Brighton
The first three years of the Cycling Town programme in Brighton and Hove focused on four main priorities: a Cycle Freeway Network, a large-scale Personalised Travel Planning programme, Bikeability training for 1,300 pupils annually, and a range of infrastructure improvements, including the radical redesign of certain streets.
The programme is building further on these four priorities during the 2008-11 phase. Brighton and Hove City Council has declared 2009 to be the Year of Walking and Cycling, with £3.5 million committed for active travel through the Local Transport Plan. This will assist in the creation of a coordinated network of Cycle Freeways, as well as training and promotional campaigns. The UK’s first interactive cycle counter is due to be installed in Brighton and Hove during 2009 and an ambitious events programme is scheduled to run from March to September each year.
Brighton and Hove is the only UK partner in a European project to secure funding via the Civitas+ partnership. Civitas programmes see groups of European cities working together to share best practice experience and skills across the European Community. The project will provide £2.5 million for Brighton and Hove during the same timeframe as the second phase of the Cycling Town programme (2008-11), to be directed to a range of sustainable transport initiatives.
More information is available at http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1000145 or contact:
Claire Whitehouse
Brighton & Hove City Council, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ
01273 293 856
