Update At first we worried weather would spoil the event. It was raining as everyone set up for it to start. Fortunately, as people arrived, the clouds parted, the sun came out, and everyone enjoyed themselves. ChiCycle’s Music In The Park Sound Stage is supporting the Kingsham Area Action Group FUNDAY event at Whyke Oval on Saturday the 26th August. We are promoting walking and cycling by bringing all our Sound Stage equipment to the event using modes of…
West Sussex County Council invite residents to give feedback on their proposals for modifying the highway on Fishbourne Road East and Westgate (‘Route K’ as featured in Chichester District Council’s Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan). A link WSCC information on these scheme and the survey is available here https://yourvoice.westsussex.gov.uk/westgate-chichester. Their engagement period should remain open until 11:59pm on 7 August 2023. In a recent meeting, ChiCycle concluded that Local planning decisions have already removed any realistic opportunity to create…
Come Tryout a Cargo Bike/Trike on Thursday 15th June Starting 5:30pm Until 7:00pm. ChiCycle will be staging the event in the Cattle Market Car Park near the pedestrian/cycle exit onto Whyke Lane and the Roman Amphitheatre. ChiCycle are organising this community event to give people the opportunity to try riding cargo bikes and trikes as part of the Great Big Green Week. Cate Matters has kindly created a poster advertising the event available in PDF format here. A .png format…
West Sussex County Council are concluding stage one engagement/consultation over a controversial shared use urban pavement conversion schemes. A link the the consultation is available here https://yourvoice.westsussex.gov.uk/chichester-corridors The first part of the scheme aims to convert the pavement adjacent to the Northgate car park into a two way shared use cycle track. This will severely disadvantage people who have sensory impairment and particularly discriminate against elderly, disabled, dog owners (including people with guide dogs) and people with young families. The…
Approaching Traffic from the A259 will have Inadequate Visibility of the Proposed Uncontrolled Crossing! The A259 is busy a trunk road and the proposed WoC uncontrolled crossing will be situated on a blind limb of the roundabout where Sherborne road joins the A259. The design has previously failed a safety audit over identical concerns. All that is proposed as a solution is to temporarily cut a few trees trees while ignoring all other relevant DfT guidance on highway visibility requirements…
How The Community Have Been Misled (Particularly by County Council Highways Officers) Chichester residents have long held fears over the conversion of Westgate and Sherbourne Rd pavements to shared use cycle tracks. This issue has been of particular concern to disabled and visually impaired residents. Current plans for the 2nd stage of the 1600 home West of Chichester development includes designs for a controversial Southern Access Spine Road. This road will bring intense heavy traffic onto formerly quiet neighbourhood/school streets…
On the 10 March 2023 Active Travel England justifiably awarded West Sussex authorities with a score of Zero to reflect their consistently poor support for active travel (walking & cycling). This Zero score recognises the absence of all three key ingredients (local leadership, ambition and capability) necessary for a local authority to make meaningful improvements that support walking and cycling. Out of the 79 UK authorities that Active Travel England assessed, only three others (Worcestershire, Rutland & Leicestershire) scored as…
Jan Davis joined the ChiCycle group and documented the protest with his photographs. Mayday Action Group Protest 26th March Hi These are some of the pictures I took yesterday in Chichester and Fishbourne. Use them exactly as you like and sending the link allows others to download. Great demonstration. Well done. Cheers Jan Davis The following link for downloading the photos is available until April the 2nd https://wetransfer.com/downloads/8dfcd6fa4d19f0e031341b6089da41f320230326122143/970a2126735429473cca8fe8752670a220230326122209/b764b9 A gallery of the images is available below, Original Post Inviting…
Jonathan Fulford and Mark Record drove up to London Green Cycles on Saturday the 4th Feb 2023 and picked up ChiCycle’s Community Bakfiets Long Cargo Bike. On its arrival back to Chichester, it was taken for test rides on Centurion Way. The ChiCycle Bakfiets is intended to support community events and also allow local people to try easily out and borrow a Dutch style bakfeits Cargo Bike. Although a deposit may be required, we intend to loan out the ChiCycle Bakfiets…
Andy Sargent of the Mayday Action Group has kindly invited ChiCycle supporters to the Mayday Action Group benefit gig at the Woolpack Inn 13th January starting at 8pm. Entrance is free but donations will support the Mayday Action Group. Why not join the audience and enjoy the gig that is sure to brighten up a winters Friday evening? Mayday Action Group are concerned housing development along the West Sussex coast is rapidly going ahead without adequate planning for essential infrastructure….