Work to build a new bus and cycle lane on the A23 begins next week.
The southbound lane replaces the existing cycle lane in Patcham between Brangwyn Crescent and Brangwyn Drive. It will be 24-hour and can be used by taxis.
A new pedestrian crossing, a new road surface and a speed limit reduction from 40mph to 30mph are also planned. No traffic lanes will need to be removed.
It’s being funded by the Department for Transport through the council’s Bus Service Improvement Plan.
Work is scheduled to begin on Wednesday 18 March and expected to take around 10 weeks to complete.
Residents in the area will still have access to their homes; however, there may be a need for temporary traffic lights at times.
Councillor Trevor Muten, Cabinet member for Transport and City Infrastructure, said: “These improvements will make bus journey times more reliable, but also improve safety for residents and cyclists.
“This is a busy route into the city centre, and a new bus and cycle lane will mean buses will be more likely to run on time.
“Since we don’t need to remove any traffic lanes, it also means cars and other traffic will have more space, reducing congestion and traffic moving.
“A new pedestrian crossing and reducing the speed limit will also make the area safer for everyone to travel through.”
Sorry. As a cyclist, I am not safer in a bus and taxi lane than I am in a cycle lane.
So do you demand seperate pedestrian (the pavement), cycle, bus, and other vehicle, lanes?
There are so few pedestrians along here they could made the pavement shared as they have done on the A27 East of Lewes.
Preferably, yes. As they provide for in the Netherlands and Belgium, even though they are more densely populated than the UK.
Sure, so we can get the bulldozers out to remove buildings, and chop down all those trees, just to provide a 6 lane road with pavements each side just so that untrained cyclists don’t have to learn how to ride in traffic or adhere to the Highway Code 🙄
2018 Government stated that no new cycling schemes should be built at the expense of safe walking space. Active Travel encourages innovative new safe walking schemes – its not ll about cyclists. The highway code changes reinforced this narrative when the highest safety priority was deemed to be pedestrians especially older, children and disabled people. Full shared space on what is currently safe dedicated walking space should be s no mo. Councils need to encourage and build safe walking areas
But whilst they may have more cycling infrastructure in those countries you mentioned, their equivalent of that bit of single lane a23 into a large city, would more often than not be 6 or 8 lanes wide, as these countries understand the movement of, cars vans lorries goods and services, are critical for their countries economy and the well-being of their citizens.
Sadly in this country the majority of people running our transport system aren’t bright enough to understand that not everything and everyone can travel by bicycle, bus and magical unicorn
The current cycle lane is very narrow with a white line so coach & bus drivers don’t give cyclists space or even consider slowing down but keep their wheels on the white line and see how close they can get to your handlebars at 60mph. Bus drivers will then almost immediately pull in at a stop so they can do it again & again
I thought it couldn’t be worse but now it is
Now make it more economical to use buses over cars
It’s not simply about economy. We have 1 bus an hour in East Saltdean (if on time). Pretty useless if you have an appointment
Wha buses even come down here? Pissing money up the wall it seems on this one.
Good point. National Express and FlixBus from London; 17 Stagecoach from Horsham; 270/1/2/3 Metrobus from Crawley and East Grinstead; privately hired buses and coaches.
Where do we get to see the plans and provide feedback? The new bike lanes along Preston Park are dangerous and not suitable for family riding. How can we create a cycling culture with dangerous bike lanes? Please would UK councils consult with planners in Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and the multiple other countries and cities around the world who have made public transport and active transport safe and accessible for all? 🙏 UK roads are so dangerous and Brighton is full of huge polluting cars with one person in each. I often find myself coughing on fumes when just walking or cycling locally 😢💔 I’ve lived in many cities around the world, coming back to Brighton cycling and public transport has got worse not better. I hope the new ‘Improvements’ actually improve things. The level of public consultation seems to be very low compared to other cities and countries I’ve lived in….and the design not well thought through 😬
Why is it taking 10 weeks to complete? The stretch of road is only about 500 metres long. As far as I can see from the plans the northbound cycle lane remains as is, the southbound cycle lane is replaced by a 4 metre wide bus lane and other changes, such as a pedestrian crossing, are not that extensive. Is it a part-time roadworks scheme with work only being done twice a week for a couple of hours?
Yet another ill thought out and unnecessary modification to the road system. I use this road daily and hardly ever see a bus so why are they installing a short long bus lane for the odd 17 or 272, only for things to come to a grinding halt at the bottom of Carden Avenue?
Trevor Muten needs removing from office given the huge screw up that’s been made of the A24 at Preston Park. All that has done is cause traffic to back up every time a bus stops. Previously there was more than enough space for vehicles to pass the bus. Now everything has to stop. The island bus stops are an accident waiting to happen and my partially sighted wife has have three near misses. If she’s ever hit by a cyclist failing to slow down for the pedestrian crossing to the pavement, I will sue B&HCC for damages.
Utter disgrace
Totally agree he does need removing traffic still needs to flow through the city! All l/hand & r/hand lanes at traffic lights have been tarmac’d over to pedestrian height so now anyone wanting to use them have to queue with forward traffic and by the time they get there lights have changed to red again and causing more pollution!
But only at traffic lights but T junctions without them certain areas I’ve seen cars and busses having to reverse or mount pavements to allow others to turn the corners Have you noticed how Bus stops are opposite on another or right on T junctions again no flow!
Also agree about Preston Park cycle lanes so dangerous for cyclists there will be a bad accident one day!
Question does he:-
A, Drive?
B, live in this city?
Make it all make sense…. please!!
Don’t screw up another road! The useless woke Brighton council just keep wasting taxpayers money on these stupid ideas. The idiots that come up with these schemes need to be fired and the roads returned to the original layout in the 90s. Get rid of the useless woke Brighton council. #BHCC #Brightonandhovecitycouncil