Bristol Traffic

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

Thursday, 31 March 2011

Where are the 20 mph zones they promised?

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Someone posted us this video complaining that it shows a car driver unable to think ahead, because the driver overtook a bicycle aggressivel...
Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Brunel Ford -proud to sponsor the Concorde Way

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One thing missing from the official opening of the Concorde Way a couple of weeks back was the sponsor. London has Barclays "wealth for...
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011

Dovercourt Door markings

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The new glue-on markings in Dovercourt road "concorde way" are placed in the ideal position to discourage survivors from ever app...
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Monday, 28 March 2011

Breaking news: parking restrictions encourage higher vehicle speeds

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The new "neighbourhood funding" schemes are great for us, the drivers, as we can use our money to get what we want: parking, witho...

Stealing our Roadspace

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While the cyclists are still loojking for examples of where the cycle city program stole roadspace from us, we and Cllr Gollop know the tru...
Sunday, 27 March 2011

Red Bull: on the motorists side

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In the F1 races, Red Bull are fielding a team. In Bristol a while back, they also had a vehicle on show in Clifton Yes, it was just an e...
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Friday, 25 March 2011

Friday Afternoon Quiz

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A typical scene in Stokes Croft. Click to enlarge. What might be wrong?
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Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Crossing not in use

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Classic anti-pedestrian scenes on Gloucester Road on a Saturday morning. The gas digging has stopped, but the crossing not in use signs have...
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Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Cycling Practises Condemned

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Magnus R points us at a lovely set of of cyclist denunciations from a long time ago , the time -1934- when the Daily Mail was busy supportin...
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Game Theory and Junction Blocking

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Game theory divides games into those in which all information is visible to all players (like chess), and those where each side holds secret...
Monday, 21 March 2011

This is the roadspace they are stealing

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Over in the cycling mailing lists -which we spy on- lots of people are complaining "where is the road space that Cllr Gollop says the c...
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Sunday, 20 March 2011

Bristol Trails Group: forest ride day, March 20

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The HooF campaigners in the Forest of Dean are organising a national "come out and enjoy the forest" event today, March 20, where ...
Saturday, 19 March 2011

Cycling City: pavements and 20 mph zones

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Milverton Gardens, off Ashley Hill. Jon R's constituency. Do you think these voters will be supportive of the cycle city plans? we suspe...
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Thursday, 17 March 2011

Keeping clear

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Keep clear signs up on this corner, which YIB4199 carefully follow, by making full use of this lovely under-utilised bit of pavement. We...
Wednesday, 16 March 2011

More biggerer and betterer.

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Bristol is often referred to by many ex Londoners as being like a "little London". While we can appreciate the comparison we at Br...
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cycling city: removing pavement space from motorists

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One thing that Cllr Gollop -the Official Bristol Traffic approved councillor - raised in his Bikelash speech is the space taken from impor...
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Tuesday, 15 March 2011

The bikelash has arrived!

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Over in New York, there's a fantastic power struggle going on, as important politicians fight troublemaking cyclists, to try and get a s...
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Monday, 14 March 2011

GPS: the rest of the press catch up

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There's a lot of fuss in the press about a new paper arguing that Satellite Navigation, in the form of the US GPS system, ex-Soviet GLON...

Waste

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Advance Stop Lanes, or ASLs, are a waste of space. They are a sop to cyclists, who, we read, are an articulate and vociferous minority . ...
Sunday, 13 March 2011

Optimising the School Run

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Interesting scene here, not one we've noticed before. This the Cotham Hill/St Michaels Hill mini roundabout, one of the high points of t...
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