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SIX.. Area-wide solutions:C2020:Area-wide solutions: Primary cycle routesPrimary cycle routes…… provide cyclists with quick and effective routesbetween major destinations, such as the mainresidential areas, the City Centre, the railwaystation and big employers including the SciencePark and Addenbrooke’s Hospital. Althoughin some cases this will mean the network ofoff-road cycle paths, the primary cycle routesthrough Cambridge are, and should alwaysremain, the existing road network.Sadly, although Cambridge is rightly famedwithin the UK as a cycling city, the overallinconsistent quality of these primary cycleroutes means that the city is often far below thestandard of some European centres.The need for continuityThe quality of primary cycle routes inCambridge is very variable. Routes across thecity’s commons - including the Jubilee Cycle Routewhich starts at the Newmarket Road Park andRide site and follows the river - are very importantand well used (though in fact even these wouldbenefit from being wider, for example acrossMidsummer Common), whilst to the south of thecity cyclists are well catered for with several newroutes.Within the city itself, however, it’s a differentstory. For example when cycling betweenAddenbrooke’s Hospital and the city centre thereare well planned routes along both Hills RoadMany good cycle routes which are wellused, such as Addenbrooke’s Hospital to thecity centre and Milton to the city centre, arecompromised by dangerous and/or unpleasantlocations at various points along them.These locations, such as Hills Road Bridgeand Mitcham’s Corner, break up an otherwisepotentially integrated and useful cycling networkand do little to encourage increased cycleusage. They are off-putting for cyclists andhazardous for those who continue to use them.We need a cohesive, joined-up cycle networkfor the city.and Long Road, but on arriving at Hills RoadBridge the cycle lane stops and what was a safeand friendly route suddenly becomes scary andhostile.As a result, Addenbrooke’s to the city centre is acycle route with a large gap in it and cycle routeswith gaps in them can be almost worse than noroutes at all. Leaving a cyclist stranded mid-routewith no alternative provision means that in futurehe or she will leave the bike at home and take thecar into work.SECTIONSIX.. page16
Newmarket Road/East Road roundaboutPrimary cycle routesNewmarket Road/East Road roundabout:a major barrier within an important routeC2020Cyclists arriving at the Elizabeth Wayroundabout, linking East Road withNewmarket Road, are met with anintimidating and entirely unsatisfactoryobstacle. The underpass system is anexample of design from the 1960s and1970s which is now extremely dated.It is difficult and time-consuming tomanoeuvre through and also raises realconcerns for personal safety, especiallyat night.If this area were to be designedfrom scratch today an underpasswould probably not even have beenconsidered.The junction needs to be replaced withone which is all on one level and servedby crossings. There are plans to doaway with the underpass and redesignthe junction, but in the meantime it isintimidating and could put new cyclistsoff the idea of abandoning their cars.Bar HillBar Hill: a case-study for improving connections between areasBar Hill is one of a number of areas where cyclists arepoorly provided for and serves as a good exampleof how routes could be opened up.The village has a large population, many of whomwork in Cambridge. Despite this, there is currently noroute provided for cycling between Cambridge and BarHill. The A14 is very problematic for cyclists and thealternatives still involve many hostile fast roads.This is in marked contrast to the new NCN 11 cycle routefrom Great Shelford to Addenbrooke’s Hospital. Althoughthe width of this route is still inadequate, it’s a vastimprovement on the previously available alternatives.There is already a paved route from Bar Hill to DryDrayton and there is a chance to create a cycle routesimilar in quality (but preferably wider) to NCN 11which extends all the way into the Cambridge. Theland on which this route would run is largely farmlandowned by the University of Cambridge but because ofthe Cambridge North West Strategy the area has anuncertain future. It is essential that the route is built beforeuse of the land is changed. It would be welcomed by thepeople of Bar Hill and take cars off the A14.The planned A14 improvements raise the possibility of anew road for local traffic running parallel to the existingroad and it is essential that such work should include thecreation of a cycle route, such as an off-road cycle pathalongside the road. This would be the shortest availableroute into the city and would meet all the cyclists’requirements of speed, safety and convenience.CYCLING2020SECTIONSIX.. Area-wide solutions: Primary cycle routesSECTIONSIX.. page17
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