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Whitehouse Farm Development modifications to Westgate/Sherbourne Mini Roundabout will contravene the Equality Act 2010

Whitehouse Farm Development modifications to Westgate/Sherbourne Mini Roundabout will contravene the Equality Act 2010

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ChiCycle are concerned with plans to relocate cyclists from Westgate and Sherbourne roads onto unsuitable pavements around the mini roundabout junction. We believe this will contravene the Equality Act 2010 as vulnerable pedestrians will be forced into direct conflict with significant flows of cyclists. Please see the attached document for more details of our concerns. Our concerns are outlined in detail in this PDF report on the proposals. The following images show where pavements with blind corners will be converted…

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No Nonsense Bike Security by Ray Burridge and his Gemara Locking Cycle Stand

No Nonsense Bike Security by Ray Burridge and his Gemara Locking Cycle Stand

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Ray Burridge is an inventor from Yapton who has developed a simple but ingenious solution to prevent cycle theft. Formerly, while working as a policeman, Ray realised how little was being done to prevent bikes being stolen or to detect such crimes. To resolve this problem he formed Gemara Cycle Security Ltd in 1986 and successfully produced a number of highly successful locking cycle stands. Unfortunately, when Ray took on a larger production order his bank got cold feet and…

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Cycling Has Become a Much Brighter Prospect in Beijing Once Again

Cycling Has Become a Much Brighter Prospect in Beijing Once Again

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ChiCycle members and the Chichester area community, desperately need some positive ideas to cheer us all up. Perhaps the wisdom and vision of the Chinese people might prove a healthy inspiration to us all? This will be a happy contrast to the situation locally. ChiCycle are disappointed that local provision for walking and cycling is currently either not provided at all or in some locations is actually being downgraded and/or removed. Despite fake green-wash rhetoric from local and national government…

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The Department of Transport Perspective on Chichester to Emsworth Shared Pavement NMU Scheme

The Department of Transport Perspective on Chichester to Emsworth Shared Pavement NMU Scheme

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West Sussex County Council and Highways England intend to remove the legal footway status of the pavements through the Harbour Villages and along the A259. The intention is to re designate 4km of pavements as two way cycle tracks that pedestrians are permitted to share with all the bicycle traffic using the National South Coast Cycle Route. More details of this scheme are available here. ChiCycle, the Chichester Area District Cycle Forum and the West Sussex Cycle Forum, believe that…

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Highways England A259 Chichester-Emsworth NMU Questionnaire and Presentation documents

Highways England A259 Chichester-Emsworth NMU Questionnaire and Presentation documents

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Highways England have emailed a number of people inviting feedback on their proposals to adapt the pavements on the A259 to carry a two way cycle track that will in many places be shared with pedestrians. The following links give access to documents used by Highways England when presenting the proposals for the A259 NMU scheme. 1. Story Board-Southbourne 2. Story Board-Sbourne to NBourne 3. Story Board-Nutbourne 4. Story Board-Bosham 5. Story Board-Bosham to Fishbourne 6. Story Board-Fishbourne Chemroute factsheet…

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Walking and Cycling Provision for the Tangmere Housing Development

Walking and Cycling Provision for the Tangmere Housing Development

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Tangmere Housing Development Application 20/02893/OUT  incorporates welcome design elements within the development but the absence of a functioning wider area walking and cycling network may leave residents stranded in Tangmere if they do not wish to drive. As with any design, there is room for improvement but there is clear evidence walking and cycling needs within the development are being thoughtfully considered by the architects. ChiCycle Assessment of Walking and Cycling Infrastructure within the Tangmere Development These plans now appear…

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A27 NMU Link Improvements Package Response from Michael Neville Bosham Parish Councillor

A27 NMU Link Improvements Package Response from Michael Neville Bosham Parish Councillor

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Michael Neville is a Bosham Parish Councillor and a lecturer at Chichester College. He is a committed environmentalist and has always commuted between his home and collage on his bicycle apart from a few extremely rare occasions when he used to bring in a vintage car on dry summer days. Mike has a young family and often brings his kids to work with them riding in a bike trailer so they can attend the College crèche. He has been living…

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Fishbourne Road East is NOT a Quiet Road Suitable for Cyclists to Share the Road-space with Motor-vehicles

Fishbourne Road East is NOT a Quiet Road Suitable for Cyclists to Share the Road-space with Motor-vehicles

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Update… National Highways acknowledge they were looking at the wrong data. A response from Project Manager Adriana Chirovici is now copied at the end of the post below the horizontal line. Original Post… ChiCycle will shortly be writing to Highways England in the hope of correcting misrepresentations they have made in recent presentations. On Friday the 5th of February 2021, ChiCycle members attended a virtual meeting hosted by Highways England about their proposed for an NMU scheme that intends to…

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Safety Concerns over Highways England Proposal to Convert Pavements into Cycle Tracks between Chichester and Emsworth

Safety Concerns over Highways England Proposal to Convert Pavements into Cycle Tracks between Chichester and Emsworth

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ChiCycle will be contacting Chris Heaton-Harris (the minister for cycling and walking) and Baroness Vere of Norbiton (the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport) to get national governments official response to the following concerns. Highways England proposals to convert West Sussex pavements into shared use cycle tracks between Chichester and Emsworth contravene Department for Transport standards for road safety! The A27DesignatedFunds@highwaysengland.co.uk Chichester to Emsworth Route for Non-Motorised Users is a scheme 8.85 km in length that…

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Chichester Observer reports A259 Conversion of Pavements to Shared Use Cycle Tracks

Chichester Observer reports A259 Conversion of Pavements to Shared Use Cycle Tracks

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On the 17th February 2021 the Chichester Post published a story explaining scepticism from residents after proposals were revealed to narrow a road in Emsworth, to make way for a ‘shared use pavement’, and to relocate a Southbourne bus stop, to allow a narrow pavement to be used as a two-way cycle-track. Full details of the story can be read here: Latest proposals for ‘two-way cycle track’ between Emsworth and Chichester divide opinion. Andrew Gould, Gabby Adams and Mark Record…

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