Sadly there have been two cycling-related deaths in Brighton and Hove this month.

We reported on 6th March that the Old Shoreham Road cycle scheme had been scrapped following a Council response to a question asked by Green Group Transport Spokesperson, Cllr Ian Davey. On Thursday 25th March, Cllr Geoffrey Theobald officially confirmed at the Environment Cabinet Member Meeting that they would not be proceeding with the proposals because of ward councillors’ concerns over safety, although no expert evidence was presented to back up this claim.

Brighton has been awarded funding to put cycle counters at the seafront cycle lane, opposite the Grand Hotel in early summer. This will be the first in the UK.

Duncan Blinkhorn of Lewes Road for Clean Air is planning a “Bike Train” so that cyclists can gather and ride together at intervals, convoy style between the Level and Falmer. Duncan said: “Bike Train aims to create a safe space in the form of scheduled mass rides, where cyclists are highly visible and able to hold the road for each other on routine journeys to work, school and university.”

London’s “bendy buses” are being decommissioned on the grounds that they’re dangerous and have encouraged fare dodging. These are now being sold off cheap, so Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company have trialled one on the 25 bus route to the Universities where the current bus service is at capacity. In our latest newsletter we look at the impact of these buses on cyclists on the Lewes Road.