The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway linking St Ives, Cambridge and Trumpington opened on 7 August 2011. This blog is now closed to new posts and comments. It was set up for people who travelled the busway, either as bus passengers, or users of the cycle/footpath such as pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders.
The blog remains visible as a historic record. Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the blog over the past decade.
Monday, 11 November 2013
Assault on busway
I think the Cambridge News headline (online version) says it all:
Angry pensioner tips bag of dog poo over Cambridge University lecturer for 'cycling too close to her' by guided busway
Actually, I believe the incident did not take place ON the busway, but on a shared use footpath to the NW of it (http://www.cyclestreets.net/location/52708/) near the allotments. This path IS narrow, and I can see a case for putting a speed limit on it, if speeding is a problem...
Clearly the Cambridge News thinks it makes better copy to imply it was ON the busway... Never let the facts get in the way of a good story, as the old maxim goes!
Actually, I believe the incident did not take place ON the busway, but on a shared use footpath to the NW of it (http://www.cyclestreets.net/location/52708/) near the allotments. This path IS narrow, and I can see a case for putting a speed limit on it, if speeding is a problem...
ReplyDeleteClearly the Cambridge News thinks it makes better copy to imply it was ON the busway... Never let the facts get in the way of a good story, as the old maxim goes!
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