For more, better and safer cycling in and around Cambridge
Following a series of local elections on 6 May, the political landscape has changed and the resulting reshuffles of local boards and committees could have a profound impact on the county’s transport future. Camcycle has updated our election survey pages so you can easily see what the winning candidate in each area said about cycling
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Founded in 2018, Voi is a carbon-neutral urban mobility company offering shared transport schemes across 11 countries. They believe e-scooters can play a central role in changing how people move around our cities and reducing transport emissions.
A trial scheme of Voi e-scooters launched in Cambridgeshire in October 2020 as part of the county’s pandemic
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Stourbridge Common and Ditton Meadows were connected again when the new jetty link by the river Cam opened at the end of April. The jetty runs beneath the existing railway bridge and the new Abbey-Chesterton bridge which will form part of phase one of the Chisholm Trail, the walking and cycling route which will traverse
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On Earth Day, Camcycle published its biggest ever election survey in a bid to inform voters across Cambridgeshire about local candidates’ views and policies on cycling and walking before the local elections on 6 May. Over 400 candidates standing in five local elections have been contacted, making it around four times the size of previous
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Zero Carbon Streets, launched on Earth Day 2021, is a new Camcycle campaign. We want to empower more communities across Cambridgeshire to reduce carbon emissions from transport and create thriving and sustainable places to live and work. From 22-29 April, you can support this campaign through the Big Give Green Match Fund where your
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Thursday 22 April is Earth Day and local charity Camcycle is calling for people across Cambridgeshire to get involved in a new campaign to tackle carbon emissions from transport. Zero Carbon Streets, which launches as part of the Big Give Green Match Fund, aims to empower more local groups to achieve walking and cycling
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Most children in Cambridgeshire are returning to school today after the Easter holidays and for students attending two schools in Cambridge, their journeys should be safer and more pleasant than usual.
Following the success of other School Street schemes in the county, St Bedes Inter-Church School and St Matthew’s Primary School are joining the initiative
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Camcycle welcomed Dr Nik Johnson (Labour and Co-operative Party) and Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer (Liberal Democrat) to answer viewers’ questions on cycling-related issues at our hustings event on Tuesday 6 April, 2021. The Conservative candidate and incumbent, James Palmer declined the invitation to attend.
Candidates introduced themselves and talked about their personal experiences of
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This article by Anna Williams, Camcycle’s Communications and Community Officer, first appeared in the Cambridge Independent on Wednesday 24 March, 2021.
In a few weeks’ time, residents of Cambridgeshire will go to the ballot box. There are several local elections taking place including city and county elections in Cambridge, elections for a new Police
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School run traffic adds hundreds of thousands of motorised vehicles a day to our road networks and accounts for a quarter of cars on the road. This causes a significant spike in pollution and increased risk to children and their families from toxic air and road danger. It also contributes to climate change: 44% of
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