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Adam Bell counted at least 45 people who joined the community bike ride on Sunday. A gallery of images from the event is shown below. James Stanbridge sent in a short video of people congregating at Salthill Rd junction in Fishbourne before we held a minutes silence. Community Bike Ride to highlight the importance of the Chemroute. More background information prior to the ride on the 19th Jan 2020 was given in this recent article in the Chichester Post. Sunday…

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Chicycle is extremely concerned that we are spending nearly £20,000 of public money on replacing perfectly adequate cycle racks.  This is essentially a “prettification measure”. When you decide to travel by bike, when we as councils planning for health and to prevent climate change are trying to encourage cycling, the colour of the racks doesn’t matter. You need more racks… and you need to spend on safety on the streets. But replacing like for like is not essential especially despite…

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Friday 1st March sees the start of the consultation into parking on our city streets. There will be an exhibition on Friday and Saturday in the City Council, North Street from 10 am – 4 pm as well as on 20th March. There will be one chance to get to the exhibition in the evening in Swanfield Community Centre 2-8 pm on 25th March. The consultation will go live on Friday too. https://haveyoursay.westsussex.gov.uk/…/chichester-propose…/ It might be worth going along to…

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Car Free Day is an international day that has been around for many years – it has long been a dream of mine to make this a focus for health and activity and clean air in Chichester. As a by-product I hope this would give the opportunity for more people to cycle more safely without fear or worry. In 2010 I helped organise a take-over of a car parking space in Northgate Car Park but my dream has been to…

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The  Chair of the Cycle Forum,  Ian Smith, is moving on. Many thanks go to him for this voluntary position which he has served with dedication and thoroughness. Commenting on behalf of the Forum on many a planning document and persevering through all the bureaucracy set in our way. It is important that this group continues as it is a key link between the cycling groups and the community and the councils. We have input from Sustrans, SDNPA, the Selsey…

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ChiCycle – Some views on the Local Plan and Peter Brett Associates Report January 2019  Research from New Zealand has shown that congestion and carbon emissions can be reduced by investing in safe walking and cycling paths. https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago701085.html?mc_cid=00a14af008&mc_eid=5c9c8f87c6 This is news that appears to have escaped the policy makers at CDC and planners at Peter Brett Associates. As Coordinator of ChiCycle, Chichester’s Cycle Campaign, I am reading the Local Plan Review with caution as walking and cycling should be put…

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