Dangerous driving on Greville Road
Reports of speeding and dangerous driving on Greville Road.
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Reports of speeding and dangerous driving on Greville Road.
sound+fury // 1 thread
Local cllr leaflet proposes some changes to the roads in this area.
Created by Roxanne (CEO) // 25 threads
Camcycle is launching the first ever 'Cambridge Festival of Cycling' which we plan to grow into a recurring festival in September each year.
Along with a range of events, we also plan to conduct a month long Cambridge Cycling Survey.
The aims of the festival:
- Increase awareness of Camcycle leading to more members, volunteers and influence, particularly among new audiences
- Encourage more, better and safer cycling, for all ages and abilities
- Increase our income thorough sponsorship opportunities
- Increase engagement with our campaigning activities
- Create relationships with other community groups who can partner with us on festival events.
Cycle 'parking' consists of pairs of bikes leaned against each other in shelters next to the bins.
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Demolition of the former Zahza Grill Restaurant and replacement with 4 terraced dwellings, along with access, parking and landscaping. First floor rear extension to No.2 Nightingale Cottages, with new front door and removal of existing lean-to element.
60 Trumpington Road And 2 Nightingale Cottages Cambridge CB2 8EX
Cambridge
Application reference : 18/1058/FUL
Created by Emma Pritchard - Camcycle Intern // 1 thread
PROJECT SUMMARY
Rural Travel Hubs are bespoke rural transport interchanges to connect residents in South Cambridgeshire with public transport and cycling/walking routes.
Rural Travel Hubs aim to reduce the levels of private car journeys into Cambridge from the surrounding villages by providing sustainable transport options and also provide connections between neighbouring villages and towns.
The villages of Oakington and Sawston have been put forward as potential sites for a Rural Travel Hubs. We will be engaging with the community this summer to find out their needs and to gather feedback.
https://www.greatercambridge.org.uk/transport/transport-projects/rural-travel-hubs/
Created by Emma Pritchard - Camcycle Intern // 1 thread
PROJECT SUMMARY
Rural Travel Hubs are bespoke rural transport interchanges to connect residents in South Cambridgeshire with public transport and cycling/walking routes.
Rural Travel Hubs aim to reduce the levels of private car journeys into Cambridge from the surrounding villages by providing sustainable transport options and also provide connections between neighbouring villages and towns.
The villages of Oakington and Sawston have been put forward as potential sites for a Rural Travel Hubs. We will be engaging with the community this summer to find out their needs and to gather feedback.
https://www.greatercambridge.org.uk/transport/transport-projects/rural-travel-hubs/
Dodgy layout.
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Condition 5 - Cycle Parking
Arbury Road Surgery 114 Arbury Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 2JG
Cambridge
Application reference : 15/0984/COND5
Cycle parking for units 5-10 appear to be in a shed containing a rack of alternating-level stands, which are supposed to be a last resort.
The other cycle parking is scattered around and appears to be spacious enough to have Sheffield stands, though not shown.
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Erection of 10 x 1-bed apartments, including new amenity space, bin and cycle storage facilities together with reconfiguring the pedestrian access to 56A and 58A Cherry Hinton Road and installation of a new ground floor rear wall to the retained retail unit at 56-58 Cherry Hinton Road, following demolition of existing warehouse building.
56-58 Cherry Hinton Road Cambridge CB1 7AQ
Cambridge
Application reference : 18/0993/FUL
Condition associated with Appeal Ref: APP/Q0505/W/17/3192385
Storage for 18 bicycles at #20 and #22 Panton Street, CB2 1HP.
All are lockable, all off-street, most are covered. All photos taken 19/6/2018
Basically this applicant is trying to legitimise wheelbenders and what appears to be at least one wall-mounted rack where you have to lift your bike and hook the top tube onto a couple of poles.
sound+fury // 1 thread
This report looks at the cycling situation in Cambridge, Oxford and Milton Keynes.
sound+fury // 1 thread
Demolition of existing buildings at 211-213 Newmarket Road and construction of a hotel (C1 use), with change of use and conversion of 2 Godesdone Road to C1 use, and provision of associated infrastructure.
