You won't be seeing our white van today, as the team is all at home watching TV. Well, watching adult videos while drinking red bull and vodka, but it fits in with the day. However we do welcome contributions, as usual to [...]
The stokes croft bike lane: a new record!
Posted by Kimberly on Friday, April 29, 2011
The stokes croft "strip", mostly normal
Posted by Kimberly on Thursday, April 28, 2011
Two police walking down to Slix in daylight hours, no minicab outside it. Unusual. The Banksy posting now taking on more relevance. Ritas is undamaged -happily- but again, no minicab outside in the bike lane. And what's [...]
Stokes Croft "gate" -back to normal
Posted by Kimberly
A few minutes at the Stokes Croft/Ashley Road junction shows it is quiet there. A van sits half over the ASL, waiting for the lights to change Two cyclists wait to turn right, above them the "Think Local" graffiti When the [...]
Stokes Croft: Picton Street is normal
Posted by Kimberly on Wednesday, April 27, 2011
There's some paint on the road at the Stokes Croft/Ashley Road junction The Bristolian Cafe is offering special "Riot Fry-Ups" Claims were made in the press that people had been digging up cobbles and throwing them, but [...]
Stokes Croft Riot: Cheltenham Road is back to normal
Posted by Kimberly
We got a blip in web traffic last week with people searching online for "Stokes Croft" and "Stokes Croft Tesco".We are Bristol's premier road-related news outlet --and given this road's role in both transportation and fast [...]
Attn: Noah's Ark Zoo Farm
Posted by Kimberly on Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Dear Noah's Ark Zoo Farm,Someone in your employ appears to have posted a comment on one of our articles:Zoo has left a new comment on your post "Eagle Coaches at Bristol Zoo": I am very inspire from your blog, i love your simple and clean post for getting [...]
Only £4 million
Posted by Kimberly on Monday, April 25, 2011
Oh dear, it seems Bristol City Council is making money out of us motorists again, and the Association of British Drivers are really cross. The Evening Post has it covered, in some in-depth investigative journalism. [...]
Side streets
Posted by Kimberly on Saturday, April 23, 2011
Just as in Bristol, there isn't enough space for all the important customers, even with echelon parking. Here is where the Palo Alto council have realised the problem, and corrected by adding free two hour parking in open [...]
Stokes Croft Riots
Posted by Kimberly on Friday, April 22, 2011
Given the news about riots in Cheltenham Road, we are pleased to inform all all readers that despite what happens over the weekend Ritas and Slix will both continue serving Bristol's best takeaway chips to passing motorists, be they minicab drivers or [...]
Threat #2, integration between the university and the town
Posted by Kimberly on Thursday, April 21, 2011
Stanford University is on one side of El Camino Real, the town Palo Alto on the other. There is a road over El Camino, providing a safe way to walk or cycle over. But does it make people using such substandard transport [...]
Are bicycles a threat to the US lifestyle
Posted by Kimberly on Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Recent studies say that Stanford University is the most bicycle friendly university in the US. We popped over to see if this was a serious risk to the US lifestyle, and hence the economic wellbeing of the entire US.First, [...]
The Flintstone House
Posted by Kimberly on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
There are some pretty weird buildings in St Werburgh's, but none of them have a decent view of a freeway, the way The Flintstone house does in CaliforniaThis is why the house has an entry on wikipedia, but the odd houses [...]
Away doing important things
Posted by Kimberly on Monday, April 18, 2011
In case people are wondering why the posting rate of this site has dropped, it is that team is off over easter doing Important Things with Important People. Just to make it clear, those readers who walk or cycle around Bristol [...]
good enough for the sustrans founder
Posted by Kimberly on Sunday, April 17, 2011
We know that people have been complaining that the concorde way still forces people to cycle through bicycle-unfriendly roads in horfield. However, we have hard evidence that John Grimshaw is happy to use it. Here we see [...]
AA supporting driver safety
Posted by Kimberly on Friday, April 15, 2011
There is lots of coverage today in the cycling world that the AA is giving out free helmets and hi-viz tops, to reduce the risk of them being run over as they ride their Boris Bikes around. Some people are dismissive of [...]
Gloucester road bike v car times 2
Posted by Kimberly
An indymedia posting from BristolCyclista -a regular reader of our site, judging by their comments- about two bicycle-related incidents on Gloucester Road one day this weekI was concerned to see two cyclists lying on the road being treated by paramedics [...]
Priorities
Posted by Kimberly on Thursday, April 14, 2011
Amusing view behind a bicycle on Cotham Road South.As you can see the car, RJ53SPV, coming from Clevedon Terrace pulls out right in front of the bicycle. It's a clear day, no visibility problems, so why do that? Because the bicycle isn't important. It's [...]
Bus news
Posted by Kimberly on Tuesday, April 12, 2011
FYI---------- Forwarded message ----------From: murphy_le_chat Date: Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:47 PMSubject: [Bristolcyclingcampaign] Bus news I've just returned from visiting a friend in the BRI who's just had an operation to put a 10in plate in [...]
Concept vehicle by Fred Gambino
Posted by Kimberly
Fred Gambino concept vehicle art for Cartoon Network's FIREBREATHER. Concept ships.Keywords: digital creature heavy transport kaiju hauler ship vehicle multi wheel concept art by fred gambino technical mechanical illustration [...]
Safety in Numbers? More like tension
Posted by Kimberly on Monday, April 11, 2011
One theory is that as more people cycle, the more we, the important people, will expect bicycles. That's true, but it doesn't mean we welcome them. Instead it just makes us more frustrated.Take this video of MJ06OSJ, going up Cotham Hill. They've been [...]
A hint of red
Posted by Kimberly on Saturday, April 9, 2011
Lovely video of W987MNT with a schoolkids poster in the back drifting through the red light on Stokes Croft a good three seconds after the light goes red.If you notice, all the locals expect it and nobody begins to cross the lights until all the vehicles [...]
Lamborghini wallpaper
Posted by Kimberly on Friday, April 8, 2011
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Lamborghini wallpaper
Posted by Kimberly
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