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Reducing Traffic Through the Harbour Villages

Reducing Traffic Through the Harbour Villages

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ChiCycle hope to promote walking and cycling between Chichester and Emsworth by encouraging our local authorities to find alternative routes for motorists other than the A259. We feel this could also lead to a considerable improvement in the area for the local community as well as making our fantastic coastline more appealing as a tourist destination. We have created several illustrations showing what the street scenes may look like with significantly reduced motor vehicle traffic. Click here to view or…

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Highways England Responds to Bognor Regis Cycle Forum Questions on Emsworth To Chichester Cycle Route Plans

Highways England Responds to Bognor Regis Cycle Forum Questions on Emsworth To Chichester Cycle Route Plans

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Adam Bell, raised questions on behalf of Regis Cycle Forum, over issues with Highways England plans to alter the Chichester to Emsworth Cycle route along the A259. The Highways England reply skirts many of Adam’s issues by claiming the provision is for a share use Non Motorised Users (NMU) and not a dedicated cycle way. This categorisation allows national standards for cycling to be avoided and seems unlikely to provide a realistic alternative to cyclists continuing to use the road…

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The Bike Counters are Not Seeing the Bikes

The Bike Counters are Not Seeing the Bikes

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After work on wed 26th August 2020 ChiCycle supporters tested out the Avenue de Chartres Pop-Up cycle lanes that only fully opened the previous day on Tues 25th Aug. Sarah Sharp mentioned hearing that WSCC traffic counters were only reporting low numbers of bicycles using the cycle lanes. When ChiCycle previously tested out the northern sections of the Pop-Up cycle-lanes on Sun 16th Aug, we noticed the WSCC bicycle count was implausibly low considering the number of people that cycled…

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Harry Nix started this petition to Chichester council

Harry Nix started this petition to Chichester council

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This is an independent initiative started by Harry but he is entirely correct about the safety issues and problems for cyclists. Our recommendation is for people to support him by signing his change.org petition available here. Improve St Pancras / Needlemakers (A285), Chichester for cyclists & pedestrians Problem: The road (A285, Chichester) is heavily used by many (individuals & businesses) to get in and out of the centre of Chichester. It’s currently dangerous for cyclists & pedestrians due to the…

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Sunday PopUp Cycle-Way Tryout

Sunday PopUp Cycle-Way Tryout

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ChiCycle are interested to hear what local cyclists and residents think of the Chichester PopUp Cycle Scheme. This Sunday 16th August evening at 5pm, we intend meeting up at Northgate car park near the Tennis Club. We advise anyone wishing to join us with a bicycle to wear a day-glow vest and a cycle helmet. People may wish to try out the scheme for the first 20 to 30 minutes to develop initial impressions and so we can get some…

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ChEmRoute Goes Dutch

ChEmRoute Goes Dutch

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In parallel to Chichester District Council (CDC), West Sussex County Council (WSCC) and Highways England (HE) announcing plans to remove cycle lanes from the A259 between Chichester to Emsworth to make bikes ride on the pavement, the Department for Transport (DfT) has introduced giudlines and policies that require higher standards of walking and cycling provision. On the 27 July 2020 DfT published their policy paper for cycling and walking plan for England which sets out a vision for a travel…

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Work Begins on Temporary Cycle-Ways in Chichester

Work Begins on Temporary Cycle-Ways in Chichester

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At approximately 2PM Wednesday 29th July 2020 while cycling into town I spotted work men preparing counters for fitting into the Avenue De Chartres roadway. This was in readiness for the installation of temporary Cycle–Ways! The slide shows images below illustrate progress so far: Looking at the cycle-way layouts led me to reflect just how difficult it is to design a coherent and direct bike route and I pondered over the many difficulties the installation team will need to overcome….

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Highways England Chichester to Emsworth Cycle Route Concerns

Highways England Chichester to Emsworth Cycle Route Concerns

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The new scheme for the Chichester to Emsworth Cycle Route threatens to reduce the level of local provision for both pedestrians and cyclists alike. It will also encouraging faster and larger volumes of motor vehicle traffic along the A259. There are a great many reasons why it is unsatisfactory for the cycle scheme to relocate cyclists onto the existing pavements through the harbour villages. Removing the existing cycle lanes will encourage greater volumes of motor vehicle traffic that will also…

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