Bristol Traffic

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

Tuesday, 14 June 2016

The M32 shutdown: a preview of the Zombie Apocalypse

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Most films and TV series about some zombie or apocalypse or similar generally have some common visual motifs A city partially destroyed. ...
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Monday, 13 June 2016

FirstBus: don't make it a class thing: the M32 commuters would never forgive you

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A PR group funded by FirstBus and other bus companies have just published a "Dodgy Dossier" on why their buses suck. The Brist...
Saturday, 4 June 2016

There is nothing erotic about a naked man on a Brompton

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Being as the Bristol Traffic HQ is an open air drinking establishment in Stokes Croft (the wall on Turbo Island), we are used to the sight o...
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 ...
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