Cambridge guided busway - cycle path

[Janeyb]

First use of the Cambridge guided busway cycle path to commute to work today. FANTASTIC. No more fighting through traffic and stopping every few yards for red lights. Smooth ride all the way, hardly anyone else using it and the buses that speed by are on the guided track so don't even have to fight them. Oh -and you feel like you're out in the country and not riding through the city. As you can tell - I'm a fan.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

I saw that on the news the other day. Great idea having a separate bus lane. But why do they need the fancy guidance system, the driver still operates everything else, perhaps I'm missing something.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

I took this yesterday from my work to the train station and it saved at least five minutes of what is normally 15 minutes (on a good day). The only problem I had was the traffic light at the station end never changed from red, so I had to get off and push on the pavement. I think it's only a temporary one and the permanent ones should work properly when they are in place.

I don't want to use it every day though as I don't do enough exercise as it is... maybe I could go the 'wrong' way down it and then turn round and go back.

Didn't see any buses on it though...

 

[pshore]

First use of the Cambridge guided busway cycle path to commute to work today ..... hardly anyone else using it

I was on it this morning too and I saw more cyclists than buses. Come to think of it, there might have been more cyclists than passengers. One chap was cycling in his suit, with laptop bag, on his electric bike doing 15mph in a nasty head wind. Nice.

There are hoards of users at the weekend, cycling, walking, jogging etc. It is really popular for recreation use too. It is fab!

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

I cycle to work every down and up this route.

Simply put the best cycle path in the world and I am lucky its here.

It has transformed my route from cars and hassle to just superb car free cycling, I cannot praise it enough, and the tarmac is smoother than my wife's rear end and that is smooth !!! and when the last bit to St Ives is complete , pure heaven

 

[Gog]

When will they be surfacing the last section??

 

[d87heaven]

I cycle to work every down and up this route.

Simply put the best cycle path in the world and I am lucky its here.

It has transformed my route from cars and hassle to just superb car free cycling, I cannot praise it enough, and the tarmac is smoother than my wife's rear end and that is smooth !!! and when the last bit to St Ives is complete , pure heaven

I would need a stroke and perhaps a little patting before I can confirm this statement.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

When will they be surfacing the last section??

Supposed to be done in August and September, SUSTRANS gave them the extra cash to finish it off

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

I would need a stroke and perhaps a little patting before I can confirm this statement.

LOL !!!

 

[sheddy]

do you have to bunnyhop off the track when the bus comes ?

Now I get it http://keeppushingth...way-is-now.html

 

[semislickstick]

I cycle to work every down and up this route.

Simply put the best cycle path in the world and I am lucky its here.

It has transformed my route from cars and hassle to just superb car free cycling, I cannot praise it enough, and the tarmac is smoother than my wife's rear end and that is smooth !!! and when the last bit to St Ives is complete , pure heaven

Can you cycle on the Swavsey-St.ives section then? I thought it was closed off to be raised/tarmac'd?
I was glad to read it wasn't going to stay with the loose pack surface, it really does make a difference to the journey time/speed.
Now its just the wind on the open flat fens you have to deal with.

 

[LosingFocus]

do you have to bunnyhop off the track when the bus comes ?

Now I get it http://keeppushingth...way-is-now.html

Ha ha, someone has just discovered HDR and is killing his/her images with it! Need to go and use some eye-bleach now.

 

[Jonathing]

Ha ha, someone has just discovered HDR and is killing his/her images with it! Need to go and use some eye-bleach now.

Yeah, they were rather hard to look at weren't they. I suppose it's one way of making a bus lane look interesting.

 

[semislickstick]

...Is it all tarmac yet? I read mid Nov was the rough completion date. (but then 2008 was mentioned originally

Can you still get along it cycling anyway?

 

[Glow worm]

...Is it all tarmac yet? I read mid Nov was the rough completion date. (but then 2008 was mentioned originally

Can you still get along it cycling anyway?

I don't know for sure, but this guy often blogs about riding that route, scroll down a bit and on the right are some updates on the route (St Ives is mentioned) : Cambs Cycle Blog