Comment
Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035
Representation ID: 586
Received: 30/01/2019
Respondent: Julia Smith
Delivering key strategic cycle routes must be an honoured commitment not just an aspiration. I moved to Chichester 5 years ago and have experienced excellent cycling provision in Cambridge, Switzerland and Dublin, where everyone cycled where it was flat. Yet along Westgate, a national cycle route, we see 00s of cars dropping and collecting from Bishop Luffa, local residents driving to the town, station and shops, because they are frightened to cycle. Able bodied and schoolchildren should be encouraged to cycle, and a real commitment to strategic cycle routes that follow desire lines for cyclists must be made.
Delivering key strategic cycle routes must be an honoured commitment not just an aspiration. I moved to Chichester 5 years ago and have experienced excellent cycling provision in Cambridge, Switzerland and Dublin, where everyone cycled where it was flat. Yet along Westgate, a national cycle route, we see 00s of cars dropping and collecting from Bishop Luffa, local residents driving to the town, station and shops, because they are frightened to cycle. Able bodied and schoolchildren should be encouraged to cycle, and a real commitment to strategic cycle routes that follow desire lines for cyclists must be made.