Category Archives: West Sussex County Council

Crossing the road

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

Some good news – eventually – in Horsham. THE STAFF, parents, governors and children at Leechpool Primary School are having a triple celebration after winning their six-year battle for a pedestrian crossing and successfully passing two inspections. The Horsham school’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Department for Transport, Horsham, Horsham District Council, Infrastructure, Road safety, Town planning, Walking, West Sussex County Council | 5 Comments

Smoothing traffic flow, West Sussex-style

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

The village of Southwater, which lies around 2 miles south of Horsham, has expanded at an incredible rate over the last two decades. In the early 1990s, its population was just over 5,000. In the 2001 census, the number of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling policy, Horsham, Horsham District Council, Infrastructure, Road safety, Smoothing traffic flow, Southwater, Town planning, Transport policy, Walking, West Sussex County Council | 9 Comments

Some local responses to the Times’ ‘Cities fit for cycling’ campaign

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

A letter published in the County Times of Thursday, 29th March – Safe cycling I am pleased that our MP, Francis Maude, has shown an interest in the safety of cyclists in the Horsham District (County Times 22 March 2012). Unfortunately … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, David Cameron, Department for Transport, Francis Maude, Horsham, Horsham District Council, Infrastructure, Road safety, Subjective safety, The Netherlands, The Times' Cities Safe for Cycling campaign, Town planning, West Sussex County Council | 10 Comments

Pedestrians and cyclists don’t mix?

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

Some video taken this Saturday afternoon, on East Street in Horsham. Everyone rubbing up alongside each other quite happily. Although this is often described as a ‘shared space’, it is instead – as you can see from the sign upon … Continue reading →

Posted in Horsham, Shared Space, Uncategorized, West Sussex County Council | 9 Comments

Friday Facility no.6 – Comptons Lane, Horsham

Posted on November 4, 2011 by

Was this a challenge to fit the maximum number of give way lines into the smallest possible space, or a genuine attempt to construct something useful? Either way, it’s a winningly pointless facility. It does allow you to move from … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday facility, Horsham, Horsham District Council, Infrastructure, West Sussex County Council | 2 Comments

Cycling to the station

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

Yesterday afternoon I caught a train to Brighton from Three Bridges station, in Crawley. On the platform, I was one of three people with a Brompton. Each and every one of us had, presumably, arrived at the station by bike. … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, Road safety, The Netherlands, Town planning, Uncategorized, West Sussex County Council, WSCC LTP | 11 Comments

Friday Facility No.4 – Southgate Avenue, Crawley

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

I’m not sure whether the ‘Dismount’ is for the bin, or the bus stop. Either way, this is one location where there is, quite clearly, no space for separated cycle paths of decent width. The photograph was taken at 5:30 … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday facility, Infrastructure, Town planning, West Sussex County Council | 1 Comment

Friday Facility – no.2, North Street, Horsham

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

Never mind the quality, feel the width. This excellent facility runs from a shared-use overbridge that connects directly into Horsham town centre, to… nowhere in particular. It runs alongside North Street in Horsham, towards the railway station, for about a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling policy, Friday facility, Horsham, Horsham District Council, Infrastructure, West Sussex County Council | 1 Comment

Friday Facility – No.1, Trent Close, Crawley

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

The first in a regular Friday feature, detailing pisspoor cycling infrastructure where I live. Hopefully it will be worth a good chuckle, if nothing else. Here we see a half-decent shared use path – which provides a shortcut across a … Continue reading →

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Fantasy cycling targets

Posted on July 3, 2011 by

Both David Arditti, and Freewheeler of Crap Waltham Forest, have recently blogged about the National Cycling Strategy, published in 1996 by the Department for Transport. This document set a target of quadrupling national cycling levels by 2012, based on a … Continue reading →

Posted in CTC, Cycling policy, Cycling renaissance, Department for Transport, Targets, Uncategorized, West Sussex County Council, WSCC LTP | 4 Comments