Issues

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• Special Education Unit, Ascham Road

  Created by Rohan Wilson 03 May, 2012 15:28 // 0 threads

  • parking
  • quantity
  • type
  • location

  This comment is on behalf of Sustrans, the charity that’s enabling people to travel by foot, bike or public transport for more of the journeys we make every day.

  The documents state that cycle parking is to be increased to 4 spaces (staff) and 6 spaces (pupils), but gives no indication as to its type, location, or whether it is sheltered.

  We consider the quantity to be provided seems unambitious, especially considering the site is in a quiet street close to routes on the city's signed primary cycle network. The cycle parking should be of Sheffield stands, convenient to the building's entrances, in a clearly visible location, and sheltered. See the City Council's Cycle Parking Guide for information.

  http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/ccm/content/transport-and-streets/cycling-and-walking/cycle-planning-and-policy.en

  We recommend that more spaces should also be provided, better to encourage a healthy alternative to car use. We note that the site is a listed building whose character and surroundings are not likely to be enhanced by full occupation of the "ample" car parking mentioned in the D+A Statement.
  RW for Sustrans 3 May 2012

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• Buttercross Works Development

  Created by Kevin Hickman 01 May, 2012 16:20 // 0 threads

  • planning

  Poor provision for cycling in the submitted plans.

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• Mill Road condition - BBC

  Created by David Earl 30 April, 2012 11:50 // 1 thread

  BBC R Cambs want to interview someone at 07.05 tomorrow (May 1) about the potholed condition of Mill Road.

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• City Centre Cycling

  Created by cobweb 27 April, 2012 17:27 // 1 thread

  • signage
  • oneway
  • westcentral

  Plans are mooted to paint directional signs on the roads in the city centre to alert bike users to the legal direction of travel.

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• Ramped access to Victoria Bridge from riverside path

  Created by t1mmyb 27 April, 2012 10:23 // 0 threads

  • ramp
  • stepfree
  • access

  There has been stepped access from the riverside to Victoria Bridge for years, possibly since the bridge's construction.

  Victoria Bridge is currently closed pending refurbishment/reconstruction due to its dilapidated and dangerous condition; there may be S106 money available from the developers of the adjacent Western Riverside housing development. It's crucial to write to local councillors expressing the community's desire to have the bridge access not merely restored, but enhanced, for the benefit of cyclists, pedestrians and less-able users of the bridge and riverside.

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• Cambridge United stadium proposed for Trumpington

  Martin Lucas-Smith 25 April, 2012 11:25 // 3 threads

  Cambridge United are proposing a new stadium in Trumpington, near the Park and Ride site. Clearly this will have major traffic generation effects.

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• Planning app 12/0408/FUL: substantial residential development behind Greens off Cromwell Road

  Created by David Earl 23 April, 2012 10:31 // 1 thread

  • planning

  Construction of 136 residential units (class C3) with associated car parking and landscaping.

  http://bit.ly/JqVNi8

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• Lack of cycle parking on Mill Road

  Martin Lucas-Smith 20 April, 2012 16:49 // 2 threads

  • cycleparking

  Mill Road suffers from a dreadful lack of cycle parking.

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• Difficult junction at Marble Arch coming from Oxford Street

  Martin Lucas-Smith 20 April, 2012 16:21 // 0 threads

  • multilane
  • junction

  Coming from Oxford Street, trying to get to the coach stops is quite difficult.

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• Access to NW Cambridge site from NW

  Created by Jim Chisholm 19 April, 2012 20:15 // 2 threads

  • nw
  • cambridge
  • trinity
  • college

  For several years there have been proposals, counter proposals, and problems over access over partly Trinity College land that should give good cycle commuting routes from Bar Hill, Dry Drayton, Madingley and even Hardwick.
  We need to work with NW Cambridge team at the University, Trinity College, Bidwells (Trinity's land agents), County, SCambs, and Local Parish Councils
  If a solution can be found S106 monyey is available

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• Tower Bridge road surface problem

  Created by londoncycler 19 April, 2012 11:52 // 1 thread

  • very
  • uneven
  • road
  • surface

  Six inch high ridge near left side of north bound lane on the south side of the bridge forces cyclists too close to the kerb or into the path of motor vehicles. Issue reported via CTC pothole reporting site. Resurfacing required.

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• Huntingdon Road needs lower speed limit

  Martin Lucas-Smith 18 April, 2012 17:49 // 1 thread

  • speeds

  The speed limit here is currently 40mph.

