For more, better and safer cycling in and around Cambridge
Following our campaigning with local groups last year, Camcycle is pleased to see significant improvements for cycling in proposals for new development near Cambridge station. However, we are still concerned that the plans don’t do enough to protect the route of the Chisholm Trail, provide for expansion of cycle parking facilities and ensure safe
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Cambridgeshire County Council’s Highways and Transport committee met on 9 March, with one of their agenda items being an update on the overall A14 project. We saw this as being the most appropriate topic under which to present our petition against the new barriers, which has gained over 660 signatories in just a few
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Over the past few weeks we’ve been gathering information about the dangerous barriers that were installed on the new Bar Hill and Swavesey active travel / non-motorised user (NMU) bridges. A new rationalisation for the barriers was sent to us, completely different from the one we received before. Now we know that the officially
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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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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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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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There are two consultations underway which will help shape improvements to cycling and walking in the east of Cambridge.
The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) Cambridge Eastern Access consultation would like community views on options to improve public transport and active travel into and around the east of Cambridge. There are five packages of options to
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Camcycle would like to thank Cambridge residents who have helped us raise £15,490 in the Big Give Christmas Challenge, a national match-funding campaign supporting 764 charities across the UK. Nearly 100 local people donated to help Camcycle extend our Spaces to Breathe campaign in 2021 to continue the work for more space for safe
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