Tags: busway

#38076, nearby

See blog at www.radwagon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/south-cambridge-guided-busway-cyclepath.html Specifically www.radwagon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/south-cambridge-guided-busway-cyclepath.html#Possible

#38075, nearby

See blog at www.radwagon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/south-cambridge-guided-busway-cyclepath.html Specifically www.radwagon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/south-cambridge-guided-busway-cyclepath.html#Possible

#38074, nearby

See blog at http://radwagon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/south-cambridge-guided-busway-cyclepath.html Specifically http://radwagon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/south-cambridge-guided-busway-cyclepath.html#FrankCrick

#37845, nearby

See clip at http://youtu.be/p9SfPNv5ElQ The famous jersey seen on the south section of the Guided Busway Cyclepath near Addenbrookes.

#36541, nearby

Underpath on Milton Road with railway track bridge.

#34494, nearby

A huge improvement on #32246 and #32247 !

#34403, nearby

Lower section of Dutch Culvert

#34402, nearby

Lower section of Dutch Culvert

#34401, nearby

The new section of Dutch Culvert under construction on the Guided Busway

#33510, nearby

cycle bypass at station end of busway

#33509, nearby

cycle bypass at station end of busway

#33508, nearby

cycle bypass at station end of busway

#33507, nearby

cycle bypass at station end of busway

#33506, nearby

cycle bypass at station end of busway

#33505, nearby

cycle bypass at station end of busway

#33504, nearby

cycle bypass at station end of busway

#33503, nearby

cycle bypass at station end of busway

#33502, nearby

New cycle bypass at station end of busway

#33176, nearby

Busway maintenance track blocked by maintenance vehicle (how dare they?) - in fact we crept past on the right.

#32934, nearby

more exposed underlay

#32933, nearby

Detailed view of the make up of the surface material, zoom in on the photo to get a good idea of the quantity of glass in the overlay. It also shows the elevation of the bridleway, the busway is about 200m further down.

#32932, nearby

The inadequate surface covering doesn't even run the length of the bridleway.

#32931, nearby

Sign posts have still not been replaced at either end of the bridleway

#32930, nearby

Exposed underlay near the nature reserve gate at the Over bridleway

#32837, nearby

'No Entry except guided buses' to the cycleway??

#32836, nearby

End of the guided busway at Addenbrooke's - although it looks as if it's intended to continue ahead.

#32595, nearby

Rural Cambridgeshire - Horses Crossing sign, windmill and radio tower.

#32594, nearby

Rural Cambridgeshire - a horse on the cycleway by the guided busway.

#32593, nearby

Cyclists have to use the zebra crossing to reach the start of the cycleway at St Ives!

#32592, nearby

It's not at all clear, but cyclists should use the shared-use footway to the left rather than crossing next to the car trap to reach the cycleway.

#32587, nearby

Cyclists are supposed to use the shared-use footway to the left to reach the cycleway, but some will want to pass next to the car traps here.

#32586, nearby

Cyclists are supposed to leave the cycleway on the shared-use footway to the right, but many will want to use the road here.

#32584, nearby

Double cycle shed at the St Ives Park and Ride stop

#32582, nearby

Dropped kerb needed here for access to the cycleway.

#32581, nearby

Cycleway and busway crossing the Ouse bridge

#32580, nearby

Awful section of cycleway - no pretence of having finished it, which is acceptable if it really is raised above flood level soon.

#32579, nearby

Minimalist guided busway stop at Fen Drayton Reserve - bike locked to the wooden railings.

#32578, nearby

A dip in the cycleway which will probably flood.

#32577, nearby

Bridleway crossing west of Swavesey - unpaved for the next three miles to St Ives. The predictable excess of signs, of course.

#32576, nearby

Which would you choose? - the route with barriers (mainly for horses, it seems) or the one without?

#32575, nearby

Covered cycle parking at the Swavesey/Over guided busway stop.

#32573, nearby

One of the dips in the cycleway that will probably flood.

#32572, nearby

No indication that the cycleway moves to the other side of the guided busway here.

#32571, nearby

Covered cycle parking at the Longstanton guided busway stop.

#32569, nearby

Still under construction - facilities at the Longstanton guided bus stop.

#32568, nearby

I have no idea why they bothered with a few metres of footway on the other side of the cycleway, let alone the pointless Cyclists Dismount signage.

#32566, nearby

No signs to indicate that the cycleway moves to the other side of the guided busway - or which route you should take.

#32565, nearby

Sheltered cycle parking at the Oakington guided bus stop.

#32564, nearby

Route signs by the guided busway - it's good that this has been adopted as a bridleway, but some cycle-specific Sustrans signage would be good too.

#32563, nearby

Barriers on the cycleway by the busway.

#32562, nearby

Path through Histon Wood from the guided busway.

