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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.
Worst possible provision: pavement cycleway where motor vehicles constantly cross or park on the footway.
This is where cars often park invading pavement and the mandatory cycle lane on East Rd (Newmarket Rd roundabout), forcing cyclist into the car lane. This bay was designed as a bus stop, not parking.
The infamous East Road layby - the new broken white line has helped but it was quickly worn away and infringements began again - now I see it's been repainted. Maybe it'll last longer this time!
The switch from shared use pavement cycleway to on-street mandatory cycle lane on East Rd (Newmarket Rd roundabout). This part of the Ring Road is an important cycling route, but poorly designed and often obstructed. Signs are confusing and ... [more]
East Road. Cyclists leaving the subway cycleway bypass round the Newmarket Rd roundabout have to stear around street furniture to the dropped kerb, around illegally parked cars - avoiding collision with cars coming from the roundabout.
Victoria Avenue Toucan Crossing 2. The poles on the Midsummer Common (East) side make for a very tight turn onto the shared pavement, often in the face of people coming the opposite way. Unsurprisingly, many people follow the path ta ... [more]
It's clear that moving the central reservation across by 1.5m would create space for a much-needed cycle lane on Hills Road
Many cyclists create their own advance stop line at the lights on Hills Road - needs to be formalised in the clear interest of safety and convenience
It's clear that moving the central reservation across by 1.5m would create space for a much-needed cycle lane on Hills Road
The bypass is bad enough- but why on earth does the start of it have "give way" markings?
Awful cycle bypass round a rising bollard. Insane tactile paving. No idea what the sign post is.
Southbound "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 O ... [more]
Babraham Road: lack of priority at side-roads. The Bell School development's funding of cycleway improvements must fix this.
Bell School development location of toucan; dutch-style cycleway needed from this point
If you want to come from Addenbrooke's Road and follow the cycle track north to Trumpington you have to cross the Park & Ride slip road twice - bad planning?
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.
Cyclists have to use the zebra crossing to reach the start of the cycleway at St Ives!
Cyclists are supposed to leave the cycleway on the shared-use footway to the right, but many will want to use the road here.
Awful section of cycleway - no pretence of having finished it, which is acceptable if it really is raised above flood level soon.
No signs to indicate that the cycleway moves to the other side of the guided busway - or which route you should take.
Guided bus taking the corner and re-entry to the guideway very slowly. Route signs needed here for cyclists.
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.
Cyclists are supposed to use this inadequate path, blocked by builders, rather than the buses-only road.
Remodelled Riverside scheme - non-flush kerb needs to be fixed to avoid cyclists coming off their bike when turning
Hostile cycling environment on Lensfield Road. A great shame these markings have been restored: instead, cycle lanes could have been added on both sides of the road.
Hostile cycling environment on Lensfield Road. A great shame these markings have been restored: instead, cycle lanes could have been added on both sides of the road.
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH76RrLFBog The cyclepath is in good need of a trim. Some of the encroaching flora is those really nasty stinging nettles.
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CYwwoA5jds If this is the first time you ride along this cyclepath, you'll have a nasty shock at the end. With little chance to correct or see, the path suddenly narrows and dumps you into onc ... [more]
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4m25-ElLAA This is a follow up from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG6kZNFCIE0. If a car driver is turning left at this junction, the implication is that they must have a car that is 3foot ... [more]
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG6kZNFCIE0 As I approach the lights coming along the road from Trumpington Church there's some rather battered red tarmac indicating a cycle lane. The car at the lights, in the cycle lane, ... [more]
Sixty centimetres of available space, I estimate, on the shared-use path adjacent to the A1309/Hauxton Road. These bushes could really do with a trim.
There's a missing drain cover here - which being so close to the edge of the cycleway could be nasty. The Highways Dept. at County have responded quickly on this and are sending an emergency team out to fix it, which is very much appreci ... [more]
This is one of the reasons that we're not going to be using the shared-use footway on the Reach Ride route.
New Cottenham - Impington cycleway along the B1049: lamp posts and poles in the middle of the newly widened pavement (approx location). See also #30373
New Cottenham - Impington cycleway along the B1049: lamp posts and poles in the middle of the newly widened pavement (approx location). See also #30372
NO MOTOR CYCLES - CYCLISTS DISMOUNT; NO CYCLING CYCLISTS DISMOUNT - NO MOTOR CYCLES, two sets of signs facing in different directions. There should be no such signs on a national cycle route.
Access to the first section of the NIAB development off Huntingdon Road. The dropped kerbs don't seem to be right for off street cycleways? See also #30053 and #30054.
Access to the first section of the NIAB development off Huntingdon Road. The dropped kerbs don't seem to be right for off street cycleways? See also #30053 and #30054.
