Safer Cycling and Walking to and from North West Cambridge

I am concerned on a personal basis as this is the route used to get my grandchildren to school by bike from Girton to the new University of Cambridge Primary

I think the road is highly dangerous and I will not cycle until it is made safe!!

I am a Cambridge university graduate and a city resident.

South Cambridgeshire resident.

Definitely a need to i) improve safety for cyclists returning from the city and turning right into Thornton Road, and pedestrians crossing. Let's please not wait for a death (which unfortunately happened closer to Girton college] to action this. And to ii) do something to reduce the speed and frequency of the rat runners down Thornton Road who seemingly travel in packs. Suggest both a speed ramp and a priority for those travelling up the road towards 'Central Girton'. This rat run will worsen as traffic flow to the city slows along Huntingdon Road.

I am an experienced daily cycling commuter on this stretch of road and find that the various narrowing and widening stretches are potential hazards. The design of the pavements/ roadway are particularly dangerous once we consider that there will be much more than the occasional lone pedestrian walking along the pavement and trying to cross Huntingdon Rd with young children, or indeed,slightly older primary school children going to school on their own.

I support the need for improvements to the cycling and walking routes between Eddington and Girton as these will be heavily used by young children

Thank you for giving prominence to the steadily worsening provision for cyclists and pedestrians at the Girton end of Huntingdon Rd as the NW Cambridge development gathers pace. The roadworks chicane that has been created at the construction of the Eddington Rd junction makes the same errors that the Darwin Green junction did in causing pinch points where there is both a narrowing and a direction change simultaneously. This places cyclists at heightened risk of collision with vehicles whose drivers have not assessed the pinch points and their intended direction and speed of travel. Turning right into Thornton Road on a bicycle, particularly during the darker months, is a high risk manouvre even for experienced bicycle riders. Some consideration of how to provide for pedestrian and bicycle traffic between South Girton and NW Cambridge is urgently needed. This is basic infrastructure planning which should feature as a key element of the NW Cambridge plan without needing a campaign or injury or fatality to bring planners to their senses. Mix a primary school with an arterial route between a thriving city and a trunk road and it should become obvious that road safety for vulnerable road users needs urgent attention.

Cambridge resident, parent of pupil in primary school

Girton resident, family of cyclists.

university member

University member and employee (Faculty of Education), Thornton Road resident. As a parent I worry for the safety of my children every day. As a local resident I am concerned by the unnecessary risks we are all expected to take to get to work. As a Faculty of Education and University employee, I am most disappointed with the lack of consideration, forethought and planning that has gone into this traffic plan.

University member and South Cambridgeshire resident

Appalling provision for cyclists and pedestrians.

University Member South Cambridgeshire Resident (Girton)

University Member

3. South Cambridgeshire resident

University member

Grandmother

Grandparent