Bristol Traffic

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

Sunday, 31 October 2010

Whiteladies Road: a weekday dataset

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Our last trip down Whiteladies road shows that on a weekend, yes, pedestrian shoppers did hold up through traffic. This implied that yes, t...

Delivery Vans

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A lot of people complain about delivery vans, but consider this: they are the price of internet shopping. You cannot buy things online and e...
Saturday, 30 October 2010

UWE to the Farm pub, by way of Purdown Camp

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Someone posts us this (long and dull) video, with commentary. They say: You are always whining about bicycles in your way and how your road ...
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Friday, 29 October 2010

Whiteladies Road : offpeak issues

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We sent our expendable cyclist on downhill run of Whiteladies Road on a Saturday afternoon. Note people with the orange bags. That means sma...
Thursday, 28 October 2010

M5 work

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"Paul N" sends us this video of what the M5 was like on October 26 between Bristol and Cirencester. As people say, where were the ...
Wednesday, 27 October 2010

New link: road justice

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We've added a link to a new site today, Road Justice . This is a Canadian site which puts up photographs of the terrible thing cyclist...
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Southwell Street: the ongoing crisis

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Our secret instrumentation of cyclists, with some followup chat, shows us how these people endanger pedestrians and patients on Southwell St...
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Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Observability

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Our complainer from the past, "Slug" says they went to the PACT meeting to complain about some car on the pavement. Apparently the...
Monday, 25 October 2010

The cult of YA55VDY and the impact of the Whiteladies Showcase Bus Route

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Mid life crises. What do do? Sports cars? Mamils? Fixies. No: stalking. It's under-respected, and what the Internet, from Google to Fac...
Sunday, 24 October 2010

Whiteladies Showcase bus route: the implications

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Up the top of the hill, we will lose all day parking, so the commuters suffer. But in exchange, short-stay parking, so it's a trade of...

The proposed Whiteladies Road Showcase Route

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There's been lots of coverage of Whiteladies Road on this site recently. Why? Bristol Traffic is not a news outlet: it is a documentar...
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Saturday, 23 October 2010

HSS Hire Bristol: Traffic Calming the cyclists

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Sainsbury's Local is now open in Gloucester Road, so you can "shop locally" without having to go into local shops. Of course, ...
Thursday, 21 October 2010

Kingsdown update

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Shocking footage in Kingsdown, where we can see the paint lines for the resident parking zone going up, even though the zone isn't going...
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Wednesday, 20 October 2010

What cost for others paying the ultimate price?

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Not a lot, fellow motorists will be pleased to hear. Kill a cyclist as a professional driver (despite previous convictions for speeding and ...

Traffic Calming the corners

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Here we see the junction of Aberdeen Road and Whiteladies Road, with the car VA08SVZ forced to park sideways on to the pavement up by the c...
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Tuesday, 19 October 2010

A polite refusal

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Sachin, Sadly, we must decline your offer to write articles on our site in exchange for links back to some paying customer of yours for th...
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Mamils: Think Again

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Men: you may think spending lots of money on a road bike will make you fit and sexy again, it won't. Nor will it get you out of the chil...
Monday, 18 October 2010

More Whiteladies: The Oakfield Road crossing

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Continuing our Whiteladies Road coverage, here is Oakfield Road, the zebra crossing by it, then the bus/bike lane leading up to the double p...
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Sunday, 17 October 2010

A new parking spot on The Triangle!

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Here's a good example of how useless public space can be used to ease the problems of the hard-pressed motorist. Here, outside the...
Saturday, 16 October 2010

WX02UNH and critical sections

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In computing a critical section is defined as something in which only one entity can have exclusive use of at at time, such as, say, a stre...
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