Next week is Ride to Work Week, an initiative to get as many people as possible commuting by bike. Cycling has many benefits and people who ride to work are shown to be happier, healthier, wealthier and more productive.
Next week is Ride to Work Week, an initiative to get as many people as possible commuting by bike. Cycling has many benefits and people who ride to work are shown to be happier, healthier, wealthier and more productive.
Brighton & Hove City Council’s new anti-litter team will be out in force from Monday – educating the public on how to avoid being fined for dumping rubbish on the street or fly-tipping.
Residents across the city roll up their sleeves, don their gloves and gear up for this year’s Great British Spring Clean. Volunteers from the council’s Tidy Up Team, members of Friends Groups and other organisations are teaming up with the council’s park rangers to take part in a month long programme of events.
The results of recent residents’ parking consultations will be discussed by Brighton & Hove City Council (BHCC) Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee next week (March 19).
Parents and carers are urged by Brighton & Hove City Council to reduce the number of school journeys made by car to improve safety and air quality outside the city’s schools.
Brighton & Hove City Council has launched a new A-Z guide on how you can reduce, reuse, recycle or dispose of almost 180 different materials.
The Office for Low Emission Vehicles (Olev) has awarded Brighton & Hove, £468,000 to introduce electric taxi hubs and rapid charging facilities. The council’s bid was awarded in full and will pay for 75% of the scheme to provide a network of charging facilities for taxis across the city.
Brighton & Hove continues to have the highest rate of bus use outside London with 49.2 million passenger journeys made in 2017/18. This total is up from 45.6 million in 2015/16 and a significant rise from the 40.8 million passenger journeys made in 2009/10. Twice as many passenger journeys are being made now than in 1993.
A ten-year plan to improve access for everyone to the countryside and open space around Brighton and Hove, looks set to be given the go ahead next week. Brighton & Hove City Council’s Rights of Way Improvement plan has been drawn up by the council’s parks service, following a citywide consultation earlier this year.
Brighton & Hove City Council is set to end its litter enforcement contract with controversial company 3GS and bring the service ‘in-house’. The contract is due to end in February, 2019 and both the company and council have agreed not to renew it.