Some edging-out has been done recently on the shared-use joke of a cycleway adjacent to the A10 south of Trumpington and the M11 junction but it's still too damn narrow for practical purposes. Don't be fooled by this picture's distortion (d ... [more]
At the end of this cycle route there is no nice junction for cycling, and there is no dropped kerb. Instead you must make your way to the crossing point.
Another view of the Tins bridge - about a foot too long. What a shame - but it can surely be fixed quite easily by just recessing the far embankment.
About a foot and a half too long! This will unfortunately set back the opening of this bridge by I'd guess a few weeks, lets hope it is not months. In these days of engineering project management it is rather surprising that this sort ... [more]
Even when there is no other traffic on the road the traffic cuts into the advisory cycle lane here where the road narrows significantly.
The road narrows a bit on this curve and encroachment well into this advisory cycle lane is endemic.
Passing a driveway and encountering pedestrians on the pavement cycleway next to Madingley Road.
Woman on a motorised scooter abusing the new redmac, advisory cycle lane on Gilbert Road between Gurney Way and Milton Road on 15 Feb 2011 at 10:06 am.
There should be white lines on the side road here - cyclists could be coming downhill rather out of control - or just late for work.
Is this meant to be a shared-use path?? There's absolutely no indication that cyclists crossing from Spicers should rejoin the road.
To reach the new cycle route from Whittlesford to Sawston, you have to use a footpath.
A problem here on the new cycleway along the Madingley Road - cyclists from Clerk Maxwell Road are confronted with a normal kerb, not a dropped kerb.
East end of the new Madingley Road cycleway - this slight build-out is causing problems for cyclists on the carriageway, forcing them out into the traffic.
Cycle path alongside Newmarket Road narrows here, but the supports to the railing on the left have very sharp corners and edges.
One of Cambridge's more third-world cycle lanes - wouldn't it be nice if Cycle Cambridge could spend their last time and money on fixing eyesores like this?
Northbound cycle lane just inside the 40mph zone, Glebe Road, Histon. The cycle lane at this point is 116cm wide. The central hatching area 84cm. The recommended minimum is 2m. See also #27428
Work in progress adding cycle lanes to Glebe Road, Histon in the 40mph zone. Northbound cycle lane (on left) is not wide enough (116cm) and the hatched centre area (84cm) pushes traffic towards cycles. In rush hour drivers were threadi ... [more]
No signs, not even a dropped kerb, to the track to the guided bus bridge at Addenbrooke's.
I've been to many consultation meetings; the reason for why priority on shared-use paths is not maintained that keeps coming up is that there isn't room to allow vehicles to 'queue' after they've turned-off the arterial road. This fallacy a ... [more]
Southbound access to the Addenbrokes access road roundabout. Implication that cyclists must leave the road at this point.
Northbound exit from Addenbroken access road roundabout going towards Addenbrokes. Unclear if the 'Segregated shared use' applies to the foreground (in which case where's the segregation), or to the background (where it's an on-road cycle l ... [more]
View turning right across the road to access the new crossing on the A1301 Sawston Bypass. Note the proximity of the turnoff from the bypass.
Cyclist's view turning right onto the the new A1301 Sawston Bypass crossing. Note that you are turning across the path of fast traffic leaving the bypass only approx. 30m from the junction.
What looks like the intended route of the Sawston to Whittlesford cyclepath to the east of the new crossing on the A1301 Sawston Bypass. Note the excessively narrow path.
Southern end of the cycle-lane, following surface-dressing in August 2010. You can see a trace of the white line which used to mark the edge of the MCL. The cycle lane used to be 90cm wide here (and all the way north to Madingley Road, I ... [more]
The trees are very overgrown here squishing the cycle path to less than half its width.
Footbridge on the Lodes Way (NCN11) which needs replacing with a new cycle bridge. There are steep steps but with a ramp down the sides.
The footbridge across the lode at this point currently has very steep steps with a ramp down the side. (Lodes Way NCN11)
This section of National Cycle Network route NCN 11 is a shared-use pavement. The County Council has confirmed that it is for two-way cycling. As with all shared-used facilities, pedestrians have 'right of way'. I find it easiest to st ... [more]
Narrow cycle lane. that ends almost immediately on this busy road in Histon. Cycle ride from Cambridge to Histon, through King's Hedges and Arbury.
The junction of Coldham's Lane with Brampton Road. Note how the verge is deeply rutted opposite the mouth of the junction. This is presumably caused by vehicles mounting the kerb to pass vehicles that are waiting to turn right. A drop ... [more]
Horrible underpass under the Newmarket Road gyratory. Needs to be replaced with an at-grade traffic light -controlled junction.
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