Most improved journey into work national award

Brighton & Hove City Council has won a national transport award for the Lewes Road improvement scheme. There were 87 entries for the Smarter Travel Awards and Brighton & Hove won the ‘most improved journey to work’ for improvements to Lewes Road. The council was also shortlisted for the JourneyOn travel planning website www.journeyon.co.uk in the ‘best smarter travel app’ category. The Lewes Road improvement scheme involved converting the existing 4.5km long dual carriageway between the Vogue Gyratory and Falmer into a single carriageway for general traffic alongside a dedicated bus lane with a widened cycle lane. The council added pedestrian and cycle crossing facilities at various locations along the route. Initial findings from the monitoring of the scheme showed a 7% increase in the number of bus passengers; daily cyclist numbers on Lewes Road rose from 2,085 to 2,383 following implementation of the scheme – an increase of 14% and general traffic on Lewes Road reduced by 13%. Proposals were subject to wide scale public consultation with 63% of respondents supporting the Lewes Road scheme plans. This film was made in-house by the council's communications team.