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“You’ve really got to expect the unexpected”: Driving instructor says “chaotic, distracting” new roundabout with cycle lanes, 36 traffic lights, and coloured surfaces has “too much to look at”

The new signalised roundabout has been dubbed “obscene”, “a birthday cake”, and “Blackpool Illuminations” by disgruntled motorists – but cyclists say people of all ages and abilities can now navigate the junction safely

Thu, Oct 24, 2024 12:22

‘Cycling rat-run’ proposals divide residents amid claims cut-throughs in new development could “worsen already dangerous cycling patterns”

Locals say access points through a new science and research campus would help create safer cycling and walking routes, especially for schoolchildren, enabling residents to avoid “dangerous areas”

Wed, Apr 17, 2024 15:46

Norfolk Street ‘School Street’ outside St Matthew’s Primary School

“It’s there to protect children going to school”: Parents raise alarm about “aggressive drivers” putting kids in danger by ignoring School Street

Volunteers reported being driven at and having abuse yelled at them while trying to enforce the traffic scheme that aims to help children walk or cycle to school safely

Sat, Apr 13, 2024 14:56

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How to stop pavement parking? “Install bike racks”, say active travel campaigners

The Greater Cambridge Partnership has said that it is willing to consider the idea in the future

Sun, Feb 18, 2024 17:14

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Prolific thief jailed for seven months for stealing bike from railway station

John Bruce Miller, who has several previous convictions for bike theft, was captured on CCTV nicking a bike from Cambridge Station Cycle Park

Wed, Jan 24, 2024 11:59

Villagers claim planned cycleway will have a “detrimental aesthetic impact” as local authority sides with majority and moves forward with proposal

At consultation, 73 per cent of village residents opposed the Haslingfield Greenway, consisting of off-road paths and active travel infrastructure, in contrast to the 64 per cent who supported the scheme overall

Mon, Jan 08, 2024 17:31

Cambridge kerbed cycleway (picture via Cambridgeshire County Council)

“Cyclists deserve far greater priority”: Former council leader calls on local authority to fix broken roads after pothole crash put him in hospital

The former Labour leader and cyclist spent four nights in hospital after his crash and noted that the pothole had been known to the council for months

Fri, Dec 15, 2023 13:39

Moped rider jailed for three years for punching, robbing, and threatening to stab cyclist

19-year-old Luke Elmer and an accomplice targeted the lone cyclist in a “completely unprovoked” attack, breaking his nose and forcing him to hand over his wallet

Wed, Oct 04, 2023 16:28

New £24 million road upgrade to be altered over fears cyclists might hit pedestrians on “too narrow and dangerous” footpath

The route features a segregated cycle lane and other upgrades, but leaves the pavement as narrow as 90cm wide in some places

Tue, Oct 03, 2023 10:01

New cycle-friendly cattle grids fail to stop cows escaping and roaming free on bike path, causing “rush hour gridlock”

A councillor said the “very well-meaning scheme” was introduced to allow cyclists and wheelchair users to more easily cross the adapted grids, though one local claimed the council was bowing to the “selfish demands of a handful of cycling extremists”

Sat, Jun 17, 2023 13:38