For more, better and safer cycling in and around Cambridge
Camcycle welcomes the extension of the experimental bus gate scheme on Mill Road bridge. We believe the scheme has significantly improved public safety in the two ways set out in the experimental objectives. Firstly, it has facilitated social distancing during the pandemic, as in previous conditions it would have been impossible for footway
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Sarah Berry is an active travel campaigner from Lambeth, London and yet only a year ago she didn’t even own a bike! It was the installation of a low-traffic neighbourhood (LTN) scheme in her local area that prompted her to take up cycling and, speaking to Camcycle at our February 2021 monthly meeting, she explains
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The second phase of experimental walking and cycling schemes is starting to be put in place and Camcycle is delighted to see that some small changes are already making a big difference to active travel in Cambridge.
One of the first changes to be made, early in the new year, was the county council’s rearrangement
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Over 70 members and guests joined us for the Camcycle 2021 AGM, which was held online via Zoom. Trustees and staff reviewed 2020, shared plans for 2021 and presented the annual Camcycle awards, showing recognition to those who have worked hard for more, better and safer cycling over the last 12 months. We were also
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At the end of 2020, Camcycle was delighted to be chosen for support from the Co-op Local Community Fund in north Cambridge – one of three causes picked by staff at the Milton Road, Histon Road and Green End Road stores to receive Co-op member contributions for the coming year.
Funds raised for Camcycle through
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Cambridgeshire County Council has recently published an ‘experimental traffic regulation order’ (ETRO) that allows electric cars to use the Elizabeth Way bridge bus lane. While that, by itself, is not much, it has been proposed as a test case before implementing the change in all the county’s bus lanes. This should be extremely alarming
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The long 6-month consultation period on the Mill Road bus gate scheme closes on Thursday 24 December. The closure of the bridge to through motor traffic has opened up the street for safer walking and cycling and efficient bus journeys, and reduced pollution along the road. Camcycle would like to see the trial continue in
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Government research shows that 8 out of 10 people support measures to reduce road traffic in their neighbourhood – now it’s time to tell the Greater Cambridge Partnership that you want the same.
Earlier in the year, Cambridgeshire County Council and the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) began to introduce experimental measures to provide safe space
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Camcycle is encouraging the Mill Road community to share positive visions for the future of the street through a new campaign called Mill Road 2021. The charity would like to hear of the ways the road could be celebrated and shaped into an even better place to shop, travel and spend time together when the
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The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) is consulting on a new off-road public transport route and accompanying active travel path between the A11 at Babraham and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.
| The wordily-titled ‘Cambridge South East Transport Better Public Transport and Active Travel’ consultation closes at midday on Monday 14 December, so please share |