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 organize regular rides in the area.
Latest photos of the area
See also a full list of photos in this area.
Plans afoot to remove abandoned bikes like those at #102763. https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/cycling
CyclePoint I turned these bikes upside down about a month ago because I'd noticed they'd been missing wheels on a few previous visits. They're still there! But there are plans to clean them out according to signs that are on the next pho ... [more]
St Faith’s is a school. If they want to introduce a one-way system they should apply to Cambridgeshire Highway Authority and that will be considered by the democratic process.
Interesting article from 1997 from the Cambridge Evening News about the closure of Bridge Street. The headline is 'Road Closure less chaotic than feared.'
Guest Road - two way for cycling and great to see that the whole width of the southbound lane has been used.
Willis Road - the one way arrow in the distance on the left verifies that this road is still a one way street, with no contraflow for cycling.
Buses and taxis were queuing along Emmanuel Road. But we don't need to do anything about congestion in Cambridge...
Bollards at the entrance to this useful route. Sign says: 🚶Busway ⅓ 🚲Addenbrooke's 1 (great to see the apostrophe) 🛤Station 2
About an hour after I took the photo #102588 here the poster has been edited, changing shit to chic: Make Romsey Chic again
Anti ‘gentrification’ poster which shows the fading yarn bombed railings on Mill Road bridge with text overlaid: Make Romsey Shit again but see #102589.
Chinese tourists boarding a coach - blocking a mandatory cycle lane - outside the reopened University Hotel. Is this going to become more common?
Two apparently dumped bikes that have been there for a few days. Certainly not in safe rideable condition and which have been reported to the city council abandoned bike service.
Just two stands at the Chemistry of Health building - if they'd put them at 45 degrees they would easily have had space for more.
I think the red section of the road indicates car parking - is that right @CambsCops? @camcitco? @CambsCC? Scotland Road. #cycling @camcycle https://t.co/J5mvszi8cw Note: this is actually Green End Road.
New cycle parking apparently only for users of the Islamic Centre across the road. I suspect some drinkers at the Devonshire Arms may also use it.
The clash between the cycleway sign and the end of cycleway sign (#12277) has finally ended - time and rust have done what regular contact with council cycling officers couldn't do.
Nasty new pothole next to the repair done in March (#97265) - couldn't they just fix the whole stretch of road?
Charles Street where double yellow lines have been introduced on one side of the road, and resident parking bays on the other. This is an improved environment now for pedestrians (who have both footways cleared in principle) and cycling. Co ... [more]
Very odd to have a Closed to Through Traffic sign at the closed end of a dead-end road - there's access for bikes, but the road isn't closed to them anyway.
No, Cranmer Road is not closed - this is the only access to a dead-end road, and there's plenty of room for bikes and indeed cars too.
Gates here too. The spacing of each looks OK but I'm less sure about the width from the wooden bollards either side of the gate in the foreground. See #93346
Guided busway 2 fire engines heading long road. @Cambslive https://t.co/cjHlS7pj9C They were attending a cyclist fatality see #102153.
The solar system on a bike wheel, exhibited at Plurabelle books during the Cambridge Festival of Cycling.
Protected footway access to City Council offices and some cycle parking. Most of the other businesses on the industrial estate have no such features.
This bit of the development only leads to the cycleway and so it appears the speed bump has been specifically put there to slow down cyclists. See #102123.
Sad ofo - reported to @ofosupport The other bike reported to https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/report-an-abandoned-bike
Intermittent cycle parking PLEASE NOTE (bold capitals, the rest is capitals too but too painful for me to do that to you) The users of this bicycle rack do so at their own risk. The management will not accept liability for accidents, da ... [more]
Cambridge Festival of Cycling display, for the Wheels Through Time exhibition in the Cambridgeshire Collection.
Progress on the development of this street corner with the appearance of four more racks, which with the two shown at #101933 make a total of 12 cycle parking spaces.
Unusual wheel holder seemingly fixed to the footway. The groove is a bit too wide and a bit too shallow for a typical cycle wheel, so perhaps this is for some of powered two-wheeler.
Looks like a protected car parking space, procured, somehow, by the local resident's association. It'd be nice if you could do this for cycle parking too...
Rant at ‘cyclists’ who are ‘blocking’ the ‘entire pavement’ and a request to use racks 300 yards away. The challenge here is to change some of the residents' parking spaces to accommodate cycles.
Rant at ‘cyclists’ who are ‘blocking’ the ‘entire pavement’ and a request to use racks 300 yards away. The challenge here is to change some of the residents' parking spaces to accommodate cycles. See detail of the poster a ... [more]
Hotel Bikes Brakes needed tightening on these two when I tried them the levers went all the way back against the handlebars. Also there were signs asking people to 'refrain' from attaching their bikes to the nearby railings.
Racks well used by people of all ages as Cambridge United host Exeter City. Result: 0-2. Attendance 3662 of which 241 were away supporters.
Removal of bike parking here - but apparently to be replaced with 12 spaces. https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/cavendish-road-public-art-consultation https://camcycle.cyclescape.org/threads/2818 These racks originally replaced 3 spaces ... [more]
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