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Reference: PR1402/2010 Author: Gareth Bell Release Date: 25/08/2010

Reduced speed limits to help improve road safety

New speed limits are being introduced in four villages on the outskirts of Cambridge to improve road safety and to get more people travelling by bike.
Residents and local councillors called for the speed limits to be reviewed and highway bosses have been able to work with local people to agree reductions that will mean all road users benefit.

A new 40mph speed limit is already in place in Histon from the A14 roundabout to Histon Football Club, replacing the national speed limit, and a 30mph speed limit has been introduced from the football club entrance to just beyond The Green.

From mid-September there will be a new 50mph speed limit between Histon and Cottenham and a 40mph speed limit will replace the national speed limit between Grantchester and Trumpington.

The introduction of the new speed limits in Histon and Impington are being carried out in conjunction with improvements to the cycle routes along the B1049 that are already underway.

They are part of the wider Cycle Cambridge programme, funded by Cycling England, which will see around £7 million invested on new infrastructure and promotions to get more people cycling, more safely and more often.

Cambridgeshire County Councillor Mac McGuire, Cabinet Member for Highways, said “The County Council is committed to improving safety on our roads for all road users. By reducing speed limits and improving cycle routes we hope to encourage more people to choose to cycle, particularly for local journeys. Cycling helps to keep you fit and more people cycling means less congestion on the roads for those people who need to use their cars.”

The project is being managed and delivered by Cambridgeshire County Council in partnership with Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council.

ENDS

Notes for Editors:
For further information, contact Mike Davies, Cycle Cambridge Programme Manager on (01223) 699913 or Hayley Taylor on (01223) 699907.

I guess they don't cycle themselves.

It's really not nice to be riding along with a car behind you which can't pass because of the speed limit.

It is, however, further vindication of a belief that I have long held that speed limit reductions are just one part of a whole package of measures designed to artificially make the car a less appealing option. Any government worth voting for should have spotted this by now!

“... because auto use is massively popular, anti-car advocates find it prudent to disguise their opposition to cars by calling for measures for which some other goal can be claimed — saving old cities, preserving the environment, encouraging cycling.”

Attempts to "get people out of their cars" are almost complete failures both in this country and throughout the world. Cars simply do transport work better for most people and most journeys than the alternatives that are offered as replacements for them.

We have to eventually start restricting people's use of travel.
Roger Higham
Fiends of the Earth

A climate change response must have at its heart a redistribution of wealth and resources.
Emma Brindal
Fiends of the Earth
(at that ever-so-expensive-for-us-but-not-them meeting at Bali)

OK Fiends. I'm just off in the Aston to pointlessly drive round and use up some of the world's resources.

I don't want to stop you vegan tree huggers eating gruel and flagellating yourself so you feel better. I don't even want to stop you cycling back from the supermarket laden with lentils on a wet day. Return the compliment. Get off my back and let me get on with what I enjoy.

The difference between a typical fiend and me is that I don't necessarily think I am right all the time.

OK Fiends. I'm just off in the Aston to pointlessly drive round and use up some of the world's resources.

I don't want to stop you vegan tree huggers eating gruel and flagellating yourself so you feel better. I don't even want to stop you cycling back from the supermarket laden with lentils on a wet day. Return the compliment. Get off my back and let me get on with what I enjoy.

The difference between a typical fiend and me is that I don't necessarily think I am right all the time.

OK Fiends. I'm just off in the Aston to pointlessly drive round and use up some of the world's resources.

I don't want to stop you vegan tree huggers eating gruel and flagellating yourself so you feel better. I don't even want to stop you cycling back from the supermarket laden with lentils on a wet day. Return the compliment. Get off my back and let me get on with what I enjoy.

The difference between a typical fiend and me is that I don't necessarily think I am right all the time.

p.s. Oh, and you aren't wasting "some of the world's resources", you are simply recycling some stuff from a few million years ago

mb
p.s. Oh, and you aren't wasting "some of the world's resources", you are simply recycling some stuff from a few million years ago

and one of the motivations behind speed limit cutting is to make life worse for motorists.

on a country road with more blind bends than potholes.

p.s. Oh, and you aren't wasting "some of the world's resources", you are simply recycling some stuff from a few million years ago