For more, better and safer cycling in and around Cambridge
Download our cycle lighting poster for your workplace or nearby posterboard to encourage fellow cyclists to light up properly this winter. Also, we support the Police’s ‘LIT’ campaign to tackle the minority of cyclists who travel without lights.
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Our AGM is being held on Tuesday 6 November 2012. Details about the AGM are now online. We’re delighted to announce that our speaker will be Councillor Martin Curtis, who is Cambridgeshire County Council’s ‘cycling tsar’. The annual elections will take place – have you thought about standing for the Committee? Also, there will be
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We recently gave a Presentation on what Northstowe ought to be like – continental-quality cycling facilities bringing an efficient, healthy cycle-friendly town.
Instead, shared-use is proposed, of the kind that generates endless complaints.
See also our earlier objection.
Read moreWe have launched initial proposals for a proposed super-cycleway joining Newnham to Newmarket Road, dealing with many of the safety and congestion problems of this part of the ring road. See our Newsletter article discussing the problems of the route, and also read and comment on the Cambridge News article.
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We responded to the County Council Transport Strategy consultation.
Our letter is now online.
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We have submitted our responses to the Cambridge Local Plan Issues & Options Consultation. Thanks to members who joined our Subgroup to work through this large document. A newsletter article gives some background to this exercise and its relevance to cycling.
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Members of the County Council – from all the political parties – have reaffirmed their commitment to the Chisholm Trail, our proposal for a route joining many of the key economic and employment areas of the city. With the Guided Busway cycleway now in place, only the central section from the Science Park to
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We need a third cycle park for the city centre! It’s a long-term project. We all, cyclists, councillors, council officers and traders, need to start thinking about it now. With cycling increased by 14%, only half the spaces promised by the Grand Arcade actually happening, and developments like Christ’s Lane being let off their parking
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Our new Cycling Vision 2016 outlines the critical gaps in the cycling network. If these were filled the number of people who can cycle in safety could significantly increase. We urge the County Council and the City Council to give Cycling Vision 2016 its support.
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Our October-November newsletter,
number 104, is now available. Thank you to everyone who contributed and
helped deliver it. Paper copies are on their way for those who have
asked for one.
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