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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
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A259 seafront cycle lane plans, Hove

“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
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Brighton street closed to motor traffic (via YouTube)

Cyclists fear being ousted out of decision making after council abolishes active travel forum without telling them for months

The active travel partnership was told that it had been disbanded in May, however other forums for bus users and taxi drivers have been kept

Sat, Sep 30, 2023 14:32
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Driver hitting cyclist, Church Street, Brighton

Shocking video shows multiple cyclists getting hit by “unaware” drivers on a contraflow cycle lane

"How did this junction remain unchanged?", asked cyclists as footage makes campaigners renew calls to ban cars in Brighton city centre

Fri, Sep 08, 2023 11:01
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Not more #bloodycyclists: Social media intern slammed for ‘asking to be hit’ tweet

Kirsty Boden tweeted: “Cyclists that ride on the road rather than the perfectly good cycle lanes are asking to be hit. By me."

Sat, Jul 26, 2014 07:22
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Brighton cycle lanes on Grand Avenue and The Drive.jpg

Online petition seeks to save Brighton cycle lanes

Council unmoved and still planning to rip out facility

Wed, Feb 23, 2011 12:05
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Brighton cycle lanes on Grand Avenue and The Drive.jpg

£800k Brighton cycle lanes may be ripped out after just three years at cost of £1.1m

Removal would "improve the visual impact and traffic flow " says council

Tue, Feb 15, 2011 16:51
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Brighton, photo courtesy Bojan Lazarevic.JPG

Updated: Cuts start to bite Sussex road safety budget

Speed cameras and cycle training among the cuts' casualties

Mon, Nov 01, 2010 14:06
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Nottingham city centre (photo: Crashlanded)

Nottingham named as England’s least car-dependent city

Green transport survey puts London second – and Milton Keynes last

Tue, Sep 14, 2010 09:15
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Brighton cyclists fined… for riding on a bike path

Police annul fixed penalty notices after realising mistake

Fri, Apr 30, 2010 08:20
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