D&A claims that cycle parking is provided in rear garden as shown on layout plan.
Layout plan does not show cycle parking.
It does show that access to the rear garden is narrowed to no wider than 70cm on one side of the house and 45cm on the other side. Therefore the rear garden is not accessible with any kind of bike.
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Demolition of existing house and erection of replacement dwelling.
8 Grantchester Road Newnham Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9ED
Cambridge
Application reference : 18/0926/FUL
Access via 'shared use path link' to Rampton Road has three two-closely spaced bollards.
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Approval of reserved matters for access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale following Outline planning permission S/1606/16/OL for the erection of up to 126 dwellings, formation of a new vehicular and pedestrian access onto Oakington Road and associated infrastructure and works.
Land at Oakington Road, Cottenham, Cambs
http://plan.scambs.gov.uk/swiftlg/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayUrl?theApnID=S/2281/18/RM
South Cambridgeshire
Application reference : S/2281/18/RM
D&A paragraph 4.18:
The following measures to provide accessibility by foot
and cycle are proposed:
• Provision of pedestrian/cycle links through the site;
• Internal road layout design to ensure low traffic
speeds. The design promotes safe walking and high
permeability through the site, and limit potential for
anti-social behaviour;
• Particular attention to be paid to surface quality, and
sufficient ‘overlook’ to provide a sense of safety and
security for users; and
• Appropriate signage and crossing points of roads
through the development, to include dropped kerbs,
tactile paving and guardrails as appropriate.
4.24 In accordance with Policy TI/3, the minimum internal
size of garages are 3.3m x 6m. These garages are large
enough to accommodate a cycle.
4.25 Dwellings that do not have garages have been provided
with a 1.8m x 0.9m cycle store in their private gardens.
Diagrams
E3532-531-S278 Footway and Raised Junction-Fen Drayton Road Ditch.pdf
E3532-705A-S278 Footway and Raised Junction-General Arrangement.pdf
E3532-780A-S278-Highway Construction Details.pdf
Show a fairly nasty chicane installed on the 'cycleway' they are building. 'Sustrans standard'.
Diagram
B.0445_24D Parking Strategy.pdf
Accesses to cycle parking sheds in back gardens appear to be blocked in many cases by parked cars.
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Approval of Reserved Matters (layout, scale, appearance and landscaping) in relation to the construction of 99 dwellings, open space, play space, highways layout, pumping station and all other associated infrastructure following outline planning permission S/1027/16/OL
Land South of Fen Drayton Road, Swavesey, Cambs, CB24 4RS
http://plan.scambs.gov.uk/swiftlg/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayUrl?theApnID=S/2315/18/RM
South Cambridgeshire
Application reference : S/2315/18/RM
Created by Anna Williams – Head of Campaigns & Engagement // 1 thread
Air quality in central Cambridge is not as good as it should be. The city is not compliant with EU limit values or UK national air quality objectives for nitrogen dioxide in the city centre and on busy roads – although it is improving slowly. The City Council's Air Quality Action Plan was approved unanimously at Environment Scrutiny Committee on March 13 and they are now opening it out to consultation (21 June - 18 September 2018).
Many of the proposed actions are of interest to Camcycle, but in particular:
• Reducing Heavy Goods Vehicles emissions in the city centre by promoting ‘greener’ methods for making deliveries of goods, such as by cycle or electric vehicles
• Using planning policies to ensure new communities are designed to make it easy for people to use sustainable modes of transport
• Improving public health by providing information about the health impacts of air quality and encouraging everyone to have a more active lifestyle, including walking and cycling
sound+fury // 1 thread
Proposed Mixed Use Development, comprising the demolition of the existing building and erection of 10x1-Bed Apartments and Commercial/Restaurant/Public House (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 & B1) flexible Use, with associated works.
73 Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8EG
Cambridge
Application reference : 18/0887/FUL
Created by Keith Garrett // 1 thread
The cycle park at the station seems to be under a crime wave. Each day more of the sheffield stands are just unbolted from the ground (should this even be possible?). Some have parts of bikes left on them. There are also a lot of bikes with missing wheels, saddles etc.
