Comment
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 54495
Received: 05/10/2020
Respondent: Cambridge Cycling Campaign
An area-wide approach to energy will be essential for the site to meet its carbon targets, so the qualifiers ‘where feasible and viable’ should be removed. At least 25% of cycle parking (in all staff and residential areas) should be provided with infrastructure to permit charging e-bike batteries. Buildings should also be designed with the capacity to be retrofitted for higher capacities of charging infrastructure (and therefore futureproofed to allow for a growth in e-bike usage). Research from 2020 shows that a quarter of Europeans intend to use an e-bike this year*.
*https://cyclingindustry.news/quarter-of-europeans-likely-to-be-e-bike-riders-in-2020-says-largest-study-to-date/
An area-wide approach to energy will be essential for the site to meet its carbon targets, so the qualifiers ‘where feasible and viable’ should be removed. At least 25% of cycle parking (in all staff and residential areas) should be provided with infrastructure to permit charging e-bike batteries. Buildings should also be designed with the capacity to be retrofitted for higher capacities of charging infrastructure (and therefore futureproofed to allow for a growth in e-bike usage). Research from 2020 shows that a quarter of Europeans intend to use an e-bike this year*.
*https://cyclingindustry.news/quarter-of-europeans-likely-to-be-e-bike-riders-in-2020-says-largest-study-to-date/