tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post5109420807451384520..comments2024-02-25T08:36:14.759+00:00Comments on Keep Pushing Those Pedals: The Cambridge Guided Busway Cycle Path gets easily floodedJmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078208384599353066noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-61298053490186583262021-01-24T15:50:25.278+00:002021-01-24T15:50:25.278+00:00Hi, can anyone confirm how much of the busway path...Hi, can anyone confirm how much of the busway path is flooded between St Ives and Swavesey at the moment? Planning to cycle to work later this week but more rain will scupper that. CheersAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03304384714127409291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-11165728766175476712014-01-28T09:50:33.346+00:002014-01-28T09:50:33.346+00:00http://travellingtheguidedbusway.blogspot.co.uk/ i...http://travellingtheguidedbusway.blogspot.co.uk/ is a good website for up to date info you can also find it on My Blog List up to the right of this page. The comments on that Blog will quite often provide the most recent info.<br /><br />---JamieJmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078208384599353066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-16412273222920184172014-01-23T20:22:02.060+00:002014-01-23T20:22:02.060+00:00Update 2014... Still can't get to St. Ives as ...Update 2014... Still can't get to St. Ives as you have to cycle through a duck pond - shortly after a large barrier saying "Flooding"... The cycle path surface (under the ducks) is great though :-(<br />Bob Wyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08399969286987816154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-57767643392888364752013-07-29T19:10:19.396+01:002013-07-29T19:10:19.396+01:00Wow, you're quick!! Thanks, frankly I got a bi...Wow, you're quick!! Thanks, frankly I got a bit queasy even looking at that picture despite knowing the line was closed at the time!! Disappointing to hear that the St Ives end is still ropey though!Lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-6193243748044740052013-07-29T18:41:05.572+01:002013-07-29T18:41:05.572+01:00Thanks Laura, I have added a warning at the start ...Thanks Laura, I have added a warning at the start of the post. The shared-use tarmac path alongside is in good shape, but readers should also be warned that it can flood in places near the St Ives end and be impassable. Usually there are signs indicating such on the route.Jmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078208384599353066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-38290303433377774922013-07-29T18:07:19.457+01:002013-07-29T18:07:19.457+01:00I appreciate this is an old article now, but just ...I appreciate this is an old article now, but just want to warn anybody unfamiliar with the Busway that it is now fully operational and you ABSOLUTELY UNEQUIVOCALLY CANNOT ride on the concrete tracks (described as the 'optional smooth cycle track') as the couple in the second picture are doing, unless you want a high-speed double-decker in the face. The proper cycle route running alongside is now in pretty good shape and is the ONLY safe way to ride this route.Lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-50001565036624447322012-10-09T16:46:50.257+01:002012-10-09T16:46:50.257+01:00I use the CGB daily to travel to College. It is ve...I use the CGB daily to travel to College. It is very good, apart from the mornings, people are standing up, right up to the doorway. This morning we were having to get off the bus just to let one person make their way off the bus.<br /><br />I am making a documentary film for a college project about 'cyclists v motorists' in Cambridge. I know it is a never ending debate, however if anyone has an interest in the topic, I would love to speak to you or even film an interview with you for my documentary film.<br /><br />You can contact me and track my progress with the film on my facebook page http://www.facebook.com/BradleyPhotoCinemaRed Spectrum Pictureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743658536144521511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-8753379616014492182011-03-03T11:14:35.017+00:002011-03-03T11:14:35.017+00:00Hi Tim,
The simple answer is yes. The section of ...Hi Tim,<br /><br />The simple answer is yes. The section of the CGB shared cycle path between Longstanton and Cambridge is due to have a tarmac surface laid when the Busway is up and running. (<a href="http://www.camcycle.org.uk/newsletters/88/article7.html" rel="nofollow">Cambridge Cycle Campaign Newsletter 88</a>) At the moment it is ok, and you will be able to avoid the really rough bit at the Milton Road end.<br /><br />Here is a Bike Route Toaster <a href="http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=212190" rel="nofollow">link</a> to the route I would take. It is 12.8K/8miles long which at 12mph is about 40minutes. It does have a brief climb and the worst bit of the route is the road between the A14 junction and the CGB near Oakington which is probably a rush-hour rat run. You could take a slight detour along NCN51 along the Cambridge Road and then up the Park Lane Cycleway. You might also want to check the <a href="http://www.cyclestreets.net" rel="nofollow">Cycle Streets website</a> which has a cycle-specific journey planner. I tried it out and it gave <a href="http://www.cyclestreets.net/journey/515790/" rel="nofollow">these suggestions</a>.<br />There are three suggestions Faster, quietest and balanced. In this case the balanced and quietest are the same and follow some bridlepaths in the early stages avoiding Dry Drayton. There is no way I would use the fastest route, it runs along the A14. I have cycled along the A14 but aside from the danger it is way too noisy. You get a set of turn-by-turn maps and some photographs. Their estimate is 7.5miles and 43minutes and you save 2.24Kg of CO2.<br /><br />I think I ought to give the Cyclestreets planner a test run and write about it. The information provided looks very impressive.Jmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078208384599353066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-78018828512325764792011-03-02T22:32:14.523+00:002011-03-02T22:32:14.523+00:00Hi Jamie, I am moving to bar hill and as I don'...Hi Jamie, I am moving to bar hill and as I don't know Cambridge at all, is it possible to use the CGB to cycle into the Science Park? If so how long would it take a novice like me?Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-54322833818302038002011-02-25T20:04:20.980+00:002011-02-25T20:04:20.980+00:00I have to say it is rather nice when cycling along...I have to say it is rather nice when cycling along the concrete track to see the lights all change automatically and allow an uninterrupted cycle ride. If only all traffic lights were like that...<br /><br />It will be interesting to see how the tracks "degrade" over time when it is finally in use. I still think that the potential for oscillation in the "steering" guide wheels has been underestimatedJmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078208384599353066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-19678578139030990092011-02-24T05:49:40.376+00:002011-02-24T05:49:40.376+00:00Any news on the amusing story about 'ghost bus...Any news on the amusing story about 'ghost buses' making the traffic signals change as cyclists are increasingly attracted to use this luxury £150m cycle route. and they are triggering the signalised crossings at road intersections. The story has appeared in a bus industry magazine. <br /><br />Given the access options it could be quite a quick job to drop a single rail line thrown down on top of one of the beam-ways although it would be preferable to lift the beams out and off the supporting piles to lay a proper bed of ballast onto the formation that can be properly regulated without any risk of the beams underneath continuing to tip with ground movement<br /><br />The misalignment issue can also be seen in concrete slab roadways, and gave Brunel problems when he tried longitudonal sleepers on his first railway lines over soft ground. A small settlement at one end of a long beam is magnified by the size of the slab/beam to make a substantial misalignment at the opposite end - or a lack of supporting ground below and leaves the slab 'rocking' potentially stressed enough to crack or able to 'pump' the soil underneath into a fluid state which is not a good outcome.<br /><br />Perhaps a positive move might be to present a costed option for laying of a single rail line quickly over the formation to recover the heavy materials (beams) and leave a basic facility to shuttle a simple train back & forth. Edinburgh has a few trams to spare at present that could be towed back & forth.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-85821454828845112712010-07-22T14:33:39.265+01:002010-07-22T14:33:39.265+01:00Please, just give us back our railway!Please, just give us back our railway!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864052595440250048.post-33914440287058150442010-07-21T05:57:45.169+01:002010-07-21T05:57:45.169+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com