Bristol Traffic

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

Friday, 13 May 2016

Rejoice: we have a new mayor!

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So: we have a new mayor. What's interesting about the results is the sheer number of people who turned out to vote -and the proportion...
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Monday, 2 May 2016

Where is our election coverage?

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People come up to us and ask questions. Usually we like them to say "would you like some more beer?", rather than the more frequen...
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Saturday, 9 April 2016

The M32 picnic area

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A known subversive, "Analogue Andy", has been praising the Frome Valley cycle route, saying it joins up communities where the M32 ...
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Thursday, 10 March 2016

CS11, the London Ringway and Hampstead

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People paying attention to videos may note that more than one of our contributors have London accents. One actually has a South London accen...
Monday, 7 March 2016

Bristol Drivers: always giving cyclists a hand

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There are always complaints in the cycling community (all eight of them) about some war-on-cyclists taking place in Bristol. We know that...
Tuesday, 1 March 2016

Where does Bristol's pollution come from?

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20 mph is looking like one of the big manufactured controversy issues of the election. Not, say, library closures, or the sale of the Avonm...
Wednesday, 17 February 2016

Costing out a 21st century police state

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There's been lots of interesting coverage of the new Snooper's charter, with light blue touchpaper having a good summary of the fun...
Tuesday, 16 February 2016

Stolen Rat runs of the city: Fry's Close

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Our coverage of Bristol before the war on motorists began got a lot of interest, so expect some intermittent coverage of places stolen from...
Wednesday, 3 February 2016

Big Shout Out to SWC scaffolds van HK15FYH!

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We don't normally go to S gloucs on the basis that it's boring. Nice to see that today, the driver of SWC scaffolds van HK15FYH / ...
Sunday, 31 January 2016

Bristol's Parking Problem: 2016 style

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There's an article up on the evening post saying for the first time in a generation, a majority of people are using either buses, bikes ...
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WN60HDC: Sign Language

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If you look at any of the London cyclists videos, they normally involve shouting, swearing and recrimination. Well, a lot of Bristol coverag...
Thursday, 28 January 2016

Hints of a left hook

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Nothing spells "left hook" like a van coming up alongside with its indicators on. However, this one did actually wait for the cycl...
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Saturday, 9 January 2016

Prewar Bristol

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A lot of newcomers ask us: "what was it like before the war began?", or "How was the city centre before it was ruined by the ...
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Monday, 28 December 2015

DfT: Number of cyclists on M32 still zero

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If you go into a bike shop you can pick up a freebie map of where to cycle in the city —one that's actually good for walking and running...
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Sunday, 27 December 2015

Press, politicians and 100 year floods

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This post covers basic probability theory. The media and the politicians seem to be completely confused by the concept of flood frequency...
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Saturday, 21 November 2015

BRS: Lessons from PDX

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The Bristol Traffic team has actually been on a council-funded trip round the world to see what ideas we could adopt in the city to make it ...
Wednesday, 4 November 2015

The new Mass Surveillance State bill

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Taking a break from traffic issues, we should note that Bristol Traffic team  has long admitted to building a mass surveillance police state...
Saturday, 24 October 2015

Governments have the most interesting data. Today: MOTs

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There's a new web site.  mot-history.net , which lets you type in any registration and make of a car and get its entire MOT history. Exc...
Wednesday, 21 October 2015

Bristol's 2015 Bike Survey. If its so wonderful, why do twats swear at you for cycling?

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Sustrans have just published a 2015 survey on use and opinions on cycling in Bristol . This is available as a PDF for anyone who still prin...
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