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‘Class cleansing’ or safer
‘Class cleansing’ or safer streets – we visit Bristol’s new ‘liveable neighbourhood’: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/class-cleansing-safer-streets-visit-10242424
(They mention in the article an Avonvale Cemetery, but they must be referring to Avonview Cemetery on Beaufort Rd)
I had a quick scurf around t’internet to see if there was anything of my credibility I could salvage. There wasn’t, but I quite liked the idea of them serving steamed clams at the Campagnolo ristorante.Steamed hams you say?
There is a (maybe new, I hadn’t noticed it before) document on monitoring linked at https://www.ask.bristol.gov.uk/ebln-trial-scheme-information(direct https://files.smartsurvey.io/3/0/T0GPBM4M/EBLN_trial_scheme_monitoring_strategy.pdf)
Traffic counts etc will be checked, but also unspecified feedback from councillors, and the public.
Thanks. That all seems reasonable enough.
East Bristol Liveable
East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood has ‘brought calm to our streets’ say supporters: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/east-bristol-liveable-neighbourhood-brought-10238200
Road addict wrote:
Re ‘The Reform party and the UK’s lurch towards facism’ I thought this was a Road Biking website instead of a political platform for opinionated individuals telling us which way to vote! do us a favour and mouth off somewhere else to someone who gives a toss for your own personal political viewsIdiot
slc wrote:
To be fair, humans in general are not big fans of data that might change their mind. How will we react if the data say that NOx has remained constant* in total but increased outside the LTN? *Not sure if BCC have prepared for a difference-in-difference analysis. Fingers crossed.In general, I’d agree, but for complex, dynamic systems such as traffic flow, the data is the only thing that can really be relied upon as modelling is going to fall short. Certainly, the idea of the EBLN trial is to see whether it works or not. If Church Road becomes even more of a NOx nightmare than it already is, then we have to weigh up whether more tinkering of the scheme is required or whether something more drastic is needed (e.g. trams, underground, flying cars etc).
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/land-rover-somehow-ends-up-10230610The circumstances leading to this unusual vehicular pile-up haven’t been disclosed, but it appears no injuries have been reported. Two occupants were in one of the cars during the incident, managing to exit unharmed.…
A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed: “We were called to Sainsbury’s, Falmouth, car park at around 1.30pm on Saturday 31 May following a report of a three vehicle collision”, reports Cornwall Live.
“Only one vehicle had occupants but both got out of the car uninjured. All vehicles were recovered and insurance details swapped.”
That picture would be a lot funnier if they’d also blurred out part of the cars’ undercarriages
But it’s already causing traffic chaos! Or so I read.
Most of it has been in place for a couple of months now, and the Beaufort Road bit much longer (as you know) so some effects should be apparent. Given how catastrophic it is/is going to be (or so I read), I’m surprised the antis haven’t been publishing details of displaced traffic, increased delays and journey times, etc. it wouldn’t be hard to collect and they could choose people/locations/times/routes to best illustrate their arguments.Strangely enough it seems that a lot of anti-LTN protestors aren’t big fans of data and measuring actual effects.
Would be nice if the BP or other media actually published some meaningful news about the effects of the EBLN (e.g. case studies, early data), rather than just recycling the usual mindless muppet-baiting content. BCC should really get a cut of the clickbait income.Well, the trial is just starting, so it’s premature to publish meaningful stats, assuming that they’ve been collecting them during the long roll-out. But yes, that article is just a summary and a few comments – low effort writing.
Here we go!
Here we go!
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/bus-gate-will-kill-neighbourhoods-10221841
Hirsute wrote:
I subsequently found a number of people struggle to get to archive.is due to some DNS problem. It works on my phone on 4gWorks for me too, though I did have issues with it a few months ago which seemed to resolve itself.
chrisonabike wrote:
Although – given we have lots of “poor” people (relative to the Jenricks) that can in fact add up (see ageing population and NHS, or welfare bill). Plus this may resonate because most people aren’t on the same playing field as politicians and most folks in the media; we’re down here with the fare-dodgers, teen vandals, litter droppers, dog shit not-picker-uppers… although that’s arguably more “council business” rather than the stuff of statesmanship.I wonder how many fare dodgers it would take to add up to £150 million tax revenue?
In January 2020 Jenrick approved a £1 billion luxury housing development of 1,500 homes on Westferry Road, Isle of Dogs, as a favour to Richard Desmond, a Conservative Party donor, businessman and former pornographer.Jenrick approved the scheme on 14 January knowing that an approval by that date would enable Desmond to avoid having to pay a council-imposed infrastructure levy of between £30 million and £50 million.
A Government planning inspector had advised against permitting the scheme, as it would not deliver enough affordable housing and as the height of the tower would be detrimental to the character of the area. Other civil servants had also advised Jenrick not to approve the scheme.
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council then pursued a judicial review against Jenrick’s decision in the High Court, arguing that it had shown bias towards Desmond. It was also reported that Jenrick had helped Desmond to save an additional £106 million by allowing affordable housing at 21 per cent, instead of enforcing the local and London-wide planning policy requirement of 35 per cent. This could have resulted in a total discount (and subsequent loss of revenue to the Exchequer) of approximately £150 million.
Interesting commentary by Nick Tyrone todayI don’t understand what the Labour Party is doing. I don’t think many non-partisan people do either
https://nicktyrone.substack.com/p/i-dont-understand-what-the-labour
He seems to like Jenrick’s TFL stunt which is deeply ironic considering that Jenrick got caught claiming for driving and rail expenses for the same journey. It’s the old focus on poor people dodging a few pounds here and there and ignore the millionaires bending rules to dodge millions in tax.
Or can’t afford to change their habits in general e.g a care worker that has to travel to several locations in day at prescribed times vs their area manager.I thought that care-workers could apply to be exempt from the bus gate charges?
- Professional carers who work in homes of people who live within the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood area, you’ll need to apply below for this exemption.
- Residents of the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood area who are on a low income, who meet the eligibility criteria and need to drive to work.
I think the issue is more that poor people can’t afford to be fined for driving through bus gates.If anyone could think of a way that one could avoid being fined for driving through bus gates…no, seems an insurmountable problem…
Slightly more seriously, I do think that there ought to be scope for licence points for regular offenders to prevent the very rich from simply ignoring the regulations and paying the fines, something one sees quite a lot in Belgravia, Kensington etc.
I doubt that the number of very rich drivers going through Barton Hill is going to be much of an issue.