For more, better and safer cycling in and around Cambridge
Greater Cambridge Shared Planning is currently consulting on plans for North East Cambridge and we encourage as many local people as possible to share their views before the deadline of 5pm on Monday 5 October. We’ve written a summary of the main cycling issues and compiled a guide to answering the 10 big questions
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By Matthew Danish
The government has recently launched a new cycling strategy called Gear Change to achieve a long-term shift towards many more people cycling in England. As part of that announcement, the government has also kicked off a review of changes to the Highway Code. There are many welcome things about this effort,
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We very much welcome the government’s consultation on dealing with pavement parking. This is the culmination of many years of campaigning by national transport groups and disability groups, as well as local campaigning by us and others.
Parking of cars on pavements is a scourge which can be seen all around the city. It
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This is our first in a series of blog posts about the North East Area Action Plan consultation. In this post, we explain how to respond to the consultation. We will soon publish our analysis of the plan and our views on the issues that affect cycling.
A new city district is planned for North
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The Greater Cambridge Partnership has opened its public consultation about a possible redesign of Madingley Road, with two options for improving walking, cycling and general landscaping. The deadline is 2 March.
Read our official response to the Madingley Road consultation.
Overall, we find that Option 2 is the best choice for providing protected cycleways, (mostly)
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The Glebe Way cycleway at the northern edge of Histon, connecting to Cottenham, is under threat from county planning application S/0101/18/CC for a new Primary School in Histon on Buxhall Farm land. The application has promised to rip open a new driveway through the cycleway, placing dropped kerbs and give-way markings to give priority
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The Greater Cambridge Partnership has two surveys open until 20 August, one about the Barton Greenway (Leaflet PDF) and one about the Haslingfield Greenway (Leaflet PDF). Please take the time to respond to the consultation by filling out the surveys. You can also leave specific comments on interactive maps:
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We have written a response to the Old Press + Mill Lane consultation regarding the redevelopment of the University sites around Mill Lane, Granta Place and Trumpington Street.
Check it out: PDF document: Camcycle letter responding to Old Press + Mill Lane consultation
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We have submitted our consultation response to the proposed Greater Cambridge City Deal Cross City Cycling Routes. This consultation closes today, Monday 15th February.
We welcome the Cross City Cycling routes proposed by the Greater Cambridge City Deal and agree that these routes are strategically important links in the Cambridge cycle network. We hope
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The City Deal consultation on the Cambourne to Cambridge corridor is currently open, closing Monday 23rd November. We will be responding to the consultation on issues relating to cycling.
The Cambourne to Cambridge corridor currently lacks a continuous surfaced off-road cycle route, putting it behind many other areas of South Cambridgeshire on safe cycling routes
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