What is Cycling Plus?

Hills Rd - floating bus stop (2)

Cycling Plus is the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s programme to deliver the next phase of high‑quality walking and cycling improvements across the city. It was created to identify where investment would make the biggest difference to people travelling on foot, by bike or by wheelchair.

We’ve already delivered over £115m of improvements to make walking, cycling and public transport more attractive across Greater Cambridge. Building on this, the GCP has set aside an indicative £20m for the next phase of active travel upgrades.

What are we doing?

  • Targeted upgrades to Cambridge’s busiest active travel corridors
  • Responding to public feedback on where improvements are most needed
  • Creating safer, more attractive and more connected routes for everyday journeys
  • Supporting more people to choose sustainable travel

Demand for safer, more convenient cycling and walking options along these corridors is high. Current layouts don’t fully support sustainable travel, and improvements here have the potential to benefit large numbers of people travelling into, out of and around the city.

Why we’re focusing on the A1134 and Hills Road

A public consultation in 2021 identified 13 priority corridors for future investment. After reviewing the feedback, the GCP Executive Board agreed to prioritise two routes for the next stage of design and development:

  • A1134 (Perne Road, Mowbray Road and Fendon Road)

  • Hills Road (from Hills Road Sixth Form College to Regent Street/Gonville Place/Lensfield Road)

The A1134 and Hills Road corridors were chosen as areas with significant existing cycle use and strong potential for improvement. Enhancing these routes will help create a more connected, reliable and attractive active travel network for Greater Cambridge.

These two schemes will now move forward for further design work and public engagement.

Cycling Plus - A1134

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Cycling Plus - Hills Road

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