At first it appears to be just your average viral dub made for teh LuLz and teh internetz. But watch further, this deep work of art is actually a very important public safety announcement. Special prize for anyone who can spot the character who is not [...]
Where are the 20 mph zones they promised?
Posted by Kimberly on Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Someone posted us this video complaining that it shows a car driver unable to think ahead, because the driver overtook a bicycle aggressively on the way into Montpelier, whereas everyone knows that you only put your foot down on the way out. The tax-dodger [...]
Brunel Ford -proud to sponsor the Concorde Way
Posted by Kimberly on Tuesday, March 29, 2011
One thing missing from the official opening of the Concorde Way a couple of weeks back was the sponsor. London has Barclays "wealth for the wealthy" sponsoring the bikelanes "a tax-deductible gift for the poor in our society". [...]
Dovercourt Door markings
Posted by Kimberly on Monday, March 28, 2011
The new glue-on markings in Dovercourt road "concorde way" are placed in the ideal position to discourage survivors from ever approaching a bicycle again.Sadly we have been forwarded some email in which the cycling team [...]
Breaking news: parking restrictions encourage higher vehicle speeds
Posted by Kimberly
The new "neighbourhood funding" schemes are great for us, the drivers, as we can use our money to get what we want: parking, without any city-wide initiative like public transport, sustainability or cycling getting in the way. This is why we are delighted [...]
Stealing our Roadspace
Posted by Kimberly on Sunday, March 27, 2011
While the cyclists are still loojking for examples of where the cycle city program stole roadspace from us, we and Cllr Gollop know the truth: even bike parking in the middle of the Centre is stealing space from us.And that's [...]
Red Bull: on the motorists side
Posted by Kimberly on Saturday, March 26, 2011
In the F1 races, Red Bull are fielding a team. In Bristol a while back, they also had a vehicle on show in CliftonYes, it was just an electric thing, but it was on our sideProof: THB61S is on double yellow lines, has a tax [...]
Friday Afternoon Quiz
Posted by Kimberly on Friday, March 25, 2011
A typical scene in Stokes Croft. Click to enlarge.What might be wro [...]
Crossing not in use
Posted by Kimberly on Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Classic anti-pedestrian scenes on Gloucester Road on a Saturday morning.The gas digging has stopped, but the crossing not in use signs have been left up all weekend. Why? These people on foot are not important. Not even [...]
Cycling Practises Condemned
Posted by Kimberly on Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Magnus R points us at a lovely set of of cyclist denunciations from a long time ago, the time -1934- when the Daily Mail was busy supporting Mosely's Black Shirts, and everyone was scared of communists.These government drawings don't come out and spell [...]
Game Theory and Junction Blocking
Posted by Kimberly
Game theory divides games into those in which all information is visible to all players (like chess), and those where each side holds secrets (like poker). There are different tactics in each. In a game when the position [...]
This is the roadspace they are stealing
Posted by Kimberly on Monday, March 21, 2011
Over in the cycling mailing lists -which we spy on- lots of people are complaining "where is the road space that Cllr Gollop says the cycling city program has stolen"? They point out that the big infrastructure projects are on parkland, public commons [...]
Bristol Trails Group: forest ride day, March 20
Posted by Kimberly on Sunday, March 20, 2011
The HooF campaigners in the Forest of Dean are organising a national "come out and enjoy the forest" event today, March 20, where they want everyone to come out and do something in their local forest.We can't discuss what [...]
Cycling City: pavements and 20 mph zones
Posted by Kimberly on Saturday, March 19, 2011
Milverton Gardens, off Ashley Hill. Jon R's constituency. Do you think these voters will be supportive of the cycle city plans? we suspect not.On the far side of the road, there's not much pavement, and someone must have [...]
Keeping clear
Posted by Kimberly on Thursday, March 17, 2011
Keep clear signs up on this corner, which YIB4199 carefully follow, by making full use of this lovely under-utilised bit of pavement.We are lucky that the residents of Clifton managed to stop their lovely streets, such as [...]
More biggerer and betterer.
Posted by Kimberly on Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Bristol is often referred to by many ex Londoners as being like a "little London". While we can appreciate the comparison we at Bristol Traffic know that with the proper building of new bigger wider roads to allow more cars into the city it won't be [...]
cycling city: removing pavement space from motorists
Posted by Kimberly
One thing that Cllr Gollop -the Official Bristol Traffic approved councillor - raised in his Bikelash speech is the space taken from important road users by cycling facilities. What's been taken away? Pavement parking opportunitiesThis [...]
The bikelash has arrived!
Posted by Kimberly on Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Over in New York, there's a fantastic power struggle going on, as important politicians fight troublemaking cyclists, to try and get a segregated bike path removed. There's a good summary online, by the economist John Cassidy. Sadly he, gets criticised [...]
