Of all the Sheffield stands installed by @eastsussexcc.bsky.social on Terminus Road #Eastbourne ( Along the bus lane) only 5 now remain. You can still see where the old fixings were. Now people chain to other surfaces where they can

Dig out your all your cycle / fairy lights and come and join us on 22nd Oct

Request to increase the @eastsussexcc.bsky.social ATE ( Active Travel Score) to 2. However in terms of delivery they think they are only a 1. For cycling ( not walking) most cyclists would score them as 0. (Nobody in UK currently that low) democracy.eastsussex.gov.uk/documents/s7...

WATCH THIS: The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.

Good piece of shared path on A271, near Boship roundabout, by @eastsussexcc.bsky.social and @wealdendc.bsky.social BUT it is only a 50m long feeder to a new estate they are building. Nothing before or after and heavy traffic along the whole road

Let's cut the confusion – if it’s not an e-bike, it’s an e-moto. www.eta.co.uk/news/e-bikes...

“The NHS and healthcare community should lead in calling for improved transport infrastructure, safer driving behaviours, and normalising active travel. Good public transport and active travel can transform neighbourhoods and promote health” @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Now its Autumn some of the tracks on South Downs @southdownsnp.bsky.social are not as good. But all year round you can still 🚴🚵‍♀️ in Friston Forest and Abbots Wood ( not quite in National Park) .

Did you know, the government stopped collecting data on how children travel to school in 2011?

The Embankment cycleway (CS3) in London was purposefully built to be wider than was usual in order to future proof it. Some said it would hardly be used. Now there’s a decent case for widening it further. Induced demand is real.

It's been five years since the government opened a consultation on how to tackle pavement parking - and we are STILL waiting for the results. Let us know if pavement parking is an issue in your area 📍 act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/176767/...

The @eastsussexcc.bsky.social approach to stop '🐀 running' in Willingdon alongside the developments at Hindsland ( who paid the S106) & Mornings Mill . '20's plenty' would have been good but instead a patchwork of build outs that force 🚴 to negotiate space as they move over each time

Why do we need a lot more protected bike-lanes in cities? Because biking in protected #bikelanes poses just 1/10th the risk of biking on major streets with parking. Via @momentummag.bsky.social. Plus they mean a LOT more people choosing biking, which has all sorts of health and cost saving benefits.

One rumour is, if you support cycling, put up a 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Lots of them around Polegate this weekend 🚲🚴

There is extra cycle parking at Airbourne but it is not being used. Possibly because (as permanently at the Harbour) it does not have footfall passing by. However only 250m away the existing parking is packed🔐🔓🚲 ( Saturday lunchtime)

Good fun to watch the Penny farthing time trial this morning from Eastbourne seafront to Beachy Head pub. 41 competitors this year!

We’ve just bought our first e-cargo bike! It’s an ex-Zedify trike. Our glamorous director, Jill, is showing it off. We think it’s the first ever community-owned cargo bike in #Eastbourne. We’ll use it to move donated surplus food to community larders. We’re buying another cargo bike next week!

Reply from @eastsussexcc.bsky.social says "[This] is not considered to be .. causing a safety issue, as such there are no plans to carry out action at this time" Remember cars park on this narrow space as well. Just restore it back to the original !! 😡🗯️and read LTN 1/20

Now big , bright, white, cycle markings on the road after years of drabness. Finally something clear www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/opinion...

Email from @eastsussexcc.bsky.social after Bespoke questioned choice of surface on Terminus Rd (for next phase), where they had done an accessibility audit to ensure suitable in Phase 1. Can anyone see the sign on the road ?🔭 and why 🚗🚗 keep stopping on it ( 3 points & £100 )

This length of Edward Rd (overgrown for years !!) is very reminiscent of the many years Bespoke spent trying to convince @eastsussexcc.bsky.social that they should restore their shared path to 3m on Lottbridge Drove( LTN 1/20). Here as in the past have to cut it back to show them.

Cyclists 🚴🚵 have experience of this leadership in East Sussex 🦕🦖. Now it carries on for another year !! transportforthesoutheast.org.uk/2025/07/23/p...

Cycling parking installed at Sovereign Harbour is tucked away where little footfall and poor light- esp in winter. (similar elsewhere on this site) So cyclists uses the railings and get told off

Of course some people don't like 20mph/30kmh limits. They probably don't like any other limits. But they are the very people who need those limits to reduce the impact of their driving on community life. So expect opposition to such limits, it shows how much the limit is actually needed.

