Bristol Traffic

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

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

The joy that is shared spaces

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There are proposals up to add some shared spaces in High Kingsdown , near the famous Highbury Vaults. This is the area that pops up in our C...
Sunday, 11 September 2011

Fighting Back: why it doesn't work

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People email us and say things. A lot of things, most of which we can't print, as they assume the team are some group of bicycle-people....
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Saturday, 10 September 2011

Montpelier's Flowerbox Problem

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Shocking footage reaches us of this, Old Ashley Hill, in Montpelier, where someone has placed two flowerboxes on the pavement outside their ...
Thursday, 8 September 2011

pamperbanana: introducing PaveClaiming to Clifton

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Our recent coverage of Clifton has generated more contributions from the area, and here we are pleased to show some photos from "G...
Wednesday, 7 September 2011

WessexConnect: they block ASLs for your own good

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There's a lot of complaint from the bicycle-troublemakers, the vocal ones, about vehicles stopping in ASLs. We think that it's exagg...
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Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Problems in the RPZ

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Oh dear. More tickets. Luckily, the entire Bristol Traffic project is based in Clifton, where sights such as this are rare, even on double...
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Friday, 2 September 2011

Fuel Costs and motorbiking

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We've heard sob stories about people having to go without food to keep their cars fueled up, but nobody has looked at the impact on the ...
Thursday, 1 September 2011

Anarchists. Maybe

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The elusive "Bristol Citizen" asked us why we forgot to mention anarchists as the cause behind the riots . Good question. It'...
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, ...
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