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We need a network of safe and direct walking, wheeling and cycling routes to make Brighton, Hove & Portslade a great city that works for everyone. That's our goal - join us on the journey.

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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 3h
@mouseinthehouse.bsky.social How sure are you about the veracity of your post about WhatsApp and AI? A similar message has been doing the rounds for years and was a hoax. If yours is, please do send out a correction.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Yes it is. There’s something wrong with the way resources are allocated if it’s harder to impose fines than to send letters.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Thanks. We‘ll give it a go here to see what action Sussex Police takes. Do you know why West Midlands Police switched from points and fines to warning letters?
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
That makes sense. Double yellows etc are building line to building line.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Just looked it up. It’s illegal to park on ”the carriageway” where there are white zigzags but not on the pavement (except in London & Scotland) - even though it compromises pedestrian safety. The law should be changed.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oh! We’d thought it was only illegal to park on the road beside zigzags. Is it also illegal on pavements (outside London)? Please could you put us right?
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Wouldn't it be good if every hotel in #Brighton & #Hove helped their guests to travel actively and by public transport, just like @ambassadorbrighton.bsky.social does?
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hope this makes Western Road safer, less polluted and easier to cross - all desirable for people walking, wheeling and riding bicycles.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Council staff are "nervous" about whether to make "certain" information public, so they feel "pressure" to withhold it. So, what information is being withheld from the public, who makes the staff nervous and why? #Brighton #Hove
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Great to see seafront improvements but even more satisfying is that they have prompted the Council to finally remove abandoned bikes that had been locked to them stands for years and stopping others using them. #Brighton #Hove
Four Sheffield stands, three having functioning bikes locked to them, on a wide esplanade and a seaside shelter beyond. Behind them are temporary low red and white barriers with movable metal fencing on top along the entry path to a works area. In the distance is the blue sea and on the horizon is the rusty skeleton remains of the West Pier, #Brighton. All lit with bright sunlight.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Too much train and too few cars for BBC News to choose this freely available PR image instead
Station platform with train waiting and people standing, with British Rail signage, and beyond in the middle distance a near-empty car parking area and a sheltered bicycle stand, with trees behind
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Not just London
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Some notable local signatories on this notable national declaration. Take a look.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Last chance to object to this plan which will make seafront walking, wheeling and cycling even more dangerous than it is now. @livingstreets.bsky.social @bricycles.org.uk
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“On streets where trees have been planted, the shade meant temperatures were lower...those same trees reduced the risk of floods. We all deserve access to the benefits that nature can bring.” @angelaeagle1.bsky.social please plant them on #Brighton & #Hove streets to support #active #travellers
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Manchester City FC is both disappointed and surprised by the opinion of the Premier League commission” said nobody else
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“clearly involves the hands ‌of a foreign actor” says foreign actor
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
8/ Please help keep this footway and road safe for active travel. You can easily object to the Traffic Regulation Order TRO-18-2026. The deadline is this week. You can find it by scrolling down this page www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/travel-and-r... Enter your postcode and give it all you've got. Thanks.
brighton-hove.gov.uk
Current traffic regulation orders
Submit a comment to support, or raise an objection to, a proposed traffic regulation order (TRO) and view recently finalised TROs.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
7/ Many of the proposed car parking bays are "echelon" style, not parallel to the kerb. So drivers trying to manoeuvre into and out of bays wouldn't get clear views of people approaching on foot or bicycle. It's a dangerous design.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
6/ It's a very popular route for people walking, wheeling and cycling - because there's relatively little motor traffic now. BUT there isn't even a pavement, let alone a cycle lane. There's a painted white line where there should be a kerb, so no physical protection at all against motor vehicles.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
5/ The coaches are driven by professionals, whose livelihoods depend on driving as safely as possible. Private cars are, on the whole, driven by less qualified people.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
4/ So, with a huge increase in the number of motor vehicles arriving, parking and leaving again, there will be many more chances of them colliding with people walking, wheeling and riding bicycles.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
3/ Currently there are very few vehicle movements associated with parking - one arrival and departure per day is common for each of the 14 coach bays. But the increased number of spaces for private cars (25! of them) means there will be much more coming and going.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
2/ Just like before, the Council wants to replace coach parking spaces with ones for cars. And, just like before, this would be more dangerous.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm amazed. Two years ago Council staff proposed new car parking that would make walking, wheeling & cycling more dangerous. The plans triggered a record number of objections so they were quietly dropped. But now they're trying it on again.
A long line of coaches parked parallel to to the kerb along the seafront road Madeira Drive in Brighton UK
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Some" think e-bikes are linked to crime and anti-social behaviour only because news stories like this one don't distinguish them from illegal e-motorbikes.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Looks like they’ve corrected themselves
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It says E-motorbikes, not E-bikes
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wouldn't it be nice for the people of Kemptown, Queens Park and Whitehawk if the Council gets some of the Government money to make cycling safer on the A259 to the EAST of the Palace Pier? They had some (£1m) but it's gone WEST. www.activetravelengland.gov.uk/news/ps104-m...
activetravelengland.gov.uk
£104 million investment to transform walking, wheeling and cycling routes across England | Active Travel England
£104m investment to transform walking, wheeling and cycling routes across England
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Campaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚶‍♀️🌳 It's #WorldCarFreeDay! From Newcastle to Great Yarmouth to London, communities are enjoying car-free streets where children can play and people can connect. A glimpse of a future with cleaner air and affordable public transport for all. Read more 👉https://ow.ly/wwhU50ZPIbI
Child holding colorful chalks next to a bucket with a quote about imagining a less car-dependent future for children on World Car Free Day.
