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This listing only shows photos within a square radius of 15 kilometres of the centre of Cambridge.
Go to the national CycleStreets photo listings for photos beyond.


Showing items 201 to 300 from total of 16,289 items. Ordered by photo # descending.

Photo # Icon Photo Caption Categorisation
34450Photo #34450No video with this. I've stopped my car to take the picture (with no traffic behind me).

Needless to say, but completely illegal parking which the police are keen to prosecute with repeated evidence.

The simple rule is Highway Code Rule 240 (backed up in law)
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069860
You MUST NOT stop or park on a tram or cycle lane

But this is enhanced when it is a contraflow lane.

More about Bateman Street at http://radwagon.blogspot.com/2011/06/bateman-street.html
Enforcement:
Event
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34446Photo #34446No video with this. I've stopped my car to take the picture (with no traffic behind me).

Needless to say, but completely illegal parking which the police are keen to prosecute with repeated evidence.

The simple rule is Highway Code Rule 240 (backed up in law)
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069860
You MUST NOT stop or park on a tram or cycle lane

But this is enhanced when it is a contraflow lane.

More about Bateman Street at http://radwagon.blogspot.com/2011/06/bateman-street.html
Enforcement:
Event
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34433Photo #34433Trespass warning sign for the Guided Bus trackGeneral sign/notice:
Infrastructure
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34405Photo #34405Five taxis over-ranking. Well, it is half-term.Obstruction:
Problem
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34404Photo #34404Small 4-wheeled buggy being used on Guideway cycletrackOther:
Misc
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34403Photo #34403Lower section of Dutch CulvertRoadworks:
Infrastructure
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34402Photo #34402Lower section of Dutch CulvertRoadworks:
Infrastructure
roadworks marker
34401Photo #34401The new section of Dutch Culvert under construction on the Guided BuswayRoadworks:
Infrastructure
roadworks marker
34331Photo #34331Vehicle stalled by parked delivery van. Even pedestrians and this cyclist had difficult passing.Road environment:
Problem
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34330Photo #34330Logistics at worst. This photo was taken the day before even longer trailers were permitted.

How come we have a system that allows this, but bans southbound bikes here?
Road environment:
Problem
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34300Photo #34300Cambridge's cycle parking crisis is probably most obvious here (and of course at the station) - the area is so cluttered with bikes that putting in a load of Sheffield stands wouldn't make the situation any worse for pedestrians.Cycle parking:
Problem
sheffield_stands marker
34299Photo #34299Cambridge's cycle parking crisis is probably most obvious here (and of course at the station) - the area is so cluttered with bikes that putting in a load of Sheffield stands wouldn't make the situation any worse for pedestrians.Cycle parking:
Problem
sheffield_stands marker
34298Photo #34298At last! a year after Grange Road was resurfaced, the cycle lanes have been replaced.Cycleway:
Good practice
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34297Photo #34297The sloped access here for bikes, wheelchairs, buggies etc having been removed (see www.cyclestreets.net/location/31605/), it has now replaced really badly. This right outside the Guildhall in Cambridge, supposedly one of Britain's most progressive and cycle-friendly cities.Other:
Problem
white_wisp marker
34296Photo #34296New cycleway to Impington, ending on the far side of the traffic calmingCycleway:
Infrastructure
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34295Photo #34295Cycleway east from Impington to nowhere in particular.Cycleway:
Infrastructure
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34294Photo #34294Start of cycleway from middle of nowhere towards Impington.Cycleway:
Infrastructure
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34248Photo #34248My mother has been a keen cyclist for many decades and has now begun to ride a trike. She finally steeled herself to ride into town on Saturday only to find that the speed bumps/ bollards on Grange road are an obstacle for her. She is unable to squeeze between the pavement and bollard and the gap between the kerb and speed bump is also too small for the trike's rear wheels. It should be possible to reduce the size of the 'refuge' that the bollard stands on to take this into account. I feel sure that with an ageing population there will be more elderly people transferring to trikes and I think they should not be disadvantaged by traffic management measures. I suspect the policies should be reviewed with this in mind and I'd be grateful to hear your views.Obstruction:
Problem
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34214Photo #34214Chesterford Road Cambridge, pathCycleway:
Problem
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34213Photo #34213Cycle parking overflowing at Park StreetCycle parking:
Problem
sheffield_stands marker
34187Photo #34187Fully used bike racks at the current head of navigation of the busway cycleway near Swavesey.Cycle parking:
Good practice
sheffield_stands marker
34186Photo #34186Restored bikes for sale on Parker's Piece at the Opportunities without Limits stall at the Societies' fair.

