Our last trip down Whiteladies road shows that on a weekend, yes, pedestrian shoppers did hold up through traffic. This implied that yes, the FirstBus/Showcase bus route plans to reduce pedestrian crossing options may benefit their schedules, but we [...]
Whiteladies Road: a weekday dataset
Posted by Kimberly on Sunday, October 31, 2010
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Delivery Vans
Posted by Kimberly
A lot of people complain about delivery vans, but consider this: they are the price of internet shopping. You cannot buy things online and expect them to be delivered by bicycles, so vans it is.Here we see a royal mail van, an ikea van, and a sainsbury's [...]
UWE to the Farm pub, by way of Purdown Camp
Posted by Kimberly on Friday, October 29, 2010
Someone posts us this (long and dull) video, with commentary.They say:You are always whining about bicycles in your way and how your road tax is wasted on bike lanes, but look at this. At 5pm I can get all the way from UWE to the Farm Pub, St Werburgh's, [...]
Whiteladies Road : offpeak issues
Posted by Kimberly on Thursday, October 28, 2010
We sent our expendable cyclist on downhill run of Whiteladies Road on a Saturday afternoon. Note people with the orange bags. That means small-revenue-sainsburys shoppers, either locals or students. The supermarket relies on a high turnover of these [...]
3D concept vehicles by David J
Posted by Kimberly
Cold-Levian on Deviantart. Some ships.Keywords: three dimensional modeling digital composite render concept truck vehicles locomotive size beast automotive transportation designer david j cold levian futuristic sci-fi video [...]
M5 work
Posted by Kimberly on Wednesday, October 27, 2010
"Paul N" sends us this video of what the M5 was like on October 26 between Bristol and Cirencester.As people say, where were the police? Yes, there was an accident up the road, but surely one or two could have been diverted to direct people to drive [...]
New link: road justice
Posted by Kimberly
We've added a link to a new site today, Road Justice.This is a Canadian site which puts up photographs of the terrible thing cyclists to Vancouver, such as cycle around without helmets. They also have that hard taxpayer/cyclist split that we use, though [...]
Ferrari California
Posted by Kimberly
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Porsche 911 GT2
Posted by Kimberly
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Southwell Street: the ongoing crisis
Posted by Kimberly on Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Our secret instrumentation of cyclists, with some followup chat, shows us how these people endanger pedestrians and patients on Southwell Street.Look how theyCycle along the "pedestrianized" bit of road on Southwell Street, so endangering anyone forced [...]
Observability
Posted by Kimberly on Monday, October 25, 2010
Our complainer from the past, "Slug" says they went to the PACT meeting to complain about some car on the pavement. Apparently the Police actually need to see someone obstructed before the vehicle is causing an obstruction.This [...]
Vehicle concepts by Albert Yu
Posted by Kimberly
Al Yu Industrial Design concepts. More on conceptships.Keywords: albert yu al yu automotive design concepts sci-fi industrial design concept art san francisco pasadena art center college of design graduate disney epcot test [...]
The cult of YA55VDY and the impact of the Whiteladies Showcase Bus Route
Posted by Kimberly on Sunday, October 24, 2010
Mid life crises. What do do? Sports cars? Mamils? Fixies. No: stalking. It's under-respected, and what the Internet, from Google to Facebook was made for.We in the B.T. Project have taken up stalking one vehicle, and are [...]
Whiteladies Showcase bus route: the implications
Posted by Kimberly
Up the top of the hill, we will lose all day parking, so the commuters suffer.But in exchange, short-stay parking, so it's a trade off.Where there may be a clear benefit for us drivers is at Whiteladies Gate, where we have [...]
The proposed Whiteladies Road Showcase Route
Posted by Kimberly on Saturday, October 23, 2010
There's been lots of coverage of Whiteladies Road on this site recently. Why? Bristol Traffic is not a news outlet: it is a documentary, and we were collecting defensible "before" data. The "before" being "Before the Whiteladies [...]
HSS Hire Bristol: Traffic Calming the cyclists
Posted by Kimberly
Sainsbury's Local is now open in Gloucester Road, so you can "shop locally" without having to go into local shops. Of course, any one who does this will miss out on the pain-au-chocolat which the Bread Store has raised to [...]
3D concept vehicles by Gavin Rothery
Posted by Kimberly on Thursday, October 21, 2010
Gavin Rothery's portfolio. More work on ships and robots.Below are vihicle renders from the movie MOON.Keywords: 3d three dimensional vehicle concept art model software renders by gavin rothery production set art from the [...]
Kingsdown update
Posted by Kimberly on Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Shocking footage in Kingsdown, where we can see the paint lines for the resident parking zone going up, even though the zone isn't going live until 2011. We even have video coverage of a drive-by review of Freemantle Square, [...]
What cost for others paying the ultimate price?
Posted by Kimberly
Not a lot, fellow motorists will be pleased to hear.Kill a cyclist as a professional driver (despite previous convictions for speeding and driving whilst using a mobile phone) and just 200 hours of community service is required thanks to Bristol's finest [...]
Lamborghini Miura
Posted by Kimberly
Lamborghini Miura1966 Lamborghini MiuraIn 1964 the Lamborghini Miura project began.Lamborghini wanted a car with central engine, two-seat, lightweight, low and attractive style. The experienced development team was formed [...]
Lamborghini Miura
Posted by Kimberly
Lamborghini Miura1966 Lamborghini MiuraIn 1964 the Lamborghini Miura project began.Lamborghini wanted a car with central engine, two-seat, lightweight, low and attractive style. The experienced development team was formed [...]