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• Windsor Road and Oxford Road traffic calming

  Martin Lucas-Smith 16 April, 2012 11:19 // 0 threads

  • planning

  The North West Cambridge site proposes traffic calming changes in Oxford Road and Windsor Road.

  Proposals at:
  http://idox.cambridge.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=LRVINSDX01D00

  then click on this second link:
  http://idox.cambridge.gov.uk/online-applications/files/31B8D2EEB48A4F65255321E5DF860E38/pdf/11_1114_OUT-TRANSPORT_ASSESSMENT-857517.pdf

  and scroll to numbered PDF page 26.

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• Proposed Sainsburys store, planning application F/TH/12/0220

  Created by Gregory Williams 13 April, 2012 10:23 // 1 thread

  • sainsburys
  • supermarket
  • thanetdistrict
  • westgateonsea

  A new Sainsburys supermarket is proposed at Westgate-on-Sea. The cycle infrastructure in this location is poor and this is an opportunity to help improve it.

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• TfL JR: Albert Embankment/Lambeth Bridge

  Created by Shaun McDonald 11 April, 2012 08:47 // 0 threads

  • tfl
  • junctionreview
  • tfl_jr

  Part of the TfL junction review http://tfl.gov.uk/junctionreview

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• Cambridge City Football Ground

  Created by cobweb 05 April, 2012 10:28 // 1 thread

  • planning
  • junctions
  • parking

  11/0008/FUL was recently rejected by the Planning Committee but the club only have the lease till the end of the 2013 season having sold it to developers. It's likely some kind of development will occur on this site since the club needs the money.

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• Old Press/Mill Lane SPD

  Created by cobweb 03 April, 2012 17:31 // 1 thread

  • planning

  The Old Press/Mill Lane supplementary development plan was adopted in 2010. Things have been quiet since then but the University still have plans to refresh this area. Part of the plan involves making Granta Place shared use.

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• CB1 development planning applications

  Martin Lucas-Smith 03 April, 2012 17:29 // 11 threads

  • planning

  Various related matters regarding the new CB1 development, e.g. new housing blocks and their cycle parking, routes through the development.

  For issues relating to cycle parking at the station itself, see:
  http://www.cyclescape.org/issues/36-cycle-parking-at-the-station
  instead

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• Doubletree Hotel expansion

  Created by cobweb 02 April, 2012 17:58 // 1 thread

  • planning
  • development
  • obstruction

  Coming up in the Planning Committee meeting for April 4th, 9.30am.

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• Bell School development

  Created by cobweb 01 April, 2012 13:04 // 3 threads

  • planning
  • crossing
  • path
  • newdevelopment

  Outline planning permission was given in 2008 for this development of up to 347 houses. In 2011 a reserved matter relating to the design on the junction was refused by the Joint Development Control forum. This is still a subject of debate. Another concern is the path adjacent to Babraham Road which is much used by staff at Addenbrooke's either on foot on by bike.

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• Transport strategies in Cambridge

  Martin Lucas-Smith 31 March, 2012 17:54 // 19 threads

  The Cambridge City, South Cambridgeshire, County Council Strategic Transport and Spatial Planning Group are considering a new Transport Strategy for Cambridge (TSC).

  Other transport strategies will no doubt emerge in future.

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• Glebe Farm development

  Created by cobweb 31 March, 2012 16:02 // 0 threads

  • planning
  • newdevelopment

  Permission given for 286 homes. Concern was raised in 2010 about the positioning of the 715 cycle parking spaces.

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• NIAB development

  Created by cobweb 30 March, 2012 09:59 // 7 threads

  • planning
  • newdevelopment

  A development of 1,780 houses, including community facilities, roads, footpaths and cycleways. Frontage land has already been built on (this is the land facing Huntingdon Road) and outline planning permission given.

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• Trumpington Meadows development

  Created by cobweb 29 March, 2012 20:54 // 4 threads

  • planning
  • newdevelopment

  A development of 1,200 homes and a country park to the south of Cambridge.

  http://www.trumpingtonmeadows.com/

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• Road Bridge Haslingfield and Barton

  Created by Klaas Brümann 28 March, 2012 21:21 // 1 thread

  • haslingfield
  • barton
  • a601
  • cambridge
  • university

  Cllr Sabastian Kindersley (LD, Gamlingay) writes in a letter in todas Cambridge News that "the university plans to rebuild the road bridge linking Haslingfield and Barton. ... chance to provide a safe combined pedestiran/cycle path down on to the track so residents can avoid the narrow and dangerous road and so access the A603 safely. The approx cost of this work is £40,000.

