[hawkinspeter]

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/through-traffic-banned-parts-bristol-8295492

This should be introduced towards the end of this year as an experimental trial – I wish it could happen sooner as it covers where I live. We had questionnaires about it during lockdown, though I think that was just about making Beaufort Rd (by the cemetery) one way to motorised traffic.

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[chrisonabike]

hawkinspeter wrote:

hawkinspeter wrote:

Another piece by Faduma Farah: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/why-ive-been-standing-way-10099623

“This isn’t about resisting change this is about calling for progress that reflects real local needs”

I mean … I’m all for that idea, and perhaps this could have been solved with some Chris Boardman-style community engagement process *.  OTOH it does sound like a “we’re not happy because reasons; we don’t trust THEM.  We only want the stuff we want, and we really really don’t want stuff we don’t like”.

Slightly longer summary:

 – BUT we’re green already!  We stopped a diesel power station from being put next to the school!
 – We have people with disabilities – they need cars.
 – And public transport is crap – so people with disabilities definitely need cars.
 – The council aren’t doing other stuff to make the place better by e.g. upgrading properties. (So presumably “we don’t think they’re interested in improving the place.  In fact we suspect that changes they do want to make may make things worse, by ignorance / incompetence / maybe even design”)
 – We don’t trust the council.  We don’t think the council listen to “the community”. (Reading between the lines – “they don’t give a stuff ‘cos we ain’t rich folks with the right background”?)

Amiright?

* Like e.g. he sets out in this video (segment is about 5 minutes but worth a view).  Requires buy-in from the LA, then details being driven by communities – and a kind of public “comment” before any formal change / consultation.  AND the choice to say “no, we are going to do nothing, and we accept the consequences”.

[hawkinspeter]

Another piece by Faduma Farah

Another piece by Faduma Farah: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/why-ive-been-standing-way-10099623

[slc]

hawkinspeter wrote:

And so it begins…

…when the bus gates are activated.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/6am-contractors-complete-east-bristol-10099575

There’s just a bit of road painting left to do now.

I cycled up Marsh Lane yesterday, and went through the bus gate behind the new number 16 bus (temple meads to kingswood via barton hill). So that should satisfy the main B24/7 & Bristol Post commenters that object to that bus gate for being not on a bus route. Right?

 

[hawkinspeter]

And so it begins…

And so it begins…

…when the bus gates are activated.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/6am-contractors-complete-east-bristol-10099575

There’s just a bit of road painting left to do now.

[slc]

hawkinspeter wrote:

hawkinspeter wrote:

Fire engine gets stuck behind east Bristol LTN bollard:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/fire-engine-gets-stuck-behind-10093899

A fire crew got stuck behind a bollard on the way from a bin fire in a block of flats in Barton Hill as they’d forgotten the code to lower it.

I’m quite surprised that the various bollards have apparently remained undisturbed. Some (all?) of them seem to be locked with combination padlocks. I keep meaning to have a closer look so that I can get the same lock for my bike.

[hawkinspeter]

Fire engine gets stuck behind

Fire engine gets stuck behind east Bristol LTN bollard:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/fire-engine-gets-stuck-behind-10093899

A fire crew got stuck behind a bollard on the way from a bin fire in a block of flats in Barton Hill as they’d forgotten the code to lower it.

[mdavidford]

slc wrote:

A staggering five out of six city residents reportedly regard congestion as a stumbling block

Should look where they’re going.

[brooksby]

I read that ‘article’ earlier

I read that ‘article’ earlier on.

A lot of people blaming all the cycle lanes for the congestion, as if a 2.5-3.0 feet wide cycle lane (which is what you get on the roads round here, as you know) will make any difference at all when the average motor vehicle is now 5-6 feet wide.

They really honestly can’t see that the problem is “Too.  Many.   Cars.”

[hawkinspeter]

chrisonabike wrote:

chrisonabike wrote:

April fools from Bristol Live?

Congestion in Bristol is getting worse as locals say ‘just improve public transport!'

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/congestion-bristol-getting-worse-locals-10062351 (Just seems to be a bunch of online chat – but not all entirely misinformed).

I like the cut of Kaylon64’s jib:

Kaylon64 wrote:

The congestion in our towns & cities has been caused by a massive rise in private vehicle use since the 1980’s coupled with a lack of investment in public transport. The Tories championed individual car transport as ‘freedom’ and had the buses and trains privatised. Now we have mass congestion & high pollution. So the pendulum is swinging the other way with pedestrians, buses & cycling being prioritised. It’s estimated that over 30 million vehicles hit UK roads every day. This isn’t about attacking motorists but re-balancing the system.

[slc]

chrisonabike wrote:

chrisonabike wrote:

April fools from Bristol Live?….

A staggering five out of six city residents reportedly regard congestion as a stumbling block

That is pretty staggering. The other sixth must have been somewhere else.

[chrisonabike]

April fools from Bristol Live
April fools from Bristol Live?

Congestion in Bristol is getting worse as locals say ‘just improve public transport!'

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/congestion-bristol-getting-worse-locals-10062351

(Just seems to be a bunch of online chat – but not all entirely misinformed).

[hawkinspeter]

Parents say East Bristol

Parents say East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood makes roads ‘100 times safer’ for children:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/parents-say-east-bristol-liveable-10059949

Several locals turned up at City Hall to speak to councillors about their views on the scheme, during a meeting of the transport policy committee on Thursday, March 20. Many more submitted written statements. In total, 39 of the 62 statements were supporting the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood, compared to 10 who opposed the scheme.

[hawkinspeter]

slc wrote:

But do you remember a time when ‘hire station’ was open? It has been closed and falling down for so long now that I am expecting it to become a listed building

https://maps.app.goo.gl/yA7mdmFAa6ZCYAxU8

I do indeed.

[slc]

hawkinspeter wrote:

 

I remember when the corner of Seneca Street had a 24-hour petrol station there instead.

But do you remember a time when ‘hire station’ was open? It has been closed and falling down for so long now that I am expecting it to become a listed building

https://maps.app.goo.gl/yA7mdmFAa6ZCYAxU8

 

[chrisonabike]

I think I’d rather be haunted

I think I’d rather be haunted by the ghosts of Edwardian “gaiety girls” than the spirits of Vauxhall Corsas passed on to the great scrapyard…

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