Category Archives: West Sussex County Council

Selective concern

Posted on December 9, 2020 by aseasyasriding

Between the end of September and the end of November this year, Horsham briefly had a pop-up cycle lane, created in the space of less than a day by the addition of some bolt-down plastic wands and painted markings, converting … Continue reading →

Posted in Horsham, Pollution, West Sussex County Council | 7 Comments

Putting inclusive cycling first in new infrastructure design

Posted on March 20, 2018 by aseasyasriding

Between 2013 and 2015, a section of the bypass skirting the town of Horsham was widened from four lanes to eight lanes, to incorporate a system of slip roads for access to a new development. This meant that the bridge … Continue reading →

Posted in Horsham, Inclusivity, Infrastructure, West Sussex County Council | 13 Comments

Squeezing out walking and cycling for a few extra car parking spaces – local planning in action

Posted on July 18, 2017 by aseasyasriding

Why do we want people to walk and cycle for short trips, instead of driving? One of the main reasons, of course, is public health. If we cycled as much as the Dutch and the Danes in urban areas, figures … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Horsham, Horsham District Council, Infrastructure, Parking, Town planning, Walking, West Sussex County Council | 15 Comments

New cycling infrastructure, repeating the mistakes of the past

Posted on October 7, 2016 by aseasyasriding

Last week a group of tireless cycling campaigners in West Sussex organised a Cycling Summit, attended by councillors, officers and influential people within the county, to hear presentations on the importance of cycling and cycling infrastructure from Rachel Aldred, Phil … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigning, Infrastructure, West Sussex County Council | 21 Comments

Come and see Horsham’s ‘East-West’ cycle route this Saturday

Posted on September 27, 2015 by aseasyasriding

This Saturday the Horsham District Cycle Forum are organising a ride along the route of the town’s newest piece of ‘infrastructure’ – our ‘East-West’ cycle route across the town, funded by a Local Sustainable Transport Fund grant from the DfT to the tune … Continue reading →

Posted in Horsham, Infrastructure, The Netherlands, West Sussex County Council | 28 Comments

Entrenching car dependence with brand new development

Posted on August 18, 2015 by aseasyasriding

A few months ago I commented on the new Waitrose/John Lewis retail site in Horsham, principally in relation to the way the visualisations of the (then yet to be opened) new development ducked the problematic issue of a very busy road severing the site … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Horsham, Horsham District Council, Infrastructure, Town planning, West Sussex County Council | 35 Comments

West Sussex and LSTF money – Albion Way

Posted on April 7, 2015 by aseasyasriding

This is the second post in a series examining the ways in which West Sussex County Council are spending the £2.46m of cash they received from the Department for Transport, in the form of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF), … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Horsham, Infrastructure, Traffic lights, West Sussex County Council | 13 Comments

West Sussex and LSTF money – the Northgate gyratory

Posted on March 25, 2015 by aseasyasriding

Last week I wrote a long post about how West Sussex County Council are proposing to use millions of pounds of ‘sustainable’ transport funding (distributed by the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership) on schemes that have negligible (or even non-existent) sustainable … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure, Subjective safety, Sustainable Safety, Uncategorized, West Sussex County Council | 21 Comments

Crumbs

Posted on May 12, 2014 by aseasyasriding

At the Leeds Cycle City Expo, the keynote speech was given by Robert Goodwill, the Under Secretary of State for Transport, with special responsibility for cycling. It was full of pleasant soundbites and encouraging noises, but when he had to depart … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling policy, Horsham, Infrastructure, Transport policy, Uncategorized, West Sussex County Council | 22 Comments

Dealing with a historical failure to consider cycling

Posted on March 7, 2014 by aseasyasriding

Way back in the 1970s, Horsham built a stub of inner ring-road, a dual carriageway that was later extended in two stages to (almost) encircle the town centre. It’s called Albion Way. It involved almost entirely demolishing a church… and … Continue reading →

Posted in Horsham, Infrastructure, One-way streets, Pedestrianisation, Permeability, Street closures, West Sussex County Council | 18 Comments