Look for OWL Bikes link at http://owlgroup.org.uk/
Or try:
http://www.papworth.org.uk/page.php?s=c13d14973e9d25fd0f68342f9be09073&urlid=owl_bikes
Bike shop:
Event
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34185Photo #34185Cambridge Cycling Campaign's stall at the Cambridge University's Student Union Societies' Fair - trying to attract new visitors to Cambridge to get involved with our campaign.Bicycle:
Event
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34139Photo #34139motorised ramp operated by access card (cycles can bypass), on entry to rear courtyard of Judge Institute (off Tennis Court Road)Enforcement:
Misc
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34113Photo #34113A public footpath that doesn't appear on Open Cycle Map or my Ordnance Survey map.Route sign:
Problem
directional_signage marker
34058Photo #34058Cycle parking at Fitzwilliam CollegeCycle parking:
Good practice
sheffield_stands marker
34057Photo #34057Storey's WayRoad environment:
Infrastructure
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34056Photo #34056Storey's WayRoad environment:
Infrastructure
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34055Photo #34055No sign yet of the promised cycle wheeling channel on the new staircase at Cambridge Station CBG.Obstruction:
Problem
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34047Photo #34047New NHS paramedic bikes on call at the Loch Fyne restaurantBicycle:
Good practice
bike marker
34046Photo #34046New NHS paramedic bikes on call at the Loch Fyne restaurantBicycle:
Good practice
bike marker
34045Photo #34045Dangerous conditions on Hills Road with trucks unloading in both cycle lanes.Obstruction:
Problem
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33991Photo #33991Lined up outside Trinity Hall College on Trinity Lane. Could do with Cycle racks...Cycle parking:
Misc
sheffield_stands marker
33866Photo #33866National Celebration of Cycling at Burwash Manor - the free energy drink was quite nice.General sign/notice:
Event
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33803Photo #33803Tesco delivery blocks a bus for two minutesObstruction:
Problem
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33705Photo #33705A welcome new "Give Way" marking has been added at this junction after complaints that the priorities were the wrong way round.Road environment:
Good practice
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33703Photo #33703Watch out for long lateral cracks that you could lose a wheel in.Pothole:
Problem
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33674Photo #33674Sainsbury's cages being placed on-street rather than within the premises; this space should instead be used for cycle parkingCycle parking:
Problem
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33673Photo #33673Thoughtless allowing of a hot potato vendor's larger stall on Parker's Piece. Moving it to the right a few metres would solve the problemObstruction:
Problem
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33672Photo #33672Many cyclists create their own advance stop line at the lights on Hills Road - needs to be formalised in the clear interest of safety and convenienceCycleway:
Problem
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33671Photo #33671It's clear that moving the central reservation across by 1.5m would create space for a much-needed cycle lane on Hills RoadCycleway:
Problem
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33670Photo #33670It's clear that moving the central reservation across by 1.5m would create space for a much-needed cycle lane on Hills RoadCycleway:
Problem
cycleway marker
33669Photo #33669Left-only turn is not sensible at this exit from Addenbrooke'sRoad environment:
Problem
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33659Photo #33659Suggested route between Clayhithe and Upware becomes pretty difficult here.Obstruction:
Infrastructure
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33619Photo #33619Forever Active riders at this tea-stop - a Costa Coffee outlet on the West Cambridge site.

Pretty good views into the distance from here.
Destination:
Event
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33618Photo #33618The fence blocking this cycle path has caused a couple of near misses between cyclist and pedestrians.Obstruction:
Problem
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33617Photo #33617This neighbourhood needs cycle parking!Cycle parking:
Problem
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33616Photo #33616Forever Active cyclists - take some brief shelter from the shower in this barn.