The entire unit seems to be neglected now. Dust is building up on the steps and ramps.
Also the area leading the way from the first floor to the second floor is always blocked by sheffield stands that should be removed. Currently only one bike can get through at a time and even me at 5'6" am likely to bang my head on the black cabinet sticking out.
Claims 8 cycle parking spaces - shows three Sheffield stands mounted too closely to a wall.
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Erection of a new building adjoining 113 Chesterton Road containing three 1 x bed flats, along with associated landscaping and car and cycle parking.
Land To The Rear Of 113 Chesterton Road Cambridge CB4 3AR
Cambridge
Application reference : 18/0905/FUL
Owen // 1 thread
Is this "cyclists dismount" illega;? Why should cyclists not carry on using the road (there isn't even a cycle path on that side of the road)?
Outline permission for the remaining part of the secondary school comprising 8 forms of entry (1200 pupils); a 3 form of entry primary school (630 pupils); a post 16 education college (400 places), the remaining part of the indoor sports facilities, playing fields, car and cycle parking, landscaping and ancillary development Full permission for part of a new secondary school comprising 4 forms of entry (600 pupils); a Special Educational Needs School (SEN) (110 pupils); energy centre; car and cycle parking, indoor sports facilities, hard landscaped playing courts, playing fields, access, landscaping and ancillary development
http://planning.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/swift/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayUrl?theApnID=S/0092/18/CC
Outline planning permission (with all matters reserved) for
development of up to 4,500 dwellings, business, retail,
community, leisure and sports uses; new primary and
secondary schools and sixth form centre; public open
spaces including parks and ecological areas; points of
access, associated drainage and other infrastructure,
groundworks, landscaping, and highways works.
Created by Roxanne (CEO) // 1 thread
The drawing shows what could be wheel-bender style racks and cycles leaning against each other on the wall.
Condition 4 - Cycle Parking
65 Aberdeen Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8DL
Cambridge
Application reference : 16/0278/COND4A
Created by Roxanne (CEO) // 1 thread
The demolition of an office building and the erection of a development of ten flats.
50 St Stephens Place And 51 Canterbury Street Cambridge CB3 0JE
Cambridge
Application reference : 18/0907/FUL
sound+fury // 1 thread
External alterations and subdivision of the existing Homebase store (Unit 10) into two units, including change of use to allow food retail and a change to the Section 106 Agreement.
Cambridge Retail Park, Unit 10 Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8WR
Cambridge
Application reference : 18/0858/FUL
A thread to discuss access from to the site from the Guided Busway.
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Martin Lucas-Smith // 29 threads
Proposed route along the rail corridor through Cambridge, part of which is in the Cambridge Local Plan.
Created by Rohan Wilson // 1 thread
I've visited Riverside to Waterbeach with William Rayner of county cycling team. He's revising signage here and providing it along the St Ives corridor, with the old NCN 51 being renamed Regional Route 24 (blue patch). We've decided finally to continue to sign NCN 11 from Riverside Bridge to Waterbeach Station, and he's looking at suitable (hopefully temporary) wording to advise to follow NCN 51 to Bottisham for destinations beyond Waterbeach, which will hopefully eliminate misrouting those from outside the area.
Our inspection of existing signs showed that only one new signboard was provided on completion 5 years ago of Riverside Bridge. Signboards still send people via Green Dragon. Sustrans considers signage is an important part of any route project.
The intention is to sign Milton Country Park as a destination, not as part of the route, removing route signs within the park, and probably retaining Coles Road as the signed route through the village, though it would be much preferable to have improvements past the shops and the village green, pubs etc.
Retaining the route to Waterbeach as NCN will help keep the gap in people's awareness.
I am planning to contact again the landowner of the missing link between Bottisham Lock and Fen Road, Lode with a suggestion for a low-level route, southeast side of the Bottisham Lode floodbank which is the route of the public footpath, where signs forbid cycling. It might be considered more visually acceptable. All parish councils are for the route, including the one of which he is a member.
