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.
Evidence at last of progress on the missing link in the south ramp for the Chisholm Trail river bridge.
Over the months this pop-up lane closure, which forced left-turning cyclists into the path of through traffic, has gradually moved to the left and is becoming less of a problem.
New zebra crossing, designed to force cyclists into the path of motor vehicles - perhaps a shared-use bypass could be provided to the left?
Presumably this refers only to motor vehicles - this is the route to the St Edmund's College cycle sheds.
The new cycleway continues alongside the road while pedestrians presumably are led to the right for a safer crossing of this dead-end road.
The new cycleway continues alongside the road while pedestrians presumably are led to the left for a safer crossing of this dead-end side road.
I really hoped that contractors had been told to destroy all these awful Cyclists Dismount signs, but no, here's another one. Unacceptable!
Nice - a link so cyclists can cross one side of Madingley Road then use the lights to cross the other side.
Cycle parking at the Rutherford Building, West Cambridge (with some of those awful old 'high-density' racks in the background)
No dropped kerb - wheelchairs cannot get from the car park to the Civil Engineering building (there's a gazebo on the footway to the left).
The only way from the car park to the Civil Engineering building - with a No Cycling sign at the end
Why on earth are they so determined not to let people get through to the Civil Engineering building?
If you're cycling on the shared-use footway, there's a temporary ramp and diversion. If you're using the on-road cycle lane, you're a bit stuffed.
This looks unofficial but in the corner of B&Q car storage area is one space hashed out and with a blob of tarmac to make a smooth transition.
Start of an impenetrable hedge which stretches a couple of hundred metres, including past a crossing.
Obviously there's a cycleway to the left, but it would be good to have an Except Cycles plate under the No Through Road sign.
Of course it's more important to have a statutory lawyer's notice about trespass on the busway than a usable sign for the National Cycle Network.
Access to this new park is directly from the guided busway. How can that be safe? No dropped kerb, so no wheelchair/cycle access.
Guided bus waiting at bollards/lights to continue on the guided busway - cyclists should turn left for the parallel route.
Cycle route sign well after cyclists need to have turned left - and it's hidden by the Caution - Bollards sign which isn't needed as only qualified bus drivers use this road. The route sign needs moving to where cyclists have to turn left.
It would be good to have a contraflow cycleway, or failing that, some indication that the multi-storey car park is in the middle of a one-way circuit.
One small house with three cars (one hidden) - despite having cycle and bus routes to Addenbrooke's and central Cambridge. What a waste.
Absolutely no attempt to complete the 'strategic cycleway' and link to the Clay Farm Community Garden
Absolutely no attempt to complete the 'strategic cycleway' between these two parts of the Clay Farm development.
Gate and railing at cattle grid on Stourbridge Common leave ncn51 with a clear width of just 1.15m. The adjacent gate when open leaves just 1.0m.
One (of previously two) cattle grids has at some time been removed where ncn51 crosses Coldham's Brook on Stourbridge Common.
ncn51 on Stourbridge Common is rendered just 1.3m wide by greenery, and the other side is crumbling.
Access to office development, Trumpington - this needs to be kept clear (cones to stop people driving through are not enough)
This pothole has been filled, the ones around the corner on West Road have been marked up but left for later. Joined-up thinking?
Rush hour congestion on New Street, Cambridge. The motor vehicle storage on both sides of this street make it difficult for cycles to pass the queueing traffic in either direction. Note: this section of the street is two-way for all t ... [more]
Flooding reported at: https://highwaysreporting.cambridgeshire.gov.uk?id=00367924. Reference: 00367924 Date reported: 04/05/2021 Fault type: Flooding Address: MILL ROAD, CAMBRIDGE Location: Outside coop Mill Road Cambridge Descri ... [more]
This pothole never really goes away (see #20469, #80314, #107251) but it's particularly bad at the moment, and the county is ignoring requests for it to be fixed.
The Coton M11 bridge has finally reopened, and the Coton Path seems to have been rebuilt the whole way from the bridge to Coton.
The Coton M11 bridge has finally reopened, with new surfacing on either side (but not on the bridge itself).
The Coton M11 bridge has finally reopened, with new surfacing on either side (but not on the bridge itself).
The Coton M11 bridge has finally reopened, with new surfacing on either side (but not on the bridge itself).
The Coton M11 bridge has finally reopened, with new surfacing on either side (but not on the bridge itself).
The Coton M11 bridge has finally reopened, with new surfacing on either side (but not on the bridge itself).
The Coton M11 bridge has finally reopened, with new surfacing on either side (but not on the bridge itself).
New crossing island at the west end of the shared-use path on the south side of Madingley Road, Cambridge.
Plaque on the 'CTC bench' - The Cyclists Touring Club Cambridge have met here since 11 May 1921 - just a couple of weeks until their centenary !
Not sure why I'd go to the left to get to Addenbrooke's Hospital when there's a decent direct route just to the right.
A big white van KY60 HJV is squatting on the busy footway between the Cambridge Retail Park and the Beehive Centre. Untaxed uninsured and a persistent problem here. Anything you can do to shift it @CambridgeCops ? https://t.co/kEwfPLOUWO
Still work to do on the ramp south of the Chisholm Trail bridge, where conditions were tricky on the old alignment of the brook.
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