Bike rides for health, promoted by...
http://www.forever-active.org.uk/
Other:
Event
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33615Photo #33615Ludwig Wittgenstein's grave. Marker pens left in a pot, and some coins in a spiral pattern.
We were told that sometimes small ladders are left there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein

This photo was taken during a bike ride for the over 50s.
http://forever-active.org.uk/
Destination:
Event
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33576Photo #33576Installing ruby on rails on two more machines. #csminihackdayOther:
Event
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33574Photo #33574Development work in progress at our #csminihackday for our GeoVation toolkit. Talking about bundles, gems, ruby, rails etc.Other:
Event
white_wisp marker
33570Photo #33570Lack of cycle parking at Addenbrookes Hospital.Cycle parking:
Problem
sheffield_stands marker
33518Photo #33518Bikes clinging to lamposts - further evidence here of need for some racks near here.Cycle parking:
Problem
sheffield_stands marker
33515Photo #33515Deep sloping gutter, massive high kerb. Why? just round the corner on the busway access is exemplary low kerb with drainage into the length of the kerb-stones.Road environment:
Problem
road marker
33514Photo #33514Yes, it's a cycle bypass- but it is wide and leads straight into an advisory cycle lane to the junctionCycleway:
Infrastructure
cycleway marker
33513Photo #33513The bypass is bad enough- but why on earth does the start of it have "give way" markings?Cycleway:
Problem
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33512Photo #33512Awful cycle bypass round a rising bollard. Insane tactile paving. No idea what the sign post is.Cycleway:
Problem
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33511Photo #33511Southbound "bypass" at the rising bollard at the Railway station bus interchange. Vehicles coming out of the dropping off area have priority over any cyclists that use this!
Compare this to a different solution for a similar situation in Oldenburg: #19044
Cycleway:
Problem
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33510Photo #33510cycle bypass at station end of buswayRoad environment:
Infrastructure
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33509Photo #33509cycle bypass at station end of buswayRoad environment:
Infrastructure
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33508Photo #33508cycle bypass at station end of buswayRoad environment:
Infrastructure
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33507Photo #33507cycle bypass at station end of buswayRoad environment:
Infrastructure
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33506Photo #33506cycle bypass at station end of buswayRoad environment:
Infrastructure
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33505Photo #33505cycle bypass at station end of buswayRoad environment:
Infrastructure
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33504Photo #33504cycle bypass at station end of buswayRoad environment:
Infrastructure
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33503Photo #33503cycle bypass at station end of buswayRoad environment:
Infrastructure
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33502Photo #33502New cycle bypass at station end of buswayRoad environment:
Infrastructure
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33434Photo #33434A new barrier has appeared where the cycleway into Cambridge Science Park crosses the guided busway track. This is a very dangerous obstruction as it forces cyclists to execute an awkward and distracting manoeuvre when they should be watching for approaching buses free of any distraction. It also forces cyclists to enter the busway at an oblique angle, so they will have poorer visibility than if they approached it head-on. This dangerous obstruction must be removed as soon as possible.Obstruction:
Problem
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33393Photo #33393Cycle parking overflowing at Park StreetCycle parking:
Problem
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33392Photo #33392Cycle parking overflowing at Park StreetCycle parking:
Problem
sheffield_stands marker
33352Photo #33352Victoria Road closed to all traffic (other than pedestrians / dismounted cyclists) - during some emergency water works. Has been closed for several weeks making this road much nicer.Temporary closure:
Infrastructure
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33351Photo #33351This gate does open briefly to allow staff and students access to Chesterton Community College. But it seems that local residents prefer it to be kept shut at other times. Its quite a long walk / cycle round.Obstruction:
Problem
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33350Photo #33350Recently installed M style cycle parking at the Performing Arts Centre on the Chesterton Community College campus.

(Taken on a Saturday when the college was deserted.)
Cycle parking:
Good practice
sheffield_stands marker
33349Photo #33349Some of the older style cycle parking at Chesteron Community College. Not as secure, but at least its got a roof (even though that seems to be made of asbestos).Cycle parking:
Infrastructure
sheffield_stands marker
33348Photo #33348Sheffield style cycle parking at Chesterton Community College.Cycle parking:
Good practice
sheffield_stands marker
33347Photo #33347Groovy M style cycle parking at Chesteron Community College (taken on a Saturday when the college is pretty empty).Cycle parking:
Good practice
sheffield_stands marker
33346Photo #33346Curious sign that reads:
STAFF & VISITOR
BICYCLES
ONLY

points to a dire need for much more cycle parking for all. The people being excluded by this sign are the schoolchildren at the adjacent school. Appalling!
General sign/notice:
Problem
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33345Photo #33345Annoying sign persecuting young would-be cyclists, where there's no similar ban on driving. See #33344.

