Bristol Traffic

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

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Brian Rogers of Kingswood: speaking the truth

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We've been a bit quiet recently. The main problem: thinking of new things to say. Everyone has this problem. Take this well though...

Occupy Redland

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OK... College Green is full of tents. The grass is a bit buggered. Billy Bragg has sung to the masses. The Council is letting it happen. All...
Monday, 21 November 2011

Using the alternative

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I would like to follow the instructions, only white van man and other lazy parkers are blocking the pavement (despite the fact it's perf...
Sunday, 20 November 2011

Integrated Public Transport

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Contributor "R" writes to us Dear Bristol Traffic These flats on Cotham Road South opposite the junction of Kingsdown Par...
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Saturday, 19 November 2011

Costa Fortune

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BMWs cost a fortune. And this one, LF52XBW, parked up on the pavement on Gloucester Road today was being eyed up and photographed by more th...
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Occupy M32: year 40

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A group of protestors are camped on college green, but apart from the "whiners corner" of the Evening Post, not having much effect...
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Friday, 18 November 2011

no, not our van

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Someone emails us to say "was this the famous Bristol Traffic Van? It drove out of Ashley Road after the light changed to block the tr...
Sunday, 13 November 2011

Railwaypath Ghost Cyclist

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We've been using the term Ghost Rider to describe someone who chooses to die on a bicycle, usually by RLJ-ing. The last video of someone...
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Saturday, 12 November 2011

Broadmead bumping

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A video reaches us of an incident at the bike path crossing rupert street to the horsefair where the cyclist crashes into the pedestrian and...
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Friday, 11 November 2011

More RLJ work on Cheltenham Road

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We're going to credit this cyclist coming up Bath buildings and crossing Cheltenham Road for actually looking and only going out when it...
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Thursday, 10 November 2011

Now some Geister Fahrading on Cheltenham Road

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Another RLJ-ing cyclist, here on Cheltenham Road 0:01 cars coming from Bath Buildings get to go left or right onto Cheltenham Road; cycl...
Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Unfit and bad judgement

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We're always being accused of somehow presenting the cyclist point of view, rather than discuss the problems that RLJ-ing cyclists prese...
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Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Crash by the pump house

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video up on youtube; no more details yet. This is by the Cumberland Basin flyover; that right hand lane is how you get over the bridge; the ...
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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