Bus route planned for Bristol-Bath Cyclepath
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kalidarkone
Bringing YOU round.....
Well I went to easton community centre tonight , but for choir! But it was ram packed downstairs!, people spilling on to the street so lets hop that the turn out had a positive effect!
King Biscuit Time
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The Bristol Blogger has got loads on this.
*bump*
Wa-fucking-hey! Looks like public opinion has forced a climbdown...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7320101.stm
(-I hope the scrapping of these plans is a genuine and lasting thing, and not just some sneaky attempt at lulling local people into complacency on this issue.
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Background info:
http://www.railwaypath.org/
http://www.sustrans.org.uk/default.asp?sID=1202462564608
Wa-fucking-hey! Looks like public opinion has forced a climbdown...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7320101.stm
(-I hope the scrapping of these plans is a genuine and lasting thing, and not just some sneaky attempt at lulling local people into complacency on this issue.
)Background info:
http://www.railwaypath.org/
http://www.sustrans.org.uk/default.asp?sID=1202462564608
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Thank <deity> for that.
There's a long section near Elizabeth Shaw with tree root damage - I hope someone fixes it - ought to be the council by rights.
Perhaps they might divert some of the £800 I'm paying them a year, away from some of their daft nearby "cycle provision" schemes - for instance, what the feck is that chicane on Rose Green / Gordon Road for between the Royate Hill bridge and the cricket club ?
There's a long section near Elizabeth Shaw with tree root damage - I hope someone fixes it - ought to be the council by rights.
Perhaps they might divert some of the £800 I'm paying them a year, away from some of their daft nearby "cycle provision" schemes - for instance, what the feck is that chicane on Rose Green / Gordon Road for between the Royate Hill bridge and the cricket club ?
Do you think it's deliberate then?
Even though it was built on the old railway route (-which you assume would be necessarily fairly straight), I've always thought it was just an existing and unavoidable kink that Sustrans couldn't iron out.
-I think it was one of, if not, the very first bit Sustrans built, when I think they were initially doing it unfunded by the council, etc. Maybe they just took the easiest/cheapest route (-round a tree or something?), rather than the straightest.
Er... ok... I dunno.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Sorry - I don't mean the "Clay Bottom diversion" (I was there when they built the houses 
), but the road that runs perpendicular to it
That bend's becoming a hazard now that there are more clue-less people (ex-drivers ?) cycling along it at busy times.
), but the road that runs perpendicular to it That bend's becoming a hazard now that there are more clue-less people (ex-drivers ?) cycling along it at busy times.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
That's my sunday plans ruined now.
Yep, this news couldn't have come at a better time; the weather's disgraceful this weekend.
Sorry - I don't mean the "Clay Bottom diversion" (I was there when they built the houses
I think you're talking about a slip road entry point to the cycle track, but I'm still not sure exactly where you mean.
Anyway... today's a good news day.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Sorry - perhaps you have to have driven a car along the road.
There's an intermittent red cycle lane all along one side and an "advisory chicane" which means cars are supposed to veer to the new "middle" of the road repeatedly. The most spectacular bit is just before your "slip road".
They've put an electronic speed warning at that point.
Must have cost tens of thousands and it's utterly pointless.
There's an intermittent red cycle lane all along one side and an "advisory chicane" which means cars are supposed to veer to the new "middle" of the road repeatedly. The most spectacular bit is just before your "slip road".
They've put an electronic speed warning at that point.
Must have cost tens of thousands and it's utterly pointless.
I was waiting for you to do one of your diagrams!
Right, yes, I now know which bit you mean.
I cycle along that stretch of road fairly regularly. Apart from the road markings madness you describe, it's a hill of deceptive gradient/duration. -Always knackers me, and I try to avoid it whenever possible.
Right, yes, I now know which bit you mean.
I cycle along that stretch of road fairly regularly. Apart from the road markings madness you describe, it's a hill of deceptive gradient/duration. -Always knackers me, and I try to avoid it whenever possible.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I just find it seriously irksome that it's so close to the problems on the cycle track - and a short distance from where Sustrans try to mug me for money several times a year.
I used to religiously follow the chicane in my car to annoy following drivers who deliberately drive with one wheel in the cycle lane, but I have to confess I've started touching the cycle lane myself as it's always unoccupied.
None of these schemes are any good at traffic calming unless there are actual bollards / humps - and this one is plain dangerous for the average careless driver at speeds above 5MPH I reckon. One day I'll borrow a video camera ....
My main delight is in "inconveniencing" the petrol heads who speed up for the next section. I recently had a maniac in a Merc. overtake me at speed to catch the lights as they were turning amber.
I used to religiously follow the chicane in my car to annoy following drivers who deliberately drive with one wheel in the cycle lane, but I have to confess I've started touching the cycle lane myself as it's always unoccupied.
None of these schemes are any good at traffic calming unless there are actual bollards / humps - and this one is plain dangerous for the average careless driver at speeds above 5MPH I reckon. One day I'll borrow a video camera ....
My main delight is in "inconveniencing" the petrol heads who speed up for the next section. I recently had a maniac in a Merc. overtake me at speed to catch the lights as they were turning amber.
Eternal vigilance, etc...
The outcome of last night's council vote is that plans have merely been 'shelved' for now, rather than completely 'scrapped'.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7326059.stm
-I hope the scrapping of these plans is a genuine and lasting thing, and not just some sneaky attempt at lulling local people into complacency on this issue.
The outcome of last night's council vote is that plans have merely been 'shelved' for now, rather than completely 'scrapped'.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7326059.stm
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I think it would be opportune to start reporting the increasingly dangerous tree-root damage to the council to see if they're maybe planning to use it as leverage.
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