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Without doubt, Cambridge is Britain's cycling capital. A compact city centre, a university which forbids its students to own cars, and flat, forgiving terrain all combine to make a city where the bike truly is king.
The pedestrianised city centre is open to bikes all day (despite a wobble in the 1990s), and bikes can make their way freely through the many green spaces. And it’s becoming still more bike-friendly: recent years have seen new cycle bridges installed, vast cycle parking schemes underway, and an outstanding cycleway to the countryside.
18 Sep 2014
Cambridgeshire County Council is planning to add ‘cycle contraflows’ to six more city streets, enabling cyclists to ride both ways up otherwise one-way streets. The Cambridge News reports that Panton…
9 Sep 2014
Cambridge University is taking a stand by requiring HGVs to be fitted with bike safety features – the first organisation outside London to do so. The University is planning extensive development…
9 Jul 2014
The long-awaited segregated bike lanes for Hills Road and Huntingdon Road in Cambridge have finally got the go-ahead after a last-minute wobble. Concerns over bus stop safety had seen the…
30 Jun 2014
A new cycle bridge over the River Cam could save cyclists a mile-long detour – and form part of a new north-south route. Cambridgeshire County Council is proposing a £4m…
3 Jun 2014
Cambridge railway station will benefit from 550 extra spaces this summer, ahead of the construction of a 3,000-space bike park. The new multi-storey park will open in December 2015, but…
28 May 2014
Plans to build cycle lanes along Huntingdon Road and Hills Road in Cambridge have encountered an unexpected last-minute delay. Councillors have demanded changes to the Government-funded scheme, which would create…
22 May 2014
Most village cyclists have to struggle with fast rural traffic and a lack of cycle lanes – but not the inhabitants of Swavesey, Cambridgeshire. Not content with already having a…
20 May 2014
An active campaign is lobbying for better cycling provision on the busy A10 from Royston to Cambridge. The road has a shared-use cycleway in places, but local campaigners say it…
19 May 2014
Cambridge is set to be the next city to get Dutch-style segregated cycle lanes, now that a public consultation has shown widespread support for the scheme. Over 70% of people responding to…
13 May 2014
Police in Cambridge are on the alert for a “bike-riding pervert sporting a tan”, according to the Cambridge News. The flasher has been sighted seven times in Arbury, Abbey…
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