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@AfootEastbourne In Eastbourne it’s East Sussex County Council who look after our pavements as they are the local Highways Authority. It’s not Eastbourne Borough Council.

apple.news/AVcKZmDo5Qoy1n… E scooters could be used on roads and cycle lanes. Simply put if Eastbourne Council continues to expand its cycle network on pavements and calls these cycle routes, e scooters will be allowed to use these spaces.

@AfootEastbourne @EastbourneBC @Seaofchangefilm Thankfully incredibly rare in Eastbourne. Far more people are struck by motor vehicles on Eastbourne’s pavements.

From today’s Eastbourne Herald. @EastbourneBC Need to get a grip of these.@Seaofchangefilm A friend of ours was a victim when she was quietly walking out of her own driveway and traumatised by a ‘hit and run’ cyclist – this dear lady’s health has suffered ever since.

@Seaofchangefilm It’s not the cyclists that are the danger in Eastbourne.

Increasing alarm at Eastbourne’s antisocial cyclists - Eastbourne Herald... eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/opinion/i…

@AfootEastbourne @EastSussexCC @Seaofchangefilm The County Council confirmed it is NOT a shared space last month. eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/traffic-a… It is a very confusing design, especially if you are not familiar with the area.

These two didn’t have a clue about which is pavement and which is bus lane. Or is it a bus lane .. @EastSussexCC confirmed it as shared space. In shared space we all share the same surface. What are the rules in this area?@Seaofchangefilm

@davidwnorth @AfootEastbourne @seanlondonandon That's a common mistake. Look at the data, in #Eastbourne you can see it's not cyclists that are the highest risk to pedestrians on the pavement, it's cars. The same is true across the country.

@AfootEastbourne @seanlondonandon On the pavement the highest risks are from cyclists. On the road cars and cyclists.

@AfootEastbourne The report’s conclusion was that “Width has a significantly greater effect on safety and comfort than segregation”. nwatn.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Facts are segregated paths offer greater safety for pedestrians and less stress for cyclists.

@AfootEastbourne Errmmm, that's not what the report says. "Width has a significantly greater effect on safety and comfort than segregation." nwatn.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Segregated paths are undoubtedly the safest paths when considering shared spaces.

@AfootEastbourne @BespokeEB @Chris_Boardman You keep making these assertions @AfootEastbourne , but provide no evidence or data to back this up. Can you provide evidence if it exists please?

@BespokeEB @Chris_Boardman Where measured correctly cyclist on pedestrian accidents are increasing but not all areas report these accidents hence the low stats.

How hysteria & bias against 🚴‍♀️ works. People notice 🚴‍♀️through a 🚦red light, whereas speeding which 80% drivers admit to is ignored, despite immeasurably greater danger. @Chris_Boardman "36 people killed on pavements by 🚗🚌🚚 p.a. but 1 every 3 years from a 🚴‍♀️"

@AfootEastbourne Do you have a source for this claim? All Police Forces in the UK capture this information in the standard STATS19 form.

Many police forces do not officially capture accident stats between pedestrians and cyclists those that do are seeing an ever increasing rate of accidents. Eastbourne does not need this risk on our seafront and harbour walkways. Safe walking and safe cycling.

@MrsNettles118 @AfootEastbourne @BespokeEB In #Eastbourne we know that it’s not cyclists that are the problem on our pavements.

@AfootEastbourne @BespokeEB A woman driving a car mounted the pavement and then had to swerve to avoid hitting me as I walked along Cavendish Ave this afternoon. It's not cyclists that are the threat

As we head towards local elections let’s remember this one sided approach to safe walking and safe cycling in Eastbourne. The elimination of safe space on our promenades for children, disabled people, older people, pedestrians in favour of a minority group of cyclists.

@robertprice @johnstevenson_x @cotnm This is the historic data for Eastbourne.

@johnstevenson_x @cotnm The location of the collision is recorded in STATS19. When we looked at Eastbourne, there were 0 collisions in 2017 between pedestrians and cyclists on the pavement, but there was a collision between a pedestrian and mobility scooter.

