Cambridge moved closer to implementing a blanket 20mph limit in residential areas this week as city councillors unanimously
backed Cllr Sarah Brown’s motion to join up the 20mph zones. Notwithstanding mixed
reports about the twelve month trial, every city councillor
supported the motion after Cllr Brown told them what it’s like being a
cyclist.
Despite years of campaigning for lower speed limits on the arterial
roads that carry cyclists across the Thames, Transport for London have
denied the wishes of
London Cycling Campaign and will implement plans to speed up traffic
on Blackfriars Bridge this weekend. Activists say the temporary 20mph
limit must stay, since the bridge carries over 6,000 cyclists per day
and has a history of cycle crashes. A protest
ride took place
today and others are planned.