From Rupert Clubb @eastsussexcc.bsky.social to @joshbabarinde.bsky.social We have prioritised a review of LCWIP, to alignm with 4th Local Transport Plan and national active travel guidance. This review has commenced and to be completed by Nov 2025. Have any cycle campaign groups been asked ?

Join us Sat 26th July from 14:00 as we litter pick and clear the section of NNCN 21 on Edward Road near Shinewater Park (casino.speech.riches). This route is badly affected by litter and overhanging brambles. Equipment will be available but bring your own if you have

DfT now specify the evidence that will support local authorities with future bids and the securing of funding. Hopefully based on actual cost of building schemes ( hard costs) not total money spent (including soft costs) www.gov.uk/government/p...

A27 shared path has verges cut back . There already had been criticism of the large number of shrubs and trees that had died on the route since it opened www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/transpo...

If @eastsussexcc.bsky.social are not going to provide any useful cycle routes in #Eastbourne centre then what about more of these (temporarily up on King Edwards Parade, for an event, but they are permanent in Hastings)

A fabulous evening sunset on the Horsey Cycleway in #Eastbourne.

“What is remarkable is Dutch producers, for most of the 20th century, seized the opportunity to explicitly not improve the bicycle. From our modern perspective, so preoccupied with innovation, this may be difficult to fathom, but must be understood as an ingenious marketing strategy.” - Timo de Rijk

Cyclists in #Eastbourne are often provided with poorly implemented solutions that make it riskier to ride. Here is a review, by Bespoke, of some examples at road junctions, that @eastsussexcc.bsky.social have built. bespokecyclegroup.org.uk/2025/07/04/a...

Highlighting the vulnerability of cyclists

Story from Chris Whitty at this conference: his warning that culture war-based coverage of cycling based on stereotypes of middle-aged men in Lycra could harm health because it shifts focus away from the people and communities who most benefit from activity, www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

At a big active travel conference in York, Chris Whitty is explaining how amazing physical activity is for health, and how it needs to be built into everyday life. Those who benefit most are those who currently do nothing, followed by those who do little, he says.

English politicians "wringing their hands" about the child obesity epidemic can start by making their walking and cycling to school safer, more pleasant and healthier with a 20mph limit as an urban/village norm. Wales has done it, Scotland is doing it. bit.ly/4etcF9s

Twelve of England’s regional mayors back plan to create ‘national active travel network’

Camden High St not so different to Terminus Rd Eastbourne. Except in London they allow cycling

Anyone surprised by the discovery that none of these 'best bike lanes' are in @eastsussexcc.bsky.social discerningcyclist.com/best-bike-la...

The Bus Services (No.2) Bill is at committee stage Bus stop bypasses (floating bus stops) are being discussed Well designed bus stop bypasses are the best option in some places for pan-impairment #ActiveTravel and public transport #accessibility. Here's why: wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/disabled-peo...

Transport Experts, coming to the area agree, the A27 - is the 'best rural cycling and walking route' in the country www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/opinion...

Useful reminder of @eastsussexcc.bsky.social cycle lanes. LTN 1/20 suggests on A2270 (most congested main road in England), it should be 2m wide. In places it < 1m and when overgrown even worse. See how much space in the middle of road is wasted - by design. www.theargus.co.uk/news/2441680...

Surprisingly good article from the 'Crowd Science' podcast www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Informative summary about close pass reports and the Highway Code, also quoting Duncan Dollimore of @cyclinguk.bsky.social www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/a...

Opposition Leader at #Eastbourne BC disagrees with fellow Tories @eastsussexcc.bsky.social about this cycle scheme bournefreelive.co.uk/wilmington-s...

Reports of this new tactic from @eastsussexcc.bsky.social of writing back to residents "please let me know if you would like your objection to be revoked" with their consultations ( eg cycling in Terminus Road & Seaside bus lanes).

Possible new route in the @eastsussexcc.bsky.social LCWIP as does not cause any obvious tension with drivers

As the author, I’m immensely proud of this report. But mainly I hope people read it and take notice. This is about the rise in ‘fake e-bikes’, and what’s driving it appgcw.org/resources/in...

Heathfield Tunnel was on #sustrans NCN21 ( Cuckoo Trail). Open just for today ( 1st time in 10 years). It always was dark and wet but a great feature of the route