Bristol Traffic

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

Thursday, 4 February 2010

Refuse Collection by Environmental Waste Solutions

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Environmental Waste Solutions UK Ltd. 0870 919 4357 Here on Cotham Hill, outside the hospital. Seen them before. Previously they'd b...
Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Clamp-down in Clifton

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Some people might be shocked by the number of cars in the Clifton area sporting DVLA-untaxed-vehicle clamps on the last Sunday in January ...
Tuesday, 2 February 2010

Insult to injury

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Hospitals. Places where ill people go -even walk. Exactly the kind of place where good pedestrian access would seem important. Yet today we...
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Monday, 1 February 2010

Recycling problems

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This is not what it seems: a car on the road, a car half on the pavement, and a car across the pavement. No, this is not a demonstration of ...
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Saturday, 30 January 2010

Something For The weekend

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It's Saturday! Time to forget about the worries of the week and watch some cartoons with the kids! For those of you who can't handle...
Friday, 29 January 2010

Nice Try

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The two 4X4s missed a parking opportunity, but the Volvo made a great attempt. After last year's IGfest , it seems that Bristol's in...
Thursday, 28 January 2010

bike/car conflict in the centre's bus lanes

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Look at this video from one of contributors "AF". It got a mention on Crap Waltham Forest , but they don't know the backgroun...
Wednesday, 27 January 2010

A history of pedestrian crossings

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A site hosted by one of our local anti-car traffic planners, Hamilton-Baillie Associates , leads us to this fascinating article, Crossing t...
Tuesday, 26 January 2010

Schoolkid build-outs for Colston Primary School

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This area round Colston Primary school has a double role. It's commuter parking par-excellence, and its somewhere for parents to drive t...

Bike stands on Zetland Road

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More signs of trouble by the A38. This is Zetland Road, the A38 Northbound is the road curving left in the distance. That is the road that ...
Monday, 25 January 2010

Eastfield Road

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Last week's coverage of Eastfield Road raised a comment by kebablog I'm often on that road, don't usually have a proble...
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Sunday, 24 January 2010

More Persecution

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Last week we saw how R848CGS was being harassed by students merely for parking on a build-out by a pedestrian crossing, in front of a hosp...
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Saturday, 23 January 2010

Persecution

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This is just plain wrong. A ticket, but no parking restrictions. Not even parked on the pavement. So why is the owner of L740OYA being perse...
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2010 Antibicycle Awards: Rolls Royce.

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We have a new nomination for our anti-bicycle awards , Rolls-Royce, as submitted by "RB". This is the sign at their new car park. ...
Thursday, 21 January 2010

Paveparking: its for the pedestrians, you understand

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Cotham Hill is fascinating, a single road that exemplifies all the conflicting needs of the city: pedestrians, of which there are too many ...
Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Back to normal

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The roads are all briefly snow free, as are the pavements, so they can be used again. Not by pedestrians, who we still think should be made...
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Death on Dove Street

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Chris Hutt, that known subversive, sends news of a death last Monday . Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a fatal r...
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Monday, 18 January 2010

Lazy school run parents

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We saw one parent cycling up Cotham Hill on the school-run last week. On a strange tandem thing where the kid goes in front, the dad behind...
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Sunday, 17 January 2010

Bus Lane Persecution

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The AA -always a bit late in their press releases- is now complaining about CCTV cameras being used for ticketing cars parked illegally . ...
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The Ghost Bikes of Bristol

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The snow may have forced those pedestrians into our way, but it has at least shown up the harsh truth about all those cycle parks put in: t...
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