Bristol Traffic

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

Saturday, 17 December 2016

A letter to Smiths of Gloucestershire, re the blind overtake of their van VE08NKX

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Hello I'm the cyclist the driver of your van VE08NKX chose to overtake on a blind corner on Belmont Hill, Somerset, at 15:46 on 25 Nov...
Thursday, 1 December 2016

The Psychology of Overtaking and VE08NXK

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There is surprisingly little literature available online on the topic of The Psychology of Overtaking. One paper you can find dates from 1...
Monday, 28 November 2016

Grass a driver week: MK59USB, texting across a junction

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Apparently some police forces in the country are now rolling out enforcement of driving too close to tax dodgers, maybe even section 59 ASB ...
Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Metrobus on the railwaypath? Again?

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the West of England partnership, henceforth known as the Bringers of Woe, have a consultation on a transport vision for the future . Key p...
Tuesday, 8 November 2016

We say dust off and nuke the car from orbit

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People have coming up to us recently and been asking questions on our apparent lack of driving. The recurrent queries are Why haven't ...
Friday, 30 September 2016

Causes of Congestion in the Greater Bristol Area: hint: not 20 mph zones

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What has made congestion in and around Bristol worse —for those people driving or sitting in buses? Some people are saying it's common...
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Thursday, 29 September 2016

Traffic Jams are caused by texting drivers

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With the proposal to expand penalties for drivers using phones, there have been lots of claims that the number of people texting has increas...
Sunday, 18 September 2016

Always good to to say hello

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when driving, you only really have one emotion you can share: anger, through one button for the horn and the flicker for the lights. In cont...
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Monday, 12 September 2016

Clifton Occupied by Tax Dodging Cyclists!

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We were shocked and disappointed that we were unable to drive to Clifton in our Important Car, then cross over to Somerset and enjoy a round...
Monday, 5 September 2016

Gateway to Clifton: The Christchurch Mini-roundabout

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Today we celebrate the Bristol School run week, now combined with the FirstBus failure week, with very unexciting documentary of the "n...

Gateway to Clifton: The Christchurch Mini-roundabout

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Today we celebrate the Bristol School run week, now combined with the FirstBus failure week, with very unexciting documentary of the "n...
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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...
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