Hastings Urban Bikes

Making cycling in Hastings easier, safer and more fun.

Because public spaces are for people, not cars

Like many other towns, Hastings suffers from a car-centric bias which comes at a cost to pedestrians, cyclists and others.

More active travel, less car dependency

Walking and cycling can improve people’s health
and wellbeing, ability to access jobs
and services, reduce congestion,
reduce carbon emissions and
improve air quality, which will all help
contribute towards improving people’s
quality of life.

Travel networks that aren’t reliant on cars

Walking and cycling
provides independent mobility for
many people who choose not to drive
or cannot drive, including children,
people on low incomes, older or
disabled people, to access jobs and
services.

Safe urban design for cyclists and pedestrians

Segregated bike lanes are a far better use of public space when compared to the endless rows of parked cars which are stationary for more than 95% of the time. Public space should be used to help people get around rather than providing subsidised, often free parking for private motor vehicles.

Better, more reliable and cheaper buses

Hastings has one of the poorest performing bus networks in the country. Services are erratic, infrastructure is inadequate and there are far too few bus lanes.

Safer school routes

Hastings desparately needs safe routes for school children to get to school. Particularly for primary schools, it is rarely necessary for children to be driven to school and overwhelmighly beneficial for them to travel on foot or by bike.

20mph urban streets

Nearly 30 million people in the UK (more than 1 in 3 of the population) now live in Local Authorities which accept 20mph as the right speed limit where people live, work or play. 20mph limits shorten car journey times and have reduced collisions with pedestrians by 63% in London.

A network, resources and an active campaign group

Take a look at our current projects to see how we’re actively trying to change the modal-mix of travel in Hastings.

Urban design improvements

Hastings urgently needs better infrastructure, both design and planning. This ranges from introducing better pedestrian crossings, Advance Stop Line boxes and road junctions and improved on/off ramps for the existing cycling network.

We collect public opinion and lobby ESCC for long-term infrastructural improvements such as more bus and cycle lanes and better on-street bike storage as well as parking issues particularly around local schools.

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“There is a climate emergency meaning the current pace of ‘modal switch’ needs radically speeding up.’”

Anna Sabin

Chair, Hastings Urban Bikes

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