GPS: the rest of the press catch up
Posted by Kimberly on Monday, March 14, 2011
There's a lot of fuss in the press about a new paper arguing that Satellite Navigation, in the form of the US GPS system, ex-Soviet GLONASS and the EU Galileo system are all vulnerable to failure, and that the country now depends on them working.This [...]
Waste
Posted by Kimberly
Advance Stop Lanes, or ASLs, are a waste of space.They are a sop to cyclists, who, we read, are an articulate and vociferous minority.To the general motoring public, however, they are a waste of good road space. They increase [...]
Optimising the School Run
Posted by Kimberly on Sunday, March 13, 2011
Interesting scene here, not one we've noticed before.This the Cotham Hill/St Michaels Hill mini roundabout, one of the high points of the city, and wonderfully representative. This is an excellent example of how the removal of traffic lights permits [...]
A dooring post mortem
Posted by Kimberly on Saturday, March 12, 2011
Our reporter who works in A&E in the city is able to pick up news of interest, today we have a video from someone who unexpectedly came to visit them.Leigh Road in Clifton, a quiet but narrow road and slightly uphill, the tax dodger is doing under [...]
Job creation scheme
Posted by Kimberly on Thursday, March 10, 2011
If they fix things, they know how to break them. What better way to earn revenue as a Highway Maintenance contractor than parking up on the pavement on a double-yellow lined corner, such as here Ashley Parade in St Werbugh's. [...]
Hello to Van Hire Bristol!
Posted by Kimberly
A quick hello to Van Hire Bristol who added a comment to our co-existence post, the one that showed a white van turning into Cotham Hill without bothering to look, because the driver knew that mostly only people on bicycles come down the hill, and any [...]
co-existence
Posted by Kimberly on Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Some of the cyclists think that if there are enough of them on our roads the rest of society will suddenly welcome them, it will suddenly become safer, and that everyone will happily dance around singing Dutch songs. Well, we have some bad news thereThe [...]
Keeping clear
Posted by Kimberly on Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Here again are the benefits of Cliftonwood life: considerate neighbours. See how well P731EBD and WN56XCJ are staying off the bit of Goldney Road marked 'KEEP CLEA [...]
The BBC: we know they are on our side
Posted by Kimberly
Lot's of fuss yesterday about whether the Cycle City program achieved its goals, with an oddly pro-bicycle program on the radio, while in print our opinions get covered, at least by the conservative party:"Whilst we recognise the merits of promoting [...]
The school run in St Werburgh's
Posted by Kimberly on Monday, March 7, 2011
Over abroad, they are going on about Cargo Bikes that take kids to school. In Bristol, we have these things called Cars for that in most of the city.It is only in St Werburgh's that the locals revert to pedestrian version [...]
The AA driving school: for the road ahead
Posted by Kimberly on Sunday, March 6, 2011
The AA driving school car GL60JHH says "for the road ahead" on the back of it. Technically, up here in Northville, it should say "For the road and half the pavement ahead"But there probably isn't room for that. We hope [...]
The "improved" Southwell Street Shared Space
Posted by Kimberly
There have -apparently- been complaints about this shared space. We don't know who, we don't see anything wrong with it except sometimes people get in the way of where we want to drive or park. Whoever is complaining clearly [...]
Keeping the pavement free of bicycles
Posted by Kimberly on Saturday, March 5, 2011
Ashley down road is one of the few roads with signs warning bicycles that they will be fined if they cycle on the pavement, so they should stay on the road. Clearly that wasn't enough instead the road has been dug up with [...]
Concept motorcycle design by Jessada Sutthi
Posted by Kimberly on Friday, March 4, 2011
Jessada on cghub. Check out Jessada's ships as well as robots and tanks.Keywords: digital concept motorcycle chopper bike illustration art design by jessada sutthi udon thani tailand illustration matte painting professional [...]
YA55VDY does the 'croft
Posted by Kimberly on Thursday, March 3, 2011
This is lovely, a coming together of our favourite subjectsThe Medina Dairies delivery van, YA55VDY, parked over the stokes croft "cycle lane", just up from the post office van and another white van. Keeping the croft free [...]
Clifton Downer
Posted by Kimberly on Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Those Bristol roving traffic wardens really are a nuisance. They've taken to visiting places without any yellow lines. Luckily for WV56HSF they haven't yet been to Pembroke Vale, but we're sure it's only a matter of time [...]
Southwell Street: Bristol's Shared Space
Posted by Kimberly on Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Just a few photos here to celebrate Southwell St, by the St Michael's Hill hospital. What was once a road has been successfully turned by the BRI into a useful hospital facility, with lots of staff parking. The presence [...]
Safe passing
Posted by Kimberly
A lot of people on their bicycles complain about being passed badly by cars. Yet in Bristol, many of us, even though we are important -and show it by driving big cars- still pass our fellow citizens safely, even when they are poor and can only afford [...]