  What do we know about this?

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• Pinch point created by pedestrian crossing

  Created by DavidT 14 May, 2013 10:59 // 2 threads

  • cycle-lane
  • southampton_city

  The current layout of the pedestrian crossing at the junction of Winchester road and Vermont close forces cyclists out of the cycle lane and into the flow of traffic. This is a risky maneuver and relies on the patience of the car driver behind the cyclist. A possible solution would be to be extend the cycle lane through the chicane, with give way markings so that pedestrians have right of way.

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• Dangerous section of cycle path outside Dominos Pizza on the Avenue

  Created by DavidT 15 June, 2013 19:46 // 3 threads

  • cyclepath

  Southampton Cycling Campaign has received many reports of local cyclists having accidents on the cycle path outside the Dominos Pizza outlet at the southern end of The Avenue.

  A recent incident was reported in the Southampton Echo, http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10475081.Cyclist_hurt_in_road_crash/

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• Tandem carriage on Scotrail trains

  Created by SRD 21 October, 2012 16:22 // 1 thread

  • tandems
  • train
  • carriage
  • scotland
  • families

  We have a tandem which fits in all the spaces on trains in Scotland (as far as I know), but we are prohibited from taking it on any except the East Coast line trains. I've been writing to various officials - elected and otherwise - and contributed to the recent review of the Scotrail franchise, but am not getting much joy. No one seems to think it is a big deal. But, for my family, with 2 kids aged 5 and 1, and no car, if we don't go by tandem and train, we can't go anywhere much. The tandem is not a luxury but a practical transport solution. Does anyone else want to join in and make this more than a one-woman issue?

  (another related issue: even once the kids can ride their own bikes, we won't be able to use trains much since most only allow 2 reservations).

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• St Peters Dock lethal rail tracks

  Created by Alex Oldman 02 January, 2014 21:20 // 1 thread

  • road-surface
  • disusedrailway

  Disused railway tracks on St Peters Dock provide short section of road surface that is dangerous to traverse from East to West by bike.

  If you are avoiding crossing the tracks then you are forced into oncoming traffic.

  If you cross the tracks, you are then potentially trapped between parked cars and the railway tracks, which can be dangerous.

  The tracks are very slippery when wet or icy, and sections are often hidden underwater because there is poor drainage after heavy rain.

  Ideally the tracks are totally removed, or the surface covered with concrete or tarmac.

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• Dogs Head Street cycle contraflow lane parking/loading bay

  Created by Shaun McDonald 16 November, 2013 11:19 // 1 thread

  • cycle-lane
  • parking
  • loading
  • bay
  • ncn
  • ncn1

  There is a loading bay in the cycle contraflow cycle lane, which means that the cycle lane is blocked for cyclists as soon as a vehicle is parked there. This means that cyclists have to pull out into the path of oncoming buses, thus making the NCN route unsuitable to young children or inexperienced cyclists.

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• Grey Street

  Created by PeterMac 04 March, 2014 09:32 // 1 thread

  • carparking

  Redesign of Grey Street to remove the danger of cars reversing (blind) out parking bays into middle of the road.

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• Clerkenwell Boulevard

  Created by Andrea Casalotti 25 November, 2013 13:25 // 1 thread

  • grid
  • filteredpermeability

  Here is an ambitious plan for a Bicycle Boulevard from Shoreditch to Fitzrovia, along Old Street, Clerkenwell Road and Theobalds Road, open only to bicycles, buses and motor traffic for local access only.
  a. It is now the most cycled route in London, showing that it is the desired EW route.
  b. It is of variable width, therefore trying to accommodate bikes, buses, and through traffic in a consistent and safe way is impossible. In other words, a compromise will be a botch job.
  c. There will not be mixing of buses and bicycles: bicycles will have a dedicated two way cycle lane on the South side of the street.
  d. The Boulevard stops being a mega- EW-rat-run. Motor traffic will have to use Pentonville/City Road.

  More details here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yw9mkHhGZaVBKYJs6FxyhC1Z4nNYVl-IFH-aR1ScK9U/pub?start=false#slide=id.p

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• Cycling on A2

  Created by Gregory Williams 07 June, 2012 17:49 // 1 thread

  The A2 is a hostile environment for cycling. Cyclists should be directed away from using the A2 towards existing safe alternatives (e.g. RCR16) and the current A2 cycle signs should be removed.

