ChiCycle – Page 9 – Promoting Safe, Confident Convenient Walking & Cycling in Chichester & West Sussex

The ChEmRoute project now has its own ChEmRouteVision website!

October 18, 2020 Mark Record Comments 0 Comment

ChEmRouteVision is an alternative approach to providing walking and cycling provision from the Highways England NMU proposals for the A259. Rather than force cyclists to ride on the pavements allowing heavier motor vehicle traffic to flow through the Harbour Villages, the ChEmRouteVision aims to take a Dutch style perspective at routing heavy through traffic away from population centres. This approach will not only enable safe and convenient walking and cycling between Chichester and Emsworth but it will also enable the…

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Cycle Lanes Threatened With Removal & Faulty Counters are Likely to Blame

October 8, 2020 Mark Record Comments 4 Comments

It is believed that Chichester’s Pop up scheme is imminently threatened with removal over claims it that it is infrequently used by cyclists. Meridian news recently ran a story titled “Cycle lanes: more harm than good? West Sussex scheme could be removed” However, ChiCycle have run tests on the West Sussex County Council cycle counters and found they do not correctly measure the number of cyclists using the scheme! It is a concern to ChiCycle that a significant amount of…

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October Newsletter

October 2, 2020 Mark Record Comments 0 Comment

Dear ChiCycle Supporter, We have three news items this October. Have your say in the Future of Walking and Cycling in Chichester Chichester District Council have revealed their draft Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) and would like your comments on it. They have two categories where they suggest interventions that are either “Do Minimum” or “Do More” approaches. It is a lot to read through but a very welcomes sign that walking and cycling may be taken more…

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After work Chichester bike-ride Fri 4th September meeting 6pm at the Northgate Car Park (near the tennis courts)

September 4, 2020 Mark Record Comments 0 Comment

This is the 2nd of our after work Friday bike rides on the Chichester Pop-Up Cycleway Cyclists have been temporarily allocated extra road-space in Chichester through the new Pop-Up cycle scheme. The Pop-Up cycle scheme has its imperfections but we need to show there is strong support in Chichester for road-space being set aside for safer cycling. Here is a photo of us on the Northern Gyratory on Friday the 4th September

Reducing Traffic Through the Harbour Villages

September 3, 2020 Mark Record Comments 0 Comment

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

September 2, 2020 Mark Record Comments 0 Comment

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

August 27, 2020 Mark Record Comments 3 Comments

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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Pop Up Cycle Way – What People think

August 17, 2020 Mark Record Comments 5 Comments

Harry Nix started this petition to Chichester council

August 15, 2020 Mark Record Comments 0 Comment

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

August 11, 2020 Mark Record Comments 3 Comments

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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