 16 + 8) * 8 = 320 cycle parking places. These fit into ... [more]
'Easy' utilities suspended and undercut, but water main (?) still not addressed: Chisholm Trail underpass works on south side of Newmarket Road
Bollards are the only sure way to stop this being overrun by motor vehicles. Fixes problem reported in #87878.
An Italian Job on Mill Road, plenty of outrageous driving through pedestrian areas in that movie! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Italian_Job
When the culvert is installed and the sheet piles removed, there is still plenty of work to do to link the end of the jetty to the reinstated riverside path.
The sheet-pile enclosure where we think a culvert is being installed for NCN51 to cross the re-aligned Brook. Safety fence, person/equipment lift, and simple bucket etc crane visible - but no way to see progress within.
This is what greets anyone who wants to use the footbridge while the NCN51 riverside jetty and the NCN51 diversion via Newmarket Road are both closed.
A full red light northbound, just the normal red man southbound - if it was deliberate, it would presumably mean that cyclists could cross on red southbound, but not northbound.
Nonsense! It's a through route for cycles (and why is there a 50-metre gap in the shared-use provision here?)
Showing the repaired pothole of #162424. The worst of it has been fixed, but it looks to me like they missed a bit with that puddle!
Cycleway closed for utility works - coming in to Cambridge it's easy to see a route through the bus stop lay-by, but heading out people just go across the muddy grass.
Scaffolding to support utilities above works on the Chisholm Trail underpass. Fixtures will be concreted into the four holes in the foreground to make sure that nothing moves while the digging is underway.
Scaffolding will support utilities when the ground underneath is dug out for the Chisholm Trail underpass.
Good progress on groundwork for the Chisholm Trail approach to the north side of the Newmarket Road underpass.
A post marking the location of Trinity College Conduit an historic method of providing fresh water to colleges.
New traffic calming on the West Cambridge site (and another being installed on the other side of the road)
While the bridge over the M11 is (still) closed, it looks as if they've done some repairs on the Coton Path.
Success - Norfolk Street now a School Street - long overdue given the danger shown at #91918 and #10532
A shopper is forced to walk the narrow gap between this van and a high hedge. This is the main link for pedestrians between the Retail Park and the Beehive Centre. It is also a shared use cycle route leading to the toucan crossing. Ju ... [more]
Not the largest lorry to be driven into the city centre but I can't help thinking that vehicles of this size and larger (and some that are a bit smaller too) shouldn't be allowed in. This one stopped here for sometime.
There's been criticism of the Covid-19 testing programme for being offered only to people in cars, but here in Cambridge there is also cycle parking.
Utilities under the south-side footway, to be negotiated by the Chisholm Trail underpass at Newmarket Road
I think the vehicle at right of shot is on the approach ramp to the Chisholm Trail river bridge - giving an idea of progress so far.
I guess these are piles stabilising the approach ramp to the south side of the Chisholm Trail river bridge
Nasty pothole on Cherry Hinton Road - with an edge just where most cyclists are likely to be riding. Someone else has already reported this at: https://highwaysreporting.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/?id=358509 Partially repaired a couple of ... [more]
Traffic flow has been reversed through the Histon Road roadworks. This gap is how cyclists are meant to rejoin the road network.
(Presumably) survey marks for the location of the Chisholm Trail bridge over the brook and onto Coldham's Common
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