Bristol Traffic

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

Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Light relief

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Sometimes it's all too easy to get caught up in the stresses and strains of everyday life. We at Bristol Traffic want everyone to rememb...

The Brighton Bike problem

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We are shocked and appalled to see that Brighton has seafront and pedestrian area cycling problems. Brighton Aint Ready - Dakota Roche ...

The students are back!

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We know the students are back as they are taking away our parking places. You can recognise the student cars as they are smaller and full o...
Monday, 28 September 2009

Radio4 on Cycling City

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Many of the well known subversives have been given airtime on Radio 4, with a program on the Cycling City initiative . We in Bristol Traff...
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It's OK, it's a green car

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Look at this. A row of bicycles down by the Arches on a weekday evening, all taking up space without paying any road tax. Interestingly, t...
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Sunday, 27 September 2009

Topping out

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There is a lovely video of a French comedian setting up a fake col summit race, then looping in everyone out for a Sunday hill climb and see...
Saturday, 26 September 2009

Wheelbarrows - tax them too!

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What do we see being pushed up a hill in Cotham one weekday? Someone with a wheelbarrow full of vegetables! On the road! Now, they are usi...

Sketchy Weekend

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Three things this weekend so far: 1. Very sketchy Critical Mass. Difficult to hold the road (not enough riders, really), but had to make sur...
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Cabot Circus is One!

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We do not denounce Cabot Circus. Yes, it may contain the same featureless chainstores as broadmead used to have, but it keeps the rain out,...

Bristol's secret chainsaw problem

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There's a weapon in Bristol that nobody discusses: Chainsaws. They're a useful tool, but in the wrong hands, danger. Thankfully, c...
Friday, 25 September 2009

Fixed and Single Speed in Bristol

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Fixed Wheels bike. Now that mountain bikes have gone from being cool and radical to the mid-life-crisis toy of men getting tubby, rebels nee...
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Thursday, 24 September 2009

The Incredible Vanishing Cycle Lane

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York Road heading into Bedminster on my morning commute. Nice to see several weeks of roadworks are coming to an end with the road being w...
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Interfering

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Do these subversives defacing billboards in St Werburgh's not realise how essential car sales are to the European economy? They might ...
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Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Skateboarders: they dont pay road tax either

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"Adam" sends us a link to a shock video showing skateboarders in the city -not just in their little skate parks, but out in the st...
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Driving Standards

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That prominent subversive, Chris Hutt , has been wondering whether people should be a higher standard of driving from professional drivers...
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Tuesday, 22 September 2009

Transport options of old maids in the time of Orwell

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Our recent coverage of Orwell's vision of the past, old maids making their way to holy communion, has caused dissent. We say: old maids...
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Picton Street Roadworks

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Picton Street has some roadworks going on -the footpath has been closed. No diversion, no blocked off bit of road, just the stock ...
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Monday, 21 September 2009

Mum Rage

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No video this time of the driver of WU57KJF, but you can be assured she gave a good rant about how her overtaking and pulling in while half-...
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Sunday, 20 September 2009

Lift? No -a chairlift!

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Now we come to the climax of our Clifton Week, the real reason we spent time there. We were in fact being sponsored by the city to come up w...
Saturday, 19 September 2009

Clifton's secret bike path

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Another way Clifton resists joining the rest of the city, is that it remains happily free of bike lanes and bike paths. There are none. Not ...
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