Photos taken on 31st May 2008

#33056, nearby

Bedrock bicycle

#14053, nearby

Cars come round this corner quite fast (after all, it is a one way road), but where the picture is taken from is a T-junction where vehicles, including cycles, need to turn right onto this road, across the flow. Better visibility is needed ... [more]

#14052, nearby

Unused toucan crossing -- presumably awaiting the arrival of the guided busway

#14051, nearby

One of the, as yet, unadopted roads in Orchard Park

#14050, nearby

This block of housing has plenty of car parking spaces (some of them covered) -- but clearly it needs some cycle parking, too!

#14049, nearby

A missed opportunity to provide contraflow cycling means a detour for cyclists.

#14048, nearby

Well-designed cut-through between blocks of housing on Arbury Park allowing cyclists and pedestrians to permeate but not motor vehicles

#14047, nearby

The junction of Circus Drive with Kings Hedges Road and Arbury Road is another vast desert of tarmac

#14046, nearby

The continuation of the shared use path in #14045. The usable width is severely restricted by the barriers around a hole that looks like it has been there a long time.

#14045, nearby

According to the plans, this is a shared use path, but there is nothing to tell the cyclist so. The usual poor standard of dropped kerb, and plenty of mud and loose stones to catch out the unwary.

#14044, nearby

None of the cycle parking on Arbury Park is covered, but at least some of the the car parking is!

#14043, nearby

Well-located cycle parking close to house and in use (would be better if covered)

#14042, nearby

This block of housing has as many cycle parking spaces as car parking spaces, and they are closer to the building than the car spaces, though they would be hard to get to at the time the photo was taken (see #14041)

#14041, nearby

This block of houses on Arbury Park has as many cycle parking spaces as car spaces, but they aren't easy to get to thanks to the parked van. (See also #14042)

#14040, nearby

More unfinished infrastructure. Access to these dwellings is across a poorly finished dropped kerb and a patch of mud! Not conducive to cycling for those people already living here.

#14004, nearby

This toucan crossing will be useful for cyclists one day, when the guided bus comes this way.

#14003, nearby

Although not a very cycle-friendly junction (big junctions allow high motor vehicle speeds) the detectors at these lights are at least very sensitive to cycles

#14002, nearby

It's not only cyclists who have to put up with lamp posts in the middle of the path! The lamp posts could have been positioned to the left (with longer reach) and have left the path clear. Note also the slope on this pavement which makes ... [more]

#13968, nearby

To the right of this photo is a wide probable shared use pavement, which suddenly narrows on turning the corner (especially with the wheelie bins) but there is no suitable dropped kerb to allow cyclists back onto the road.

#13967, nearby

More unfinished infra-structure, this time with gaps in it and parts blocked off. There's no obvious reason for the blockages.

#13964, nearby

Another wide pavement suggesting shared use provision for cyclists, but as yet unfinished even though people are already living in some of the homes.

#13960, nearby

Lay-bys for car parking which take space from the (potential) shared use pavement and encourage high motor vehicle speeds. Note that the bend of the road makes it difficult for drivers pulling out of the lay-by to see cyclists.

#13957, nearby

Typical Arbury Park dropped kerb

#13866, nearby

The width of this pavement suggests it was designed to be a shared use path, although there are no signs to this effect. If it is to be shared use, then it needs to be marked as such and indeed finished off. If it is to be segregated, the ... [more]

#13865, nearby

The cycle lane here is a welcome addition to draw drivers attention to cyclists crossing the slip road - but the red paint is very uncomfortable to ride on, being very poorly applied

#13864, nearby

The addition of this slip way onto the carriageway was welcome (before it was added a series of four right-angle turns was necessary to get from the cycle way onto the road). However, the location is not great as cycles enter the road at a ... [more]

#13829, nearby

Cycle racers going very quickly on one of the many wide, smooth and direct cycle paths in Assen, Netherlands.

#13828, nearby

The direct access to Kings Hedges Road (KHR) - just visible with its Give Way triangle on the tarmac - was added as part of the remedial works on KHR after a campaign by members

#13827, nearby

Every time it rains this section of Fen Causeway floods, causing both on- and off-road cyclists to be splashed - surely the storm grating could be cleared, as it must drain directly into the river.

#13825, nearby

There's now a contraflow cycle lane on Covent Garden, but the one-way arrow doesn't have an 'Except Cycles' sign yet.

#13824, nearby

It's still possible to lock bikes to these railings opposite the Radegund Arms, but it's no longer allowed on the almshouse railings to the left of the pub.

#13823, nearby

Cycle parking is now not allowed on the railings of the King Street almshouses - this is due to inconsiderate parking by the Hash runners meeting at the Radegund Arms on Monday nights, who parked bikes blocking doorways, leading to an old l ... [more]

#13822, nearby

This (far) section of Coronation Street must be one of the least-used roads in Cambridge - why can't cyclists be allowed to use it to turn south, as they can't turn left on Panton Street ?

#13821, nearby

New speed cushion on Coronoation Street