There used to be someone on here who was good at interrogating STATS19 data. @cotnm was it you? Or can anyone else tell how many of these crashes actually happened on footways? road.cc/content/news/2…

@AfootEastbourne @EastbourneBC That may have been true 10 years ago, but many modern vehicles are designed for stop start. If those drivers with a suitable vehicle enabled stop start, it would help improve the town’s air quality.

@EastbourneBC Shirt start stop is as bad as idling. Common sense needs to prevail. Who is monitoring this and is it standard across the U.K.

Our Neighbourhood First team were busy yesterday placing some anti-idling signs on roads in #Eastbourne to encourage drivers to help reduce air pollution! Did you know that every minute your vehicle idles you could fill 150 balloons with harmful chemicals?

@davidwnorth @andythegreenie @AfootEastbourne @BespokeEB We prefer to deal with evidence, and the evidence does not back up your claim.

@andythegreenie @3astbourne @AfootEastbourne @BespokeEB You cannot deny what is blindingly obvious with stats. Walk down any pavement.

Myth 4 - Pedestrians on verge/footway are at danger from cycles. Latest data shows for that year [ 2016] no deaths involved cyclists but 43 with motor vehicles. For verge/footway no pedestrian deaths with cycles in any of 2007,9,11,12,13,15 or 16

@davidwnorth @AfootEastbourne @BespokeEB The most recent published data from the DfT is for 2017. There were NO cyclist / pedestrian collisions on #Eastbourne's pavements that year. The only pavement collision was between a 69 year old pedestrian and a mobility scooterist. The pedestrian received hospital treatment.

@3astbourne @AfootEastbourne @BespokeEB Stat 5 years out of date. The problem with cyclists on pavements etc has increased considerably in recent years. How anyone can be in denial about this situation amazes me.

@andythegreenie @AfootEastbourne @davidwnorth @BespokeEB The data is all collected and aggregated into the Stats19 database. The DfT then produces data sets based on these figures. The MapMechanics report was based on this data, as was ours. It's available to download for free from data.gov.uk if you want to look yourself.

@AfootEastbourne @davidwnorth @3astbourne @BespokeEB So what does the data actually say? Figures, please.

@davidwnorth @AfootEastbourne @BespokeEB In #Eastbourne it’s motorists causing the vast majority of pedestrian injuries on pavements and footways.

@AfootEastbourne @BespokeEB Thats ok then no deaths. What about injuries to pedestrians caused by cycles on footways? Idiotic comment to say its a myth that pedestrians not in danger here.

@SovHarCom @EastbourneBC The biggest threat to pedestrian safety in Eastbourne is not from cyclists.

This @EastbourneBC is an absolute disgrace. This will funnel speeding cyclists into the narrowest part of the prom. Pedestrian safety, already under pressure, will be further eroded, This is a shameful capitulation to a very vocal, very small minority.

@AfootEastbourne You do know that a bicycle isn’t a monotracked vehicle don’t you?

A cycle is a two wheeled mono tracked vehicle. Vehicles should not pass close to open stairways, stairwells and entrances. Ashford Road is a disaster in the making and is potentially illegal as a shared space.

@GaryJk64 @AfootEastbourne The data doesn’t back your opinion up. It’s motorists injuring pedestrians on Eastbourne’s pavements, and if a car hits you it will do a lot more damage. We don’t have any shared space in Eastbourne, though there are some shared paths pedestrians can use as well a bicycles.

@3astbourne @AfootEastbourne It is people who ride bicycles that cause problems, not all of them but too many. eastbourne has shared space and shared space is extremely dangerous for pedestrians. That is fact. No problem with sensible cycling at all but people and vehicles should not share space. That simple

Some of the most despised road and pavement users in the UK Bespoke, Eastbourne cyclists and, the Lib Dem’s that Partner the stealing of safe walking spaces from pedestrians and disabled residents.

@GaryJk64 @AfootEastbourne It’s not people who use bicycles that are the problem in #Eastbourne. Riding a bicycle can help prevent many conditions that can lead to disability and should be encouraged.

@AfootEastbourne Can you pressure them by the governments banning on shared space as a concept