Bristol Traffic

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

Monday, 28 April 2014

Yes but who will think of the children? (part 1)

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Say what you like about Tank Commander "Wolfie" Miles and his right-to-commute-to-work campaigners, call them "lost in time...
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Saturday, 26 April 2014

Press Complaints Commission: it's OK to propose assaulting cyclists in a newspaper

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A few days ago, we covered how the Western Daily Press -the "provincial" sibling to the evening post, printed an article advocati...
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Wednesday, 23 April 2014

Regional Press advocating violence against cyclists

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We have mixed opinions of the Bristol Evening Post, and mourn the fact that whenever it tries to be more forward thinking -as in its coverag...

Clifton : bring out your dead

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After the Tank visit, we felt that a trip to Clifton was in order. We took our stolen bicycle to the area. Just as there is no tank parkin...
Friday, 11 April 2014

Clifton and 4X4s

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After our post on the Clifton Popular Front , we got a complaint by way of Twitter from one LittleGibbo . We were told not to be so rude :...
Wednesday, 9 April 2014

The Clifton Popular Front: parking or war!

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Clifton has always had a reputation for being Bristol's 4x4 country, indeed, one of our first ever photograph was someone being forced t...
Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Clifton Parking or Death

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There's a web site, Tufton or Death , where campaigners are trying to save the lives of people that use a turn-off on the A34 "Chi...
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Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Actually, they are our photographs

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A comment arrives on our Never park up the inside of an HGV post. YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT BUT MOST IMPO...
Sunday, 23 February 2014

Southwell Street: new BRI signage

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There’s some new signs up on Southwell Street, at St Michael’s Hospital UH Bristol Private Road No parking on double yellow lines ...
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Friday, 21 February 2014

Markov Chains: letting the evening post write for itself

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A quick grep of the internet thows up a Markov Chain generator in the Python programming language . This program takes the name of a file,...

Frank Woodman: bristol post's premier fake letter writer

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People accuse us of being spoof, some kind of satire designed to wind people up. Not us. No, the spoofs are people like Frank Woodman, let...
Friday, 14 February 2014

Evening Post Letters

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A copy of a letter submitted to the evening post hits our inbox: we wonder if it will ever see the light of their letters page. When th...
Sunday, 2 February 2014

Wingmirror Tax payment issues

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One of our vast fleet of vehicles has become eligible for paying the wingmirror tax   Which raises a question: when? Not having a wingm...
Tuesday, 14 January 2014

Colston Street: back to normal

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People will be pleased to know that Colston Street’s bike path is now back to its original role: short stay parking for visitors  

I would have stopped for a kid but not 'im!

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Lovely bit of traffic jam road rage here, with the driver of S164JRP and his dog giving the cyclist a hard time for trying to cross through ...
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Friday, 3 January 2014

Bristol is not currently under water

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As of 11:44, Bristol is not under water. It may well be at 20:45 tonight, or 09:20 Saturday morning On Avon Crescent, the council are putt...
Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Aberystwyth Road, Bishopston

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Time to catch up with the Aberystwyth Faction's proposals for an improved Gloucester Road -one that makes the bus lane tidal and so adds...
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Thursday, 12 December 2013

The Aberystwyth Faction: short stay parking matters more than life

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This is just a first post on what is going to brew up into the next story to keep the Evening Post readers suitably outraged. Remember: we c...
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Sunday, 8 December 2013

Cyclists: documenting their own failings

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A common complaint in the tier-two comments on the tier-three press outlets is "why don't helmet-cam cyclists ever put up pictures ...
Saturday, 7 December 2013

Spicing up the school run

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Halfords are reporting a surge in sales of helmet cameras. While one motivator may be that it finally resolves the he-did-I-did and she-did-...
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