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• Chisholm Trail

  Martin Lucas-Smith 16 March, 2012 13:34 // 23 threads

  • newroute
  • railway
  • chisholmtrail

  Proposed route along the rail corridor through Cambridge, part of which is in the Cambridge Local Plan.

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• Lack of safe room for cycles, terrible road surface

  Created by DavidTheScientist 20 July, 2013 09:31 // 1 thread

  • cyclepath
  • road-surface

  While some painted "cycle lane" does exist northbound, there is woefully little provision for cyclists considering the huge number that use this section of road each day, a large number of whom are those who work at the General Hospital and other nearby health centres. Southbound cyclists have no real provision of space at all, save a graduated stopline, where cars turning right often try to pass right-turning cycles on the inside. Dale road itself is extremely narrow by winchester road, with almost no pavement space for pedestrians.
  Cyclists heading northbound on Winchester road must beat traffic off the line at Dale road to get to the painted centre of Winchester road. North of the traffic light at The Range, the cycle lane is almost non-existent, placing cyclists between 2 lanes of heavy traffic, and cyclists have to stop and wait in this dangerous area in order to turn right onto Wilton road. Furthermore, the road surface, especially at this part of Winchester road, is currently deplorable.

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• Bar Hill to Cambridge Cycleway

  Created by Hester Wells 07 May, 2014 17:39 // 1 thread

  • cycleroute
  • cycleway
  • offroad

  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/

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• Wandle path bypass for Earlsfield

  Created by Andy Allan 17 November, 2011 08:38 // 1 thread

  • cycleway

  Garratt Lane at Earlsfield station sucks massively for cyclists, and is a jarring interruption to the Wandle Trail (Sustrans route 20). It would be great to extend the riverside path underneath the railway to avoid this dangerous stretch of road.

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• Tower Bridge road surface problem

  Created by londoncycler 19 April, 2012 11:52 // 1 thread

  • very
  • uneven
  • road
  • surface

  Six inch high ridge near left side of north bound lane on the south side of the bridge forces cyclists too close to the kerb or into the path of motor vehicles. Issue reported via CTC pothole reporting site. Resurfacing required.

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• North Meadow Walk - NMW

  Created by chdot 23 October, 2012 10:21 // 1 thread

  • upgrade

  Surface, drainage and width issues.

  Planned for upgrade as part of CEC 'family network'

  No details/dates.

  Was an issue 5 years ago (and before)

  http://cyclingedinburgh.info/2007/01/18/drowned-bike

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• NCN route 11 and the Waterbeach Gap

  Created by Rohan Wilson 05 August, 2014 18:03 // 1 thread

  • route
  • needed

  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.

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• Poorly designed infrastructure

  Created by Charlie 14 December, 2016 16:56 // 1 thread

  • poordesign
  • confusing
  • segregated-cycle-lane

  Confusion created by inconsistent design in the two parts of the new segregated cycle path - one bit is clearly segrated with a distinct red surface; the other bit appears on first glance to be shared-use but on closer inspection is intended to be segregated. Why was this allowed to happen? There are also considerable problems with traffic flow which could have been eliminated with a little more thought. I dispair of Bristol City Council's ability to get anything right!

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• Richmond Green - one way street

  Created by Andrew Woodward 14 April, 2013 09:04 // 0 threads

  • onewaystreet
  • pathshare
  • rcc
  • rcc_quietroute
  • richmond_south

  Cyclist coming from the river come up Friars Lane exit and have to currently route right round Richmond Green because it is one way. Many do not and simply cycle across the green. The path across the green should be formally opened up to cyclists - as a share path with pedestrian priority - or a seperate track provided along the south side of Richmond Green.

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• Castle Street Cycle Lane - Taxi parking

  Created by Matt Turner 15 December, 2012 10:54 // 1 thread

  • parking
  • taxi
  • blocking
  • contraflow
  • lane

  Castle Street cycle lane is a contraflow cycle lane on a one way street in Sheffield. It has been here since March 1997 and allows cyclists enter the city centre from the network of cycle paths on the East, avoiding some big arterial routes with no cycling provision.

  For the past 15 years this cycle lane has been plagued by Hackney Carriage drivers parking illegally on this cycle lane, blocking cyclists access and forcing them into oncoming traffic. This has been the case for over a decade.

