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Cyclists and runners on DIY path next to Cambridgeshire Guided Busway

“14 years of inaction”: Cyclists accused of walking on tracks and “holding up buses” in protest at constant flooding on active travel route, forcing users to create DIY path “dangerously close” to controversial busway

“A solution to the flooding must be designed and delivered before we have another serious injury or fatality”

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Shared use path sign (image: jpennycook via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)

“Shared-use path” signs to be put up after pedestrian’s “resentment” towards cyclist using pavement led to manslaughter

The changes are to come after Auriol Grey was sentenced to three years for killing an elderly cyclist in Huntingdon

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New cycle-friendly cattle grids fail to stop cows escaping and roaming free on bike path (credit – Hilary Cox Condron, Twitter)

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”

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Fendon Road, Cambridge, Dutch roundabout (Cambridgeshire County Council)

More collisions at UK’s first Dutch-style roundabout than old layout, figures reveal

There have been 10 collisions, three of them serious, since the infrastructure opened in 2020, however Cambridgeshire County Council also noted that cycling levels have risen by almost 50 per cent and pedestrian use is up 30 per cent

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Contraflow cycle lane (copyright Simon MacMichael)

Cycle campaigners urge council to STOP building cycle lanes

Camcycle says pop-up infrastructure in Cambridge makes roads more dangerous for cyclists and does not meet government guidance

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Dutch-style roundabout, Cambridge (picture via Cambridgeshire County Council)

Work starts on UK’s first truly Dutch-style roundabout next month

Cyclists and pedestrians to be given priority in junction revamp in Cambridge

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Roundabout_drawing Queen Edith’s Way

Cambridge to get its first true “Dutch” roundabout

Following an attempt at a cycling-friendly roundabout in 2014 the UK's cycling city seems to have got it right

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Hills Road separated cycle lane, Cambridge (copyright Simon MacMichael).jpeg

Floating bus stops improving safety of Cambridge cyclists suggests report

No interactions with motor vehicles out of 3,656 cyclists observed passing the stops

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Cambridge commuter challenge.PNG

Cambridgeshire’s cycling champion wins commuter challenge – at 45kph?

Bike vs bus vs car race was staged as Greater Cambridge City Deal opens congestion-busting consultation

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Launch of Cambridgeshire Cycling Partnership (picture credit Cambridgeshire County Council)

Cambridgeshire aims to seal Tour de France legacy through launch of local cycling partnership

Sky Ride Local events next month will be first step to getting even more people in county on bikes

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