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Carfree Cities Alliance @carfree-cities.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy World Carfree Day! 🚲 🚲 🚲 Here our poster and theme "Fewer Cars, Cooler City" We have this, and other posters for download on our website: www.carfreealliance.org/world-carfre... (and other fun stuff) The Carfree Cities Alliance wishes you a joyful and happy day today! :-)
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today is #WorldCarFreeDay. Not just in #Brighton and #Hove. Every-bloomin’-where.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Imposter syndrome @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
An orange and white traffic cone standing on asphalt with worn, painted yellow diagonal lines and a flint wall and a metal handrail beyond. The traffic cone has a red notice zip-wired to its top which says, in white capital letters, MIND THE BOLLARD.
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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Happy Shoesday returns on Tuesday 16 March 👟✨ Pupils nationwide will be stepping into spring for the happiest walk-to-school fundraising event of the year! Don’t miss out on all the fun. Sign up today 👉 bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4wbhifv
A yellow poster from Living Streets for 'Happy Shoesday', on Tuesday 16 March 2026 for funding for safer streets. The poster includes some feet wearing silly shoes, butterflies and flowers.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yay!!! It’s this Sunday! Ask your kids if you can ride with them. Or just do it, whether or not you’ve got kids. It feels fantastic cycling en masse. Thanks @bricycles.org.uk for organising it 😁
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Looking forward to pavements and kerbs free of parked cars, making walking & wheeling better, crossing the road easier and safe, the air cleaner and journeys less hazardous for people cycling. Thank you BHCC for passing this.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Could you ask @brighton-hove.gov.uk to do likewise?
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
We fully support your desire for pavements free of wheelie bin obstructions. Unfortunately @brighton-hove.gov.uk has never enforced the Highways Act 1980 so thousands of bins block pavements 24/7. @rnib.bsky.social
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
We filmed the departure from the Peace Statue and then replayed it in stop-motion and counted. We counted 404.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
It’s crazy that children walking and cycling to school need protecting from adult drivers but it’s the sad reality so it’s good that our Council plans proper enforcement of School Streets. @livingstreets.bsky.social @cyclinguk.bsky.social yourvoice.brighton-hove.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
It’s crazy that children walking and cycling to school need protecting from adult drivers but it’s the sad reality so it’s good that our Council plans proper enforcement of School Streets. @livingstreets.bsky.social @cyclinguk.bsky.social yourvoice.brighton-hove.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
#NationalWalkingMonth starts tomorrow when we begin celebrating the #MagicOfWalking, but today's news is a harsh reminder of the dangers we can face while trying to enjoy something as simple as walking and wheeling. uk.news.yahoo.com/suvs-more-da...
uk.news.yahoo.com
SUVs are more dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists than standard cars – study
Researchers gathered data from more than 680,000 road collisions over the past 35 years.
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walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
It really is in our power to protect our planet 🌍 Read more👇 buff.ly/SZLO3yj
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How does walking and cycling help to protect the environment?
Changing the way we travel can play a surprisingly big role in protecting the environment. Here’s how.
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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
"I think about how much I’ve saved on fares, petrol & parking & it feels like a win." For Annette, 39, cycling brings freedom, fitness and a voice for change. Through #MyRideOurRight, she’s highlighting how small changes can make a big difference. ✊ cyclinguk.org/annette-my-ride-our-right
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
A quick win would be if the Council did something to get the thousands of recycling wheelie bins and boxes that are left on the pavements 24/7 off the pavements. Oh, and the scores of redundant parking fee machines.
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Rebecca Sharkey @rebshark.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Wonderful to see all these #KidicalMass rides taking place across the country. Let our kids ride their bikes safely! 🚲🚲🚲
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Huge congratulations to @brighton-hove.gov.uk for helping to make the city the most walkable city in the country! Now you can make it the best in the whole wide world by completing the long-delayed seafront #activetravel scheme. @livingstreets.bsky.social www.msn.com/en-gb/travel...
A screengrab of the Metro article about TimeOut’s survey of walkable cities, including a photo of Market Street, Brighton, with people walking between the cafes where there is bunting against a bright blue cloudless sky.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
#KidicalMass in Brighton & Hove today set new records - hundreds of children and adults came along, to call on the council to make everyday cycling easier across the city. @canseengland.bsky.social @bricycles.org.uk @cyclinguk.bsky.social @sustrans.bsky.social
A seafront road filled with children and adults cycling towards the camera, in the sunshine and a bright blue cloudless sky. Rising from the centre of the horizon is the i360 vertical pleasure ride.
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Join today’s free, huge, family-friendly, city-centre cycle ride. #KidicalMass takes to the streets of Brighton & Hove. Start at 2pm for the feeder rides and all join wheels at 2.45pm at the Peace Statue for the main ride. Whoooooosh!!!!
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Brighton Active Travel 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲 @batbrighton.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Ym Mrighton, Lloeger
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