  There is a taxi rank on the pavement side of the cycle lane, taxis often fill up this rank and overflow, parking in the cycle lane, blocking the way for cyclists.

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• pinch points Southwood Road

  Created by Sarah Wood 08 October, 2013 16:30 // 0 threads

  • traffic
  • speed
  • pinch
  • points

  There are several pedestrian refuges along the road particularly at the western end of the road. The refuges cause a pinch point for cyclists. The road marking confuse priorities between those using the on road cycle path and other traffic.

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• Litlington to Therfield over the A505 at Royston

  Created by JonC 04 September, 2013 14:32 // 0 threads

  Our club (South Herts CTC) had to cross the A505 to get back into Hertfordshire on Sunday and we took a route between Litlington and Therfield which involved 500 m along the A505 and a right turn at the roundabout west of Royston.

  I was quite surprised there was no cycle route to help cyclists here. It was a Sunday so at least there were fewer heavy vehicles than normal, but the speed of some cars coming up behind made it tricky to change lanes on a bike when turning right at the roundabout.

  Since then I have studied other ways of crossing the A505 (using Google Streetview) and can't find any easy crossing points near Royston. I see it is the boundary between Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, which complicates matters (although it looks like the A505 road is in Herts).

  To the east, I've used the B1368 crossing at Flint Cross, which is also a nightmare. To the west the crossing at Slip End does at least have a central refuge. It seems little or no thought was given to cyclists when the A505 was constructed.

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• Marlborough Street to Park Row, Bristol Dutch Style Cycle Infrastructure.

  Created by David Wilcox 12 January, 2013 16:33 // 3 threads

  • bristol
  • infrastructure
  • lstf
  • dutch-style
  • proposed

  Proposal
  To investigate options to provide a safe, continuous route from St James Barton Roundabout to the top of Park Street.

  Rationale
  Marlborough Street/Upper Maudlin Street/Perry Road/Park Row (known as the Scope Route) is the most desirable route for cyclists from the east of the city to the University, the Triangle, Clifton etc but is heavily trafficked with little cycle provision.

  Research has identified three key perceptions that deter people from taking up cycling: lack of personal safety; inconvenience; poor image. Experience from countries in northern Europe shows conclusively that in order for cycling to become a mass activity attracting all ages and abilities these perceptions have to be tackled and potential cyclists must believe they will feel safe, valued and normal. Facilities are needed that form a coherent network, separate cyclists from fast, high volume traffic and offer them a high degree of priority and convenience both on main routes and local roads. The purpose of Bristol's 'Design Cycling' work programme is to create a network and that is convenient, safe and provides speedy access all over the city. A network which a 12 year old would feel comfortable using.

  Part of the 2013 Bristol City Council LSTF proposals.

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• Ommision of lights creates danger on cyclepath

  Created by Chris Neston 31 January, 2017 14:58 // 2 threads

  • m53
  • traffic-lights
  • cheshire-oaks

  The cycle path crosses the soutbound exit from the M53 at Cheshire Oaks. The exit is light controlled for traffic as they enter the roundabout. This provides a safe time for cyclists to ride across the sliproad. However the lights are not visible to cyclist on the path and there is no light provided to advise cyclists when they can cross.

  This makes it very difficult and dangerous for cyclists to know when they can safely cross. This would require no physical change to the road layout simply a new light to show cyclists when to cross.

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• Lack of cycle routes to Cambridge Business Park, Waterbeach

  Created by David Green 21 August, 2015 09:35 // 1 thread

  • cycle
  • cycle-route
  • a10
  • waterbeach
  • cambridge
  • research
  • park

  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?

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• A41 Divides Guilden Sutton from Chester - better crossing needed

  Created by HVS 19 December, 2016 17:01 // 2 threads

  • dual-carriageway
  • crossings
  • busy-road

  The A41 ring road cuts across a useful quiet route north-west out of Chester, which is an alternative to the traffic-free Greenway (which is unlit, and slippery in icy conditions). Crossing the A41 during busy periods - e.g. when commuting at rush-hour - can be a slow and potentially very dangerous process, especially after dark. A better crossing for cyclists and pedestrians, or a lower speed limit on the A41 (or both), would be very helpful here.
  [Original version of map was wrong; I've now updated it.]

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• A14 very hostile for cycling

  Created by Robin Heydon 16 December, 2011 10:00 // 8 threads

  • a14

  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.

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