Bristol Traffic

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

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Tardis in found Redland?

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There's a new series of Dr Who on the TV, so we thought we'd see if we could find a Tardis.  We're not sure if we did, but we d...
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Monday, 29 August 2011

Electric Vehicles

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A lot of the press and our glorious leader of the Department of White Vans, "Hoverboard Hammond" is saying that electric vehicles ...
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Sunday, 28 August 2011

Reminder:larger craft have right of way

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This little video from Portsmouth-way reminds us that larger vehicles do have priority. That's not just because they are important, b...
Thursday, 25 August 2011

Miffed

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We're a bit miffed. Over here in Bristol Traffic HQ we endlessly debate the best personalised number plates we'd like on our vans a...
Tuesday, 23 August 2011

You can't ticket me: I have diplomatic immunity

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Chris Chalkley, President for Life of the PRSC, almost gets a ticket for being double-yellow line parked on Jamaica Street. First he tries...
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Sunday, 21 August 2011

Smart Car: Park all your preconceptions with a test drive on Clifton Downs

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While the Harbour Fest is going on in the city, what should we see up in Clifton but SmartCar employees offering test drives on Clifton Dow...
Saturday, 20 August 2011

Solving the no-taxi problem in Broadmead

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We've covered before how the ban on taxis caused needless problems on the approach to Union Street Well, it's been fixed once and ...
Friday, 19 August 2011

DVLA Harassment in Monty

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A van partially pavement parked, and with a police ticket. Why the ticket? OK, the road tax expired at the end of June. And what's tha...
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011

S56JCW? Wasn't us in the van abusing the cyclist.

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Someone emails us: "Hello, is the Bristol Traffic white van the one with the registration number S56JCW? -that is Shithead-56-Jesus-C...

Bristol Pedestrians Association: the Evening Post Party?

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We are fully aligned with the Evening Post: progress is good for the city, progress means roads, roads mean progress, and people on bicycles...
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Monday, 15 August 2011

Riots, Root Causes and Random Opinions

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It became clear during the week that even Boris Johnson was out of his depth. After some final words of advice from Sarkozy -whose strategy...
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Sunday, 14 August 2011

Hotwells Primary: the parking problem

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While down at Hotwell's Primary, we thought we'd have a look round to see where else parking restrictions could be relaxed. Well, ...
Saturday, 13 August 2011

Walthamising Hotwells

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One of the Clifton Traffic Calming proposals -voted for, with support from the Waltham Forest Faction of the ruling LibDem party, was to...
Friday, 12 August 2011

Clifton: resisting cycling city

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Even as we complain for the current and aspiring councillors for their lack of imagination over car parking -compared to the residents, we ...
Thursday, 11 August 2011

Pembroke Road parking opportunities

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Driving further north on Pembroke Road, we come to an area where all the parking spaces are taken. But it's still a wide road, and you ...
Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Pembroke Road: where should Barbara Janke remove the yellow lines?

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Barbara Janke, leader of the council (at least for the next few days)- has taken on the challenge of ensuring that traffic safety "can...
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Tuesday, 9 August 2011

En Vacance

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People are asking "when will Bristol Traffic update us with what's going on in the Bristol City Centre?" A big chunk of ...

Exploring Clifton's secret 20 mph zone

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Round the back of the school, there's a walking only dropoff area, where the kids can learn to walk round paveparked vans by going on th...
Monday, 8 August 2011

Fraternal Greetings from Stokes Croft to Waltham Forest

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While this site has tended to document the Walthamization of Bristol -the transformation of parts of the city into little parts of the elu...

Downfield Road: Clifton's secret 20mph zone

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While doing our Clifton research we discovered something the area had been keeping secret -there is in fact a 20mph zone up by the Downs, be...
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