Run a local business? Let us know your views!
 The Triangle Committee recently circulated a short questionnaire to local shops and businesses to find out their thoughts and feelings about the area, and we have already received several enthusiastic responses. Many who completed the survey are keen to help improve the local environment, and several have offered to work with us to provide more flower tubs and planters, and to help make our streets look cleaner and less run- down. Others would like to help us produce a Business Directory of local shops and outlets.
If you run or work for a local business and haven’t yet received a survey, please email
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and we will get a form to you.
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Expand your circle − be Triangular!
The Triangle Community has been running since 2006, and has already done lots to improve the area’s appearance, empower residents to discuss and take action on local issues, and increase overall community spirit in our neighbourhood.
But we urgently need YOU to get involved! Joining our committee is a rewarding way to actively influence the future of this area, and a great way to meet new friends and expand your social circle.
Don’t feel you have to commit hours of your time, or attend every single meeting and event. Whatever help you can offer − from sending out emails to watering plants, from dreaming up fundraisers to delivering leaflets − your input is invaluable.
If you’d like to get more involved with the Triangle Community, or make a monetary donation to help us stay afloat, contact us.
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 More pedal power in the Triangle
It’s good news for two-wheelers; since achieving Cycling Town status in 2005, our city has more cyclists than ever, and Brighton and Hove City Council is planning to increase the
number of official Pedal Cycle Parking Places (PCPPs). These should reduce “fly parking” (bikes being locked to lampposts and railings not intended for such use), caused largely by high numbers of shared dwellings and a lack of off-street cycle parking.
Secure cycle parking will help reduce bicycle theft, street clutter and obstructions, and improve footway visibility for residents, particularly those using mobility scooters or
wheelchairs.
Ward Councillor Ian Davey, Walking & Cycling Officer Tracy Davison, and Triangle Committee member Helen Murray recently met and identified a number of potential PCPPs in our locality, including the paved area at the bottom of Roundhill Crescent.
No definite decisions can be made until a full feasibility study is carried out and funding is secured, but Tracy Davison insists that these locations will be considered within a rolling programme of cycle parking improvements.
By treating parking provision for cycles the same as parking for other vehicles, the council intends to offer residents increased choice in how we travel in Brighton, with an emphasis on greener forms of transport. |
Twenty is Plenty
 Between 2008 and 2009, 141 people were killed or seriously injured on roads in Brighton. Thirteen of these were children. A “Twenty is Plenty” petition to the council has now been launched, with the aim of reducing traffic speed in residential areas to 20mph.
Reducing traffic speed is the most effective way of lowering road deaths, and many towns and cities across the country have already set speed limits of 20mph across large urban areas. It makes sense when you consider that someone struck by a car at 35mph has a 50% chance of survival, whereas at 20mph this increases to 97%.
Additional benefits of decreasing vehicle speeds include reduced emissions and improved traffic flow (as proven by research in Germany where 30kmph i.e. 19mph speed limits have long been commonplace), and improved sociability (recent research in Bristol found that relationships between residents improved on streets with lower traffic speeds). Inevitably it also makes walking and cycling much safer.
Sign the petition at www.gopetition.co.uk/online/31175.html
Find out more at www.livingstreets.org.uk and www.20splentyforus.org.uk
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