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So the govt is going to 'build' a new National Forest between Cambridge and Oxford. As a taster, here's some of what that might look like
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
So the govt is going to 'build' a new National Forest between Cambridge and Oxford. As a taster, here's some of what that might look like
I see Cambridge's traffic congestion season is well underway
September 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I see Cambridge's traffic congestion season is well underway
Getting that 'local govt' feeling
September 16, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Getting that 'local govt' feeling
Notice the police are active today in Cambridge seizing illegal motorbikes/scooters, which have become a conspicuous problem especially on shared paths ...
August 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Notice the police are active today in Cambridge seizing illegal motorbikes/scooters, which have become a conspicuous problem especially on shared paths ...
Here's how it's done in Cambridge. A long stretch of pavement outside Emmanuel closed, with bonus pavement parking for the contractors. Pavement users can just ... go in the road unprotected I guess
July 16, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Here's how it's done in Cambridge. A long stretch of pavement outside Emmanuel closed, with bonus pavement parking for the contractors. Pavement users can just ... go in the road unprotected I guess
Meanwhile on Farcebook, Cambridge's pro-motor agitators have discovered to their horror that mooted 'parklets' are nothing to do with parking, but will "block TeH RoAd" (which presumably parked cars somehow don't?)
July 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Meanwhile on Farcebook, Cambridge's pro-motor agitators have discovered to their horror that mooted 'parklets' are nothing to do with parking, but will "block TeH RoAd" (which presumably parked cars somehow don't?)
A coach thunders back down Cambridge’s Cromwell Rd (notionally part of the Chisholm Trail) after finding there’s no way through the width restriction at the South end. That passage for motor vehicles does more harm than good – time to close it?
July 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
A coach thunders back down Cambridge’s Cromwell Rd (notionally part of the Chisholm Trail) after finding there’s no way through the width restriction at the South end. That passage for motor vehicles does more harm than good – time to close it?
A points failure near Cambridge has brought rail traffic to a near standstill and had knock-on effects for the roads around the station in Cambridge. But for the dunderheads in the pro-traffic Facebook group, the cause is ... something else
July 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A points failure near Cambridge has brought rail traffic to a near standstill and had knock-on effects for the roads around the station in Cambridge. But for the dunderheads in the pro-traffic Facebook group, the cause is ... something else
So, the pro-motorists' legal challenge to Cambridge's Mill Road bus gate crashes and burns. Surely that will be the end of the matter ?
July 8, 2025 at 10:34 AM
So, the pro-motorists' legal challenge to Cambridge's Mill Road bus gate crashes and burns. Surely that will be the end of the matter ?
This Mill Rd trader is doing great work showing that a motor car is not needed for 'last mile' delivery, even for bulky items like rolls of carpet. A good cargo eBike would do well too. Powerful argument for a zero-car Cambridge ...
June 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
This Mill Rd trader is doing great work showing that a motor car is not needed for 'last mile' delivery, even for bulky items like rolls of carpet. A good cargo eBike would do well too. Powerful argument for a zero-car Cambridge ...
Remember the rules
June 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Remember the rules
I'm sure the new mayor will be shocked at the number of motorists committing driving offences and maybe support harsher punishment for them as a way of upholding law and order. Oh ...
June 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I'm sure the new mayor will be shocked at the number of motorists committing driving offences and maybe support harsher punishment for them as a way of upholding law and order. Oh ...
Maybe, for the real red meat head over to Facebook:
May 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Maybe, for the real red meat head over to Facebook:
Meanwhile, over on the hellsite that is X, some drivers are overjoyed at the election of a pro-pollution Tory mayor and wondering if they can rat run over Mill Rd Bridge again. They might be a bit peeved to learn it's never been in his authority and he's played them for fools
May 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Meanwhile, over on the hellsite that is X, some drivers are overjoyed at the election of a pro-pollution Tory mayor and wondering if they can rat run over Mill Rd Bridge again. They might be a bit peeved to learn it's never been in his authority and he's played them for fools
In the unkempt scrubland that is the outside space in the "Ironworks" housing estate in Cambridge, dangerous Hemlock is spreading which, especially near children's play areas, is not great. Who is responsible for seeing to this?
May 1, 2025 at 7:36 AM
In the unkempt scrubland that is the outside space in the "Ironworks" housing estate in Cambridge, dangerous Hemlock is spreading which, especially near children's play areas, is not great. Who is responsible for seeing to this?
Yeah I know today's carbrained "prison for cycling killers" headlines were bad enough, but looking at the Guardians "Related news" links makes one realise how deeply antipathetic this country's govts are to active travel and environmental improvement, seemingly for ever ...
April 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Yeah I know today's carbrained "prison for cycling killers" headlines were bad enough, but looking at the Guardians "Related news" links makes one realise how deeply antipathetic this country's govts are to active travel and environmental improvement, seemingly for ever ...
Flashback to 1956, when the UK introduced the offense of Causing Death by Dangerous Driving, as juries were failing to convict killer drivers of manslaughter.
www.routledge.com/Criminal-on-...
www.routledge.com/Criminal-on-...
April 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Flashback to 1956, when the UK introduced the offense of Causing Death by Dangerous Driving, as juries were failing to convict killer drivers of manslaughter.
www.routledge.com/Criminal-on-...
www.routledge.com/Criminal-on-...
More carbrained fuckery from the govt. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
April 25, 2025 at 4:08 AM
More carbrained fuckery from the govt. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
Meanwhile in the run-up to the elections the amount of tinfoil from the Cambridge #carbrains is ramping up. One wonders if this kind of Trumpesque conspiracism had much effect ...
April 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Meanwhile in the run-up to the elections the amount of tinfoil from the Cambridge #carbrains is ramping up. One wonders if this kind of Trumpesque conspiracism had much effect ...
Wondering if bollarding-off the north end of Coleridge Rd (modal filtering) might be quick win for Cambridge ...
April 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Wondering if bollarding-off the north end of Coleridge Rd (modal filtering) might be quick win for Cambridge ...
To be fair, LAB were crap during the GE campaign and have lived down to expectations
March 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
To be fair, LAB were crap during the GE campaign and have lived down to expectations
This carbrained Conservative Cambridge councillor seems to be having some difficulty with legal questions which seem rather ... Trumpesque
March 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This carbrained Conservative Cambridge councillor seems to be having some difficulty with legal questions which seem rather ... Trumpesque
Terrible air quality in Cambrige (UK) this morning. Stay safe people www.iqair.com/gb/uk/englan...
March 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Terrible air quality in Cambrige (UK) this morning. Stay safe people www.iqair.com/gb/uk/englan...
Cambridge has yet another (is that five now?) motorist lobby group pumping out dumb publicity. They don't seem to know that Cambridge's bad and unpredictable congestion problems mean the only reliable ways to be 'on time' for anything are walking/cycling/wheeling
March 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Cambridge has yet another (is that five now?) motorist lobby group pumping out dumb publicity. They don't seem to know that Cambridge's bad and unpredictable congestion problems mean the only reliable ways to be 'on time' for anything are walking/cycling/wheeling