Brighton and Hove City Council Archives

Brighton and Hove City Council

Another ‘optical illusion’ cycle lane? Cyclist slams “death trap” kerb that sent him flying over the handlebars

The council has said that it is going to revisit the area and install better signage to “make current arrangements clearer to road users as a priority”

Sun, Mar 02, 2025 17:25

Brighton cycle hangar (credit – Brighton Active Travel)

NIMBY… Unless I can paint it a nice colour: Petition launched to let locals decorate controversial “giant ugly” bike hangars outside their homes, after storage units branded “a monstrosity”

Residents say they should be allowed to “decorate the hangars tastefully” with mural-like artwork and to reduce the size of the “enormous” chevrons used to alert motorists to the storage units

Wed, Sep 18, 2024 15:51

“Bicycles are very narrow and they’re not going to get wider”: Councillors slam plans to widen “dangerous” cycle lane, asking “why are we spending money on things they don’t use?”

The local authority says the redesigned scheme will help eradicate the “all-too-often toxic cyclists versus motorists polemic”, that it claims has been fuelled by “poor design and hurriedly installed cycleways”

Wed, Jul 03, 2024 15:24

Business owners blast “totally crazy, ridiculous” plans to remove two car parking spaces – to make way for eight hire bikes

“We are not against cycling. We need them somewhere around here but not on our business parking spaces”

Sun, Oct 15, 2023 11:52