Created by David MacKay FRS // 1 thread
Our campaign for safer walking and cycling to/from NWCambridge now has a petition and a first video (of five) summarising our position.
See our new video summarising our petition:
https://youtu.be/hIlQAzsU0js?t=1s
I’d be delighted if you could promote this to your networks. Time is of the essence because a Senate House discussion is coming up [3 Nov 2015], and I will report the number of signatures on our petition there. (But signatures after the date will still be useful.)
More information:
http://tinyurl.com/EddingtonSafety
The petition:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/EddingtonSafety
Anyone is welcome to sign the petition; we ask people to use the Comment field to let us know if they are University Member / University employee / City resident / SouthCambs resident / etc.
For twitter purposes the recommended hashtag is #EddingtonSafety and there is an @EddingtonSafety account too.
Thanks very much
David
David J C MacKay FRS
djcm1@cam.ac.uk
Regius Professor of Engineering,
Cambridge University Engineering Department
Author of “Sustainable Energy - without the hot air” www.withouthotair.com
and “Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms” www.inference.eng.cam.ac.uk/mackay/
Girton resident and parent.
Cambridge Cycling Campaign Member
Created by David Green // 1 thread
My employer is planning to relocate from central cambridge to the Cambridge Business Park (near Waterbeach). There is currently no decent cycle (or footpath!) access to this business park which avoids riding along the A10. I am a confident cyclist but I am not looking forward to riding to work along sections of the A10.
Are there any plans for cycle route construction which the campaign can, perhaps, help accelerate?
Created by Hester Wells // 1 thread
There is a campaign for a cycle route between Bar Hill and Cambridge, also connecting Dry Drayton, Madingley and Coton to North-West Cambridge.
Currently cycle provision for these villages is poor. Bar Hill has lower rates of cycling than other villages that are closer to Cambridge.
The campaign site is: http://www.bhddmadcycle.com/
Created by Simon Nuttall // 19 threads
The Reach Fair ride takes place on the early Bank Holiday Monday (May Day) in May.
The web page for it is:
http://www.camcycle.org.uk/events/rides/
The planning overview is summarised:
http://www.camcycle.org.uk/events/rides/timeline.html
I've created this issue to help plan this event.
Martin Lucas-Smith // 1 thread
The permeability gate between Hooper Street and Kingston Street is obstructive as it only allows passage in one direction at a time.
Given the ever-increasing amount of cycling in areas like this, it's time to get this replaced with a simple bollard arrangement that would allow two-way passage whilst still enable the emergency services to unlock for access in an emergency.
As the bridleway crosses Milton Road, it swaps sides of the busway, so most pedestrians and cyclists want to cross diagonally. However the toucan crossing only protects people crossing Milton Road. It doesn't stop busway traffic.
This is confusing and dangerous. When the road traffic stops at red lights, and the Toucan crossing turns green, it feels very safe to cross the busway. Yet buses can come from three directions (busway west, busway east, Milton Road south) at speeds of 30 mph.
Cyclists in particular are tempted to cross diagonally from north west to south east. Last week I saw a near accident.
Created by Robin Heydon // 9 threads
The A14 is a very hostile, dangerous road for cycling.
Improvements to it, as well as broader changes to the national framework for cyclist crossings of major roads, are needed.
Created by Cllr Ian Manning // 1 thread
The County appointed an officer back in June to review parking policy across the County, starting with the City.
Vehicles are continually abusing cyclists who use the road here because the bus lane on the other side forces the carriageway to be narrow.
Although there is the cycleway, it has the usual problems of loss of priority at sideroads, bins in the way, people going in and out of driveways, etc.
Martin Lucas-Smith // 10 threads
Milton Road, like other main roads in the city, is a mix of typically bad bits of cycle infrastructure. There is considerable scope, possibly within the City Deal funding, to rework the whole streetscape to Dutch standards.
Created by Robin Heydon // 1 thread
The Cottenham to Histon cycleway needs improvement.
