Bristol Traffic

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

Sunday, 30 October 2011

Dirac's Antipermeability hypothesis

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Dirac Road, off Ashley Down. Named after Paul Dirac, Nobel Prize winner for hypothesizing the existence of "anti matter"; somethin...
Thursday, 27 October 2011

Une discourse dans le village du Montpelier

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Vous savez que vous etre dans un petit village quand vous encontrez les residents engagement dans une discourse dans la rue. Les grands vill...
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Sunday, 23 October 2011

Forward Planing

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While the lights are red, an opportunity arises to take a photo of the Seahorse Pub, a pub that used to be part of the Smiles brewery chain,...
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Friday, 21 October 2011

Reclaiming the Streets

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There's a growing scandal in the press that an undercover policeman infiltrated the group Reclaim the Streets . While we do not approv...
Thursday, 20 October 2011

Forward Planning

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We've discussed before planning strategies, such as the MiniMax algorithm, and how a limiting factor is how far ahead you plan. The plan...
Monday, 17 October 2011

Bristol's Secret Rat-runs

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We are debating providing some coverage of Bristol's secret rat-runs, to go alongside our secret parking coverage. Today, the best way t...

Careful Passing

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Everyone recommends giving bicycles room when passing, -and they complain when you don't, especially when traffic islands create pinch p...
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Sunday, 16 October 2011

Not our van: WU10JCY

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Someone points us at this video as says "That you?" No. Pink shirts and white dungarees don't suit us. Or him. We are just mor...
Friday, 14 October 2011

Not us: we don't speak hungarian

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Lovely video, people coming to the streets and saying what up to now is only printed in the Daily Mail, written in the comments, and muttere...
Thursday, 13 October 2011

Oktoberfest im Ashton Court

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Despite the nature of the activity -cycling- we are pleased to show the route preview of the 2011 Ritchey Oktoberfest Bike Race. Paul of Ze...
Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Stop Pedalling, Start Driving

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We wish to thank the Danish subversives at Copenhagenize.com for moving on from showing pretty Danish women on bicycles to showing pretty a...
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Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Sponsored by Firstbus

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For this week we are sponsored by FirstBus: Anything negative we have ever said about firstbus, including the apparent inability of FirstB...
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Monday, 10 October 2011

Big Hello to R242AAC: roundabout jumper

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We've had this video for a while, but been keeping quiet about it. Why? because there is a limit of six months for charging anyone for a...
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Sunday, 9 October 2011

Free parking in the Bristol City Centre

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Reader "OJ" writes in: Dear Bristol Traffic, Thank goodness the menace of pavement cycling is finally getting the attention fr...
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Saturday, 8 October 2011

Secret Colston Street parking -handy for the BRI

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"OJ" drops us a note Dear Bristol Traffic, I have discovered a great place to park my 4x4 for free, 2 minutes away from ...
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Friday, 7 October 2011

No eye contact - even if they insult you for RLJ-ing

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The rule of junctions is that if you don't acknowledge the other people on the road, they aren't there, so you have done nothing wro...
Tuesday, 4 October 2011

The last days of summer at St Georges Park

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Contributor "NT" mails us this lovely photograph of autumn sunshine Hello, I was cycling down Park Crescent adjacent to St George...
Saturday, 1 October 2011

The school run

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Look at these disgusted Hotwells parents fed-up with the way people park outside their school. 'Stopping on zig-zags is dangerous and se...
Friday, 30 September 2011

Helmets, hi-viz and tax for pedestrians.

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In amongst the various ePetitions for making parking outside someone's house illegal, and for the many cyclist ones , making cyclist pay...
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Thursday, 29 September 2011

Importance

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It's important to remember that our white vans are the lifeblood of the city. This is why we think the government should treat us like f...
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