Category Archives: Horsham

Friday Facility No. 3 – Worthing Road Roundabout, Horsham

Posted on September 16, 2011 by aseasyasriding

This week our winning facility is an off-road cycle track, designed to allow cyclists to negotiate a busy roundabout at the southern entrance to Horsham town centre. The first section starts on the pavement to the left. The roundabout we … Continue reading →

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Friday Facility – no.2, North Street, Horsham

Posted on September 9, 2011 by aseasyasriding

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 →

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Horsham Cycling Review – Route 2 (High Priority)

Posted on September 5, 2011 by aseasyasriding

This post forms part of a series, documenting the recommendations of Cycling Review commissioned by Horsham District Council. The background is described here, and in the first post of the series here. Route 2 runs from North Heath Road, at … Continue reading →

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How to “tame the traffic” on a shared space street

Posted on August 18, 2011 by aseasyasriding

In a post on shared space back in July, I noted how the high-minded concepts of these kinds of schemes are eroded by a failure to address the vexed issue of motor traffic flow. The streets can’t truly be ‘shared’ … Continue reading →

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Children using bikes in Horsham

Posted on August 17, 2011 by aseasyasriding

Why cycling in Horsham is going nowhere, in a single picture. Helmets? Check. Flourescent bibs? Check. Going nowhere near the road? Check. These children quite plainly like riding their bikes. They are, unfortunately, examples of the very small minority of British children who … Continue reading →

Posted in Horsham, Road safety | 6 Comments

East Street, Horsham – A shared space that can’t be shared?

Posted on June 27, 2011 by aseasyasriding

Back in February, I wrote quite enthusiastically about East Street in Horsham. This narrow road, in the centre of the town, was converted by our local councils into a ‘shared space’ environment over the summer of 2010. It was an … Continue reading →

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David Howard – a lunatic driver who will be back on Horsham’s roads as soon as he is released from prison

Posted on June 25, 2011 by aseasyasriding

From the Sussex Police website – David Howard, 46, from Meadowside Park, Lingfield, Surrey appeared before Guildford Crown Court on Thursday 9 June charged with one count of burglary and one count of dangerous driving. He pleaded guilty and was … Continue reading →

Posted in Dangerous driving, Driving ban, Horsham, The judiciary | 1 Comment

Blanket 20 mph limit coming to Horsham?

Posted on June 23, 2011 by aseasyasriding

The Liberal Democrat leader on Horsham Council, David Holmes, is keen to introduce a 20 mph limit across Horsham. The local paper reports Horsham town’s roads should get a blanket 20mph speed limit, a district councillor said this week. David Holmes … Continue reading →

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Why *would* you ride a bike? The UK experience

Posted on June 21, 2011 by aseasyasriding

In my post yesterday on my partner’s first use of a bike in over 20 years, I mentioned how the street she first rode along, Biltstraat, was a busy road, connecting Utrecht’s ring road to the centre of town. I … Continue reading →

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Pavement parking in Horsham

Posted on June 1, 2011 by aseasyasriding

Pavement parking is on the rise in Horsham. A few recent examples – Apparently the very idea that pedestrians might actually want to use these pavements, without having to move out into the road to get around their vehicles, has … Continue reading →

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