Last night I went to the AGM of the Lewes Road for Clean Air, a community group started about a year ago. The Bike Train is a project within the same group, and most of the people at the AGM were regulars on the Bike Train. There was a lot of real enthusiasm for the Bike Train, which is great for students and staff at the universities who make the journey from Brighton to Falmer several times a week. Getting together into a group and cycling together makes for a safer ride. However, not everyone is a fan as the Bike Train can slow down the flow of traffic. The Bike Train highlights the need for a safer cycling experience, and the city needs to develop better cycleways, but what we really need is to do a variety of things so that cyclists and traffic can move freely without battling for the same space. That includes measures to reduce the volume of traffic like Park and Ride.
One idea discussed last night is the feasibility of using the university car parks as a weekend park and ride, along with bus services along the Lewes Road. This sounds like something really worth pursuing, since the costs are small and it would reduce traffic and emissions along the narrow, built-up Lewes Road.
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