Created by Anne Clarke // 1 thread
The current Barton to Cambridge off road cycle path starts at the White Horse in Barton. During term time Cambridge bound traffic is now backed up and slow moving throughout Barton along the A603. This leaves no clear safe route for cyclists. The road has white hatchings down the middle and would be wide enough for a proper on-road cycle lane to leave a safe passage past the queuing vehicles.
Martin Lucas-Smith // 1 thread
There's a very poor dogleg right-angle with barriers at the entrance/exit from the West Cambridge site to Clerk Maxwell Road.
This should be turned into a wide splay with good visibility.
Created by Colin Bell // 1 thread
Has there been any improvement in the "new" NCN 11 route from Waterbeach to Lode since last summer? Last time I went that way I had to wheel the bike across fields and carry it over two or three stiles.
Any information, including a forecast date when a proper route is likely to be built, welcome. Thanks.
Starting a thread about this application here so we can continue on from the previous planning list discussion.
Martin Lucas-Smith // 11 threads
Major planning application here - c. 10,000 homes
Created by Simon Nuttall // 3 threads
The railway line from Cambridge to Newmarket turns out across Coldham's Common and right through the middle of Cherry Hinton, and then carries on passing to the north of Fulbourn.
There are currently (2013) two main routes from the east of Cambridge to Cherry Hinton - the Tins and Snakey Path. However both have long very narrow sections involving pedestrian conflict.
The railway line is single track - but satellite images show the bridges crossing Barnwell Road and Coldham's Lane were both built for dual track. So this means there should easily be enough room to accommodate a cycleway alongside the railway.
This route could then connect up with the Chisholm Trail and provide a direct fast cycle route to and from the city and the Science Park area.
Created by Robin Heydon // 2 threads
The Landbeach Parish Council would like the bridgeway from Landbeach to Cambridge to be upgraded to a cycleway.
Martin Lucas-Smith // 4 threads
London Cycling Campaign has reorientated its policy towards a 'Go Dutch' approach.
This aims to learn from best practice abroad rather than continuing with the 'hierarchy of provision' that, in 20 years in the UK, has arguably failed to deliver meaningful change.
This is an overarching issue for conceptual discussion of this issue.
Created by Jamie // 1 thread
At the moment it is possible to cycle from Cambridge Road, near Madingley, to Girton, on a bridleway that crosses over the A428 and then passes under the M11 at the Girton Interchange. You can then cross three roads (A1307) and reach a pavement on the North-East side of the Interchange. Using the pavement you can then reach Washpit Lane and cycle up towards Girton. (The pavement is marked as a shared-use route on the OSM Cycle map, although I am not sure that it really is.)
Apart from having to be careful when crossing the A1307 junction it is a rather pleasant route to ride.
The Girton Interchange is being "improved" to reduce the bottleneck for cars. Does anyone know what plans there are to ensure that the current route through remains open and whether there are plans to improve the bridleway route through? Or will this be another example of roads being developed to the detriment of footpaths/bridleways.
Martin Lucas-Smith // 1 thread
Cherry Hinton Road is currently mainly typical 'blue sign on a pavement' provision, despite having the edge-to-edge width in places for proper cycle provision. A longer-term objective should be to upgrade this.
Created by David Earl // 4 threads
There are some evil short grey posts on the busway cycleway that are really hard to see in the dark. I have heard of a number of people hitting them with disastrous consequences
Created by velocipedus@gmail.com // 12 threads
Project Orange is an attempt develop our general strategy during the year 2013.
It involves
1) Should Cambridge Go Dutch (or Copenhagenize)
2) A more assertive stance in our interactions with agencies: Demanding of them to make feasible what seems infeasible
3) focus on a regional area 10 miles (15 km) around Cambridge and a dartboard network structure to connect villages,
4) the development of a Bicycle Infrastructure Assessment Tool (BIAC) which will allow us to grade and praise provision
5) Priority over sideroads as part of a Dutch-style approach
5) Development of Visualisation Tools for major projects (Chisholm Trail, Newnham to Newmarket Rd, Mitcham's Corner)