Bristol Traffic

In which we explore the options for getting round Bristol (*), and the consequences of those decisions. (*) Excluding Fishponds.

Monday, 20 October 2008

Range Rovers

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Some submissions for our "legally parked range rover competition First entry, F192NWK rejected for the double yellow lines. Other tha...

"smart-car" parking is pedestrian friendly

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Previously, we looked at cars parking at a junction near a school. Here, near Christchurch School, Clifton, we can see that parking sideways...
Sunday, 19 October 2008

Colston's Primary School

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The scooter/bike park is closed, leaving only the school dropoff zones on both sides of the road leading to the entrance. Yet they are empty...

Cornering

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Only last week, we saw a blue honda receiving some criticism f rom a Kingsdown local, who was upset that they were parking on the keep clear...
Saturday, 18 October 2008

Ticketing in Bristol

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The elusive "Tomato" also sends in some pics of two cars in Montpelier, being ticked for parking on the pavement -despite the fact...

Keeping the Pavements Safe for Pedestrians

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Gloucester Road on a weekday: a busy road with shoppers. Yet here is a van parked on the pavement. Isn't the van A12VOL inconveniencing ...

Stereotyping

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A reader called SP left a couple of comments implying maybe were over-sterotyping BMW drivers . Interesting thought. Yes, there is a fair a...
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Friday, 17 October 2008

local vigilantes

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People in Somerset Street, Kingsdown have started adding stroppy notes to cars. The Toyota WP56PNF has a printed sheet saying "Warning ...
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Suspension Bridge Closures

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Clifton Suspension Bridge was closed to cars again last weekend, and probably will be again the next two weekends -pedestrians and cyclists ...
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Thursday, 16 October 2008

the price of parking

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One of the pressures for driveways in Bristol is that it gives you somewhere to park. The other is that you can more sure your car will be t...

the Polis visit Lockleaze

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Heading up Romney Avenue, here's a police car in the bus stop. There's a citizen in the back with them, they are out on call, so can...
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Bus lanes: for buses, taxis, bicycles, motorcycles and delivery vans

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08:38 on a weekday morning, a queue of vehicles heading into town. The bikes and the buses, can't use their dedicated lane though, becau...

Deadlock on the school run

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Deadlock: in which more than one entity try to acquire the same set of resources, and by doing so create a situation in which none of them c...
Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Illiteracy on the move again...

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It's gridlock in Bristol centre and drivers suddenly lose the ability to read signs. Or huge letters on the road. Funny though, how they...
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Engineeering Terminology

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Having met the odd traffic planner/civil engineer in the past year, one problem is that they have a technical language to describe things, a...
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Pavement Work

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The Evening Post is always complaining about bicycles on pavements. A few dedicated car drivers do their best to discourage this by parking ...
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Near Miss

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This is the St Michael's roundabout, where religious dissenters were burned alive during Queen Mary's rule. Obviously in those days ...
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Probably didn't see the signs

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Keep an eye on this car, WV57EUU, here showing it is black/yellow colour blind, and hence oblivious to the double yellow lines. And the ...

Making Bristol more pedestrian friendly

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It is pedestrians who are meant to get priority in road/junction designs. Not cars, not cyclists, not FirstBus. Yet they normally come out w...

island safety

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This is what's left of a traffic island in Whiteladies road. Something has wiped out both the illuminated island signs, and the central ...
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