Greater Cambridge Local Plan Issues & Options 2020

In a nutshell - safe cycle paths for all. There are 12k houses in South Cambs dependent on cars. Why don't more households cycle to school and work? Cycling as a commuter is hard work and unpleasant competing with traffic. And the traffic is bad - dangerously bad. We desperately need an expanded cycle path network to include the surrounding villages. In the Eversdens, we are 7 miles from central Cambridge - well within cycling/e-bike range - and yet the first 3 miles along the A603 are prohibitively dangerous, preventing cyclists from joining the cycle path at Barton. The A603 is wide and straight - we couldn't have a better route for an extension to the existing network...