Worthing Revolutions

Good News - The Secretary of State has formally approved the new byelaws which will allow cycling along the promenade!

Thank you to all those of you who wrote to the Department of Communities and Local Government to express your support for this.

At the recent annual All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group bike ride in London, MP Tim Loughton was riding his bike. He's the furthest left in this group photo.

More photos from the ride can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/allpartycycling/sets/72157619470943381/

It is good to see our MP's getting involved with cycling: Peter and Virginia Bottomley came along to the Big Bike Meet at Steyne Gardens, Worthing, on 14 June. Sadly they didn't ride with us to the picnic at Widewater, and so missed out on a pleasant ride.

The final round of public consultation on the change to the byelaws that would allow cycling on the Prom between Splash Point and George V Avenue is still open.

The expiry date is one week after the 4 week notice period (around 3 July). So, if you haven't already done so, please write as soon as possible to express your support for the change to the Department for Communities and Local Government at:

Worthing is celebrating Bike Week in style with a Big Bike Meet and a Seafront Cycle Ride. The website has all the information including details on the mass cycle rides into the town.

Visit http://www.worthingrevolutions.org.uk/bikeweek for more information.

The second edition of the Worthing Cycle Forum, takes place this Friday 15th May, at 7pm, in the Gordon Room of Worthing Town Hall (Stoke Abbott Road entrance).

We are pleased to present the Worthing Cycle Strategy in digital format. This document is now very out-of-date, dating back to May 1999. It makes an interesting read though to see how few of the proposals have come to fruition in the intervening 10 years.

The minutes from the inaugural Worthing Cycle Forum, held Weds 18th March 2009, are now available. Please visit the Worthing Cycle Forum page to view the document.

The results of the consultation are to be considered in the report to the Cabinet on 2nd February 2009.

The outcome very strongly supports the proposal to introduce cycling on the promenade from Splash point to George V Avenue.

Total Responses Received = 1,904
% for = 86.08
% against = 13.24
% Don’t Know = 0.68

(source: Bob Smytherman, facebook group)

This is the new website for Worthing Revolutions. We are a community of cyclists in Worthing pushing to make our lovely seaside town a bicycle haven. Please look around the site and let us know what you think. The Contacts page has all you need to know to get in touch. It is highly recommended that you register. It's free and allows you to add comments to our pages and contribute to the forum!