#32561, nearby

Footpaths crossing the guided busway - not easy for everyone.

#32560, nearby

Warning to guided bus drivers of footpath crossings ahead.

#32559, nearby

Covered cycle parking at the Histon guided busway stop.

#32558, nearby

Signs needed here to tell cyclists to turn left for the busway route.

#32358, nearby

Cycleway route signs (with mileages, not times).

#32357, nearby

I've no idea what the point of these markings is.

#32356, nearby

Bollards at the the end of the cycleway.

#32355, nearby

Only room for one bus (and a cycleway) south of here.

#32354, nearby

Cycle parking at the Trumpington guided bus stop (northbound stop out of sight to the right)

#32353, nearby

Cycle parking at the Trumpington guided bus stop

#32352, nearby

Future crossroads for the Great Kneighton development.

#32351, nearby

Surely this sign is the wrong way around? And why the obsession with making cyclists dismount to cross a lightly used busway anyway?

#32350, nearby

Route signs needed for cyclists

#32349, nearby

Cyclist heading for Trumpington - also unpaved cycle route to the right.

#32348, nearby

Guided bus taking the corner and re-entry to the guideway very slowly. Route signs needed here for cyclists.

#32347, nearby

Gap in the guideway at the Addenbrookes junction - cyclist from Addenbrookes heading towards the station.

#32346, nearby

Future link from the cycleway to Great Kneighton

#32345, nearby

Paved link from Long Road to the cycleway

#32344, nearby

The cycleway briefly veers away from the guided busway.

#32343, nearby

Bollards and sign (giving mileages, not times) at the start of the cycleway alongside the guided busway.

#32342, nearby

Started of the guided section - cyclists must cross to the footway here.

#32341, nearby

At last the new route under Hills Road is open! Cyclists are allowed on the road or the shared-use footway.

#32256, nearby

Note how the left-hand 6" of the blacktop is stepped down to a lower level . Given that there is no colour change at this step, it would be easy to fall off the edge in the dark. Need a white line to show the edge of the path.

#32250, nearby

Need white markings to show that the cycleway narrows suddenly on the left.

#32247, nearby

Cyclists are supposed to use this inadequate path, blocked by builders, rather than the buses-only road.

#32246, nearby

Cyclists are supposed to use this inadequate path rather than the buses-only road.

#32243, nearby

No Entry Except Guided Buses on the busway - cyclists have to lose the shared-use path to the right (decorated with lots of signs banning cycle parking).

#32238, nearby

See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5TJe2iGd9c and site at http://www.thebusway.info/ Currently the longest guided busway in the world. This may not last, as the contractor (who's been taken to court by the council for failure ... [more]

#32067, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway. James raises his fears about the guidewheel with the leader of the Busway project. The guidewheel itself is mounted on a 'sacrificial' arm. If the arm hits a kerb too severely, or has to mount a kerb awk ... [more]

#32066, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway - the tour party stop to inspect the guidewheel. It isn't normally as visible as this, but the bus driver has set the wheel at full lock so it can be inspected.

#32065, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway - showing the guidewheel at full lock.

#32064, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway. From this angle the guidewheel does seem to protrude a rather long way. Here the wheel is a full lock as the bus would be making a sharp turn.

#32063, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway. Here the bus gets a green light to go onto the single track section, this leaves enough room for the cycleway to continue ubroken through to Trumpington Park and Ride site.

#32061, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway. There are extra crash barriers on this bridge - probably because it goes over a railway. The barriers are probably a requirement at rail crossings since the crash somewhere up north about 10 years ago ... [more]

#32060, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway - here approaching the new MRC building on the left and the bridge over the railway.

#32059, nearby

The Guided Bus passes through the station area and under Hills Road Bridge.

#32057, nearby

Taken from the guided bus shows the section of trackway near the 'toad tunnels'. The bus driver honks to warn the two people walking on the opposite track.

#32056, nearby

Guded bus travels through Histon / Impington junction.

#32055, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway. Another group of cyclists out for a ride.

#32054, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway - saw quite a few family groups like this out for a ride.

#32053, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway. Works are still going on to finish the cycleway.

#32052, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway.

#32051, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway - the busses can pass each other at a closing speed of over 100 mph. These buses have speed limiters fitted that tops their speed at around 56 mph.

#32050, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway. The delighted and excited faces of children greeting the passing bus is a common sight along the busway at the moment.

#32049, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway. The unfinished maintenance track / cycleway is on the left.

#32048, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway. Cyclists riding on the yet to be completed section of the maintenance track between St. Ives and Swavesey.

#32047, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway. The bus driver toots at this cyclist riding on the track of the Busway. On the left of the photo is the puddled shale surface of the cycle route.

#32046, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway. The bus driver can take their hands off the steering wheel while on the guided trackway.

#32045, nearby

Photos from a ride on The Busway. - Many people wave at the bus.