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.
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Excellent ride this year. Perfect weather and perfect company. No mechanicals either! Here's a picture from the Ely start, 10am. https://t.co/5d7TmvG65J
Cycle parking at Anglesey Abbey NT. (Slightly nearer the main entrance than the bike parking at https://www.cyclestreets.net/location/13566/
Meandering footpath to the left, more direct shared-use path to the right on NCN route 11 - there used to be a segregated cycleway sign (#17892) but it's vanished.
Pedestrian access only for deliveries? Or does it mean Deliveries on foot only, between those hours? And it's actually a No Motor Vehicles zone, so cargo bikes should be allowed.
Ely Museum reopened last year after a £2.2 million refurb. I couldn't see what they got for the money, but it didn't include any cycle parking!
That's Ely Museum in the distance, reopened last year after a £2.2 million refurb. This is the nearest cycle parking!
Downhill cycle lane towards Ely station - but an uphill lane might have made more sense, given the wider speed differential. Also a National Byway route sign.
Since NCN route 11 was re-routed through Jubilee Gardens, the obvious link to Ely station is through this car park.
Since NCN route 11 was re-routed through Jubilee Gardens, the obvious link from Ely station is through this car park.
My guess is that a vehicle has reversed crushing the bike against the rack and bending the rack completely over. The back wheel in particular looks like it has been pressed over the rack. The pedal crank is bent too, so quite a substantial ... [more]
Annual Barometer check at Parker’s Piece. It is completely full to overflowing, suggesting at least 1.5 million bikes. We’re going to need a bigger barometer!
Perhaps the next cycle parking guide needs a sentence or two suggesting that when racks are installed, care should be taken to ensure that people making use of them do not need to wear waders to do so.
Potential access to Chisholm Trail spur from Cityglades access road. Currently blocked by capped-off (disused?) oil pipes.
Abbey Chesterton bridge on the Chisholm Trail. Measured by Martin’s boots (26 December 2021): footway 2.3 meters, cycleway 2.7 metres.
The newest bridge over the river Cam opened today. #ChisholmTrail #TheChisholmTrailIsOpen #ChisholmTrailCambridge https://t.co/WzE0Oaf50D https://twitter.com/acambridgediary https://www.acambridgediary.co.uk/december-2021/ Entry for ... [more]
Hemingford Road was supposed to have been changed to two-way cycling several years ago, but this approach from Coleridge Ridge is guarded by fading no entry signs on a yellow background.
When will local authorities learn? The outcry when barriers were installed at Addenbrooke's Hospital had them removed within a week. Do they think barriers on the Chisholm Trail - a major active travel project - will go unnoticed? Be accep ... [more]
Pedestrian gate, and part of the fence around the cattlegrid, now installed. Several bits still to do.
One of the cattle grids at Midsummer Common/Riverside is broken (two of the bars missing) and someone has marked the danger by flytipping a small fridge @camcitco @cambscc @camcycle https://t.co/BkWYo8D3ln
The repositioned point where the informal east-west path crosses the Trail to head towards the railway footbridge. The route towards the narrow bridge over the brook, leading to the railway bridge, can just be seen at right of shot.
The cattlegrid beside the south ramp is in, and some (but not all) parts of its black fence are on site.
Wayfinding signs waiting to go up. Two direct walkers to Ditton Meadows and riders to Cambridge North and Chesterton. One is for NCN51 towards Fen Ditton and Bottisham. There seem to be at least three more in the heap.
Someone's noticed a deadline: Sunday working to level and roll a section of Trail sublayer next to Barnwell Lake.
The link between Fen Road and the towpath is 'closed' (though walkers can and do get around the side of the barrier at each end). There's nothing obvious yet to explain the closure.
If there had been a proposal for cycle parking here then I expect there would have been quite a fight!
People might think that this refers to parking at the entrance to Grantchester Meadows, but no, it refers to South Green Road, the private close to the right.
There was talk of parking being banned here (except for disabled blue badge holders?) but nothing has happened.
Instructions (with dodgy grammar) on what to do if your bike is stolen from the Grand Arcade cycle park.
The horizontals have been removed from the fence on the west side of the brook. They were on the outside of the posts, which I guess was the wrong side.
This junction between the Trail on Ditton Meadows, and the path from Ditton Walk & Wadloes Road, now has a bit of splay - and a new marker post.
This looks like the top-layer tarmac where the path beside the brook meets NCN51 (or becomes part of rerouted NCN51?). I couldn't tell what the circular inset and lettering (left foreground) signify.
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