You must be choking…
Many Triangle residents have noticed the increasing volume of traffic rumbling along Lewes Road, and the Argus recently reported that our area is one of the worst ‘pollution hotspots’ in Brighton, with planning applications for new homes here being opposed because traffic-related air pollution is so high that it would be dangerous for occupants to open their windows.
High air pollution concentrations are bad for everyone's health. Brighton and Hove City Council acknowledges this, and monitors air quality on a daily basis. But many of us, while realising that this is a challenging problem to tackle, believe more action is needed. Something can and must be done.
Several local residents have formed the Lewes Road for Clean Air group to measure the number of vehicles using Lewes Road as a route in and out of the city, and to identify ways of cutting traffic volume, e.g. by proposing sites for park and ride schemes, encouraging greater use of public transport, and developing better facilities for cyclists. Next survey dates are 8 Sept, 11 Sept, 16 Oct & 20 Oct − come and help car-count for an hour. Email the group at
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, or check out the Facebook group
September 20 is Brighton & Hove’s Car Free Day, when the Clean Air group will host its very own Streets For People Party − a day of markets and music, as well as air quality awareness-raising, across the Community Garden and Edinburgh Road.
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