On Saturday the government told councils that in response to the COVID-19 crisis they must act urgently to reallocate road space to people walking and cycling. It has taken the coronavirus and a massive drop in traffic on the roads to see quite how much of our public space is normally given over to cars. […]

The West Sussex Cycle Forum, the county’s umbrella cycling organisation, is calling for urgent action from political leaders to protect vulnerable road users during the Covid-19 crisis. The following press release was issued today. People want to ride their bikes. The West Sussex Cycle Forum calls for urgent action to keep it that way. A surge […]

We’re running a survey about cycling under the Covid-19 restrictions. How are the Covid-19 restrictions affecting you? Are you cycling more? Do you feel safe on the roads? Please let us know by filling in our online survey. This will help us understand what changes HDC and WSCC need to make – both now and […]

You won’t be surprised to hear that our bi-monthly open forum meetings have been cancelled for the foreseeable future. Rest assured we’ll remain active in the virtual world (as well as behind the scenes). You can keep up-to-date with us on Facebook and on twitter. Keep cycling, but keep two metres apart In these difficult […]

Horsham District Council is currently reviewing its list of potential housing development sites to identify whether it has sufficient land to meet its ten-year requirement to build new homes. Developers have put forward early proposals for the largest of these sites (over 1,000 homes). Included in the list are sites on the outskirts of Billingshurst, […]

After another summer holiday spent cycling in the Netherlands (the fourth in as many years!) you might think I’d be feeling a bit jaded by now. Far from it. The more time I’ve spent there the more I’ve come to realise just how amazing – yet at the same time how utterly ordinary – the […]

West Sussex County Council’s long-awaited Cycle Design Guide has finally been published. Whilst not as robust as we’d like (and it’s only guidance, not standards) this is nevertheless a welcome step forward. There is now a clear vision of what local planning authorities should expect of developers. Specifically written for West Sussex, the Guide is […]

Following the outcome of a public inquiry the popular bridleway at Christ’s Hospital School has been saved for future generations to enjoy. The Open Spaces Society (who led the objection) issued the following statement: The school had applied to the highway authority, West Sussex County Council, to divert the popular route across the playing field […]

When is a cyclist not a cyclist? When they’re just a person who currently happens to be riding a bicycle. What people think of when they hear the word “cyclist” determines how they are treated, sometimes with deadly serious consequences. In the UK, the word “cyclist” conjures up images of head-down, lycra-clad young men (mostly) pedalling […]

Each summer for the last three years I’ve spent time cycling in the Netherlands. This year, along with visiting Amsterdam of course we went further afield: to the Veluwe National Park in the east with its 1,800 (!) free White Bicycles, to the cities of Delft and Haarlem and – for the first time – […]