Also what does it mean to stride it? Presumably remain on the saddle and whisk along? And the middle bit is a 'No Cycling' sign, but crossed out, so Not no cycling? Just really patronizing, irritating and annoying!
General sign/notice:
Problem
general_sign marker
33344Photo #33344The sign on this gate (see close-up in #33345) reads:
STRIDE IT...
DON'T RIDE IT!

But curiously drivers of motor vehicles are not requested to get out and push.
General sign/notice:
Problem
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33343Photo #33343Apple pressing day on Gilbert Road. Local people are invited to bring their apples and pears for pressing bottling and freezing.

I had a report that "over 50 people came, who passed some 100 l of juice from about the 900 lbs of apples".

See http://www.vigopresses.co.uk/
Destination:
Event
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33333Photo #33333Park Street Cycle Park mural - drawn in 2002 for the opening of this cycle park in the basement of a car park.Destination:
Good practice
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33332Photo #33332No Entry except cycles - soon after they were unveiled being put to good use.General sign/notice:
Good practice
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33330Photo #33330More cycle parking needed at Addenbrookes Treatment Centre: see also #33328 and #33329Cycle parking:
Problem
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33329Photo #33329More cycle parking needed at Addenbrookes Treatment Centre: see also #33328Cycle parking:
Problem
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33328Photo #33328More cycle parking needed at Addenbrookes Treatment Centre:see also #33328Cycle parking:
Problem
sheffield_stands marker
33323Photo #33323This shed was originally for bikes - as required by the planning regulations, and as shown in #14701.

Now two panels have been filled in, and its been creosoted and is a nice home for some bins. No sign of any cycle parking elsewhere, nor any bikes at the time this was taken (mid-afternoon).

(Believed to be 56 Green End Road. Note that the sheffield stands have been completely removed.)
Cycle parking:
Problem
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33322Photo #33322The positioning of this sign is really annoying, but on the other hand it does force you to slow down as you negotiate this rather narrow and entirely unsatisfactory shared use arrangement.Obstruction:
Infrastructure
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33321Photo #33321Night-time closure of this useful cut through to a residential area.

Sign reads:
NO ACCESS TO
GAINSBOROUGH
CLOSE
AFTER 8PM
General sign/notice:
Infrastructure
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33319Photo #33319Park Street Cycle Park - crammed full of bikes!

Its pretty much full all year round, but especially so at this time of year when apparently Austrian students attend the nearby sixth form college.
Cycle parking:
Good practice
sheffield_stands marker
33318Photo #33318Full to overflowing - Park Street Cycle Park, which has a capacity of 300 bikes is now so full that other railings in the car parking area are being used to accommodate bikes.Cycle parking:
Infrastructure
sheffield_stands marker
33317Photo #33317There's a clear need for some official cycle parking here as there are always bikes against the railings throughout the year.

However the railings do make quite good cycle parking and add to the image of an informal urban environment.
Cycle parking:
Infrastructure
sheffield_stands marker
33314Photo #33314Cambridge Swift Tower viewed from Riverside Bridge by riders on a Forever Active Cycle for Health.

http://actionforswifts.blogspot.com/2011/03/cambridge-city-council-swift-tower.html

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/High-rise-city-homes-for-swifts-sofas-included-03062011.htm

http://www.forever-active.org.uk/
Destination:
Good practice
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33313Photo #33313On the BMX track in Abbey, CambridgeCycleway:
Event
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33306Photo #33306Stairs with cycle wheel channel next to Zoology Museum.

See also #33305
Other:
Good practice
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33305Photo #33305Stairs with cycle wheel channel next to Zoology Museum.

See also #33306
Other:
Problem
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33286Photo #33286A bike used for advertising.Cycle parking:
Event
sheffield_stands marker
33285Photo #33285Cycle parking at Cambridge United football club.Cycle parking:
Good practice
sheffield_stands marker
33284Photo #33284Cycle parking at Cambridge United football club.Cycle parking:
Good practice
sheffield_stands marker
33283Photo #33283Cycle parking at the Stourbridge Fair.Cycle parking:
Event
sheffield_stands marker
33281Photo #33281a trandom bike in cambrigeCycle parking:
Good practice
sheffield_stands marker

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