Friday Evening September 8th Cargo Bike/Trike Try-outs 5:30pm Until 7:00pm

Friday Evening September 8th Cargo Bike/Trike Try-outs 5:30pm Until 7:00pm

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Come Tryout a Cargo Bike/Trike on Friday Evening September 8th September Starting 5:30pm Until 7:00pm. Bring photo ID if you want to take a cargo bike for a ride (so we can meet requirements for insurance). ChiCycle will stage this event at the Cattle Market Car Park near the pedestrian/cycle exit onto Whyke Lane and close to the Roman Amphitheatre. We aim to offer similar opportunities on the second Fridays of each month to encourage more people to leave their…

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23rd September Great ChiCycle Cargo-Bike Ride-Out to Deliver the Sound-Stage for the Havant Climate Alliance Eco Fair

23rd September Great ChiCycle Cargo-Bike Ride-Out to Deliver the Sound-Stage for the Havant Climate Alliance Eco Fair

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Update Unfortunately, several key members of the ChiCycle team we unavailable on the day of the event and sadly the equipment could not be delivered using cargo bikes. Nonetheless, Martin Emmett & Chris Penycate set up the sound stage equipment at Havant Park allowing the event to be enhanced by live music acts. Original Post We need every ChiCycle supporter we can find to help pilot cargo-bikes carrying the ChiCycle Sound-Stage from Chichester to Havant (and then back again afterwards)…

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ChiCycle Supporting the Woolstock September 2nd 2023 Delivering Acoustic Sound Stage

ChiCycle Supporting the Woolstock September 2nd 2023 Delivering Acoustic Sound Stage

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Update Woolstock Festival 2023 raised approximately £5,500 for Stone Pillow. Some images from the event are available in the gallery below. Original Post We hope you can join us for this years Woolstock Music Festival held September 2nd at the Woolpack Inn 71 Fishbourne Road West, Chichester, England, PO19 3JJ. Last year’s festival had two sound stages. ChiCycle delivered the acoustic stage. The event raised £6407.50 for the friends of Fishbourne School. This year’s charity is Stonepillow. We hope with…

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Kingsham FUNDAY Whyke Oval 26th Aug

Kingsham FUNDAY Whyke Oval 26th Aug

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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…

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ChiCycle’s position on WSCC Proposals for Westgate and Fishbourne Road East

ChiCycle’s position on WSCC Proposals for Westgate and Fishbourne Road East

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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…

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Come Tryout a Cargo Bike/Trike on Thursday 15th June Starting 5:30pm Until 7:00pm

Come Tryout a Cargo Bike/Trike on Thursday 15th June Starting 5:30pm Until 7:00pm

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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…

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West Sussex County Council Proposes additional Urban Shared Use Pavement Conversion Schemes

West Sussex County Council Proposes additional Urban Shared Use Pavement Conversion Schemes

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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…

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Planning Permission Must be Withheld from this Uncontrolled Crossing on Sherborne Rd South With Hopelessly Inadequate Visibility

Planning Permission Must be Withheld from this Uncontrolled Crossing on Sherborne Rd South With Hopelessly Inadequate Visibility

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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…

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Local Authorities have Mislead our Community to Push Through a Poor Quality West of Chichester Southern Access Road!

Local Authorities have Mislead our Community to Push Through a Poor Quality West of Chichester Southern Access Road!

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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…

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Poor Quality New Proposals for the Sherborne/Westgate Spine Road Junction viewed in a Wider Context

Poor Quality New Proposals for the Sherborne/Westgate Spine Road Junction viewed in a Wider Context

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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…

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