Bristol cyclist magazine No.30 Winter 1998

About Us

Working to make cycling so easy, everyone does it

Bristol cyclist magazine No.30 Winter 1998

1 November 1998

Categories: Magazine

Bristol Cyclist 30 1998 Winter

Destruction on the Railway Path – SCRAPPIT loses court fight
Victory for ‘Switch Off’ campaign
Bikes on trains – a Bristol users guide
BCyC ceilidh
New Avon Cycleway leaflet
Ashton Court quarry update
Grim Reaper #23 – Blindspot

Featured – selection of key articles

A Modest Proposal #5: The Bear Pit / St James Barton Roundabout +
St James Barton roundabout remains among the worst in Bristol for cyclists. This is despite the sterling work of The Bearpit Improvement Group and the recently completed £1million scheme to provde a route around the inner edge of the roundabout at street level for pedestrians and cyclists. We hope this already outdated scheme will be the last time huge budgets will be spent forcing cycles to share busy spaces with pedestrians (see BCyC Policy on… Read More
20mph saves emissions, energy AND lives +
The 20mph debate rages on in Bristol, with murmurings of potential reversal, Bristol Cycle Campaign want to shed some facts on an important aspect – Energy and Emissions. We've even got a handy infographic. One controversial argument often heard is that a vehicle travelling at 20mph has higher fuel consumption and emissions than at 30mph. Whilst it is true that the gearing on most passenger cars means that traveling on an empty motorway at 20 instead… Read More
Cycling with video cameras - a cyclist's perspective: Part 2 How to report and what happens next +
How do I report bad driving? Avon & Somerset Police (ASP) developed an online reporting page for 'incidents on the road' a little while ago: avonandsomerset.police.uk/report/accident-on-the-road/#/ Reports must be made within seven days of the incident. This is because the Police only have 14 days to send out a Notice of Intended Prosecution, requiring the registered keeper of the vehicle to identify the driver. Download the footage from your camera onto your PC or, if… Read More
Induced Traffic and Traffic Evaporation +
The recent debate on the proposed Callington "Relief" Road has brought the concept of "induced traffic" back into the limelight. And also the the related and much neglected evidence for "reduced traffic", or the delightful concept of "traffic evaporation". So what do these terms mean? Induced Traffic As car ownership and use have increased over the past 30 years the reaction to the pressure created by additional traffic demand has often been to increase the… Read More
Cycling vs the Electric Car +
Electric vehicles have received a lot of press over the past few months. This furore has even led some to suggest that EVs are more efficient than food powered humans riding bicycles. So we at Bristol Cycling have put together an unapologetically technical article in an attempt to shed some light on this. Why does energy matter? For starters, energy, whether it is petrol, electricity or food costs money. We are also burning our way… Read More
A Modest Proposal #6; Eight to Eighty cycling on Gloucester Road +
Did you know that Gloucester Road was one of Bristol’s busiest cycle routes (Building on success – lessons from Gloucester Road)? What’s more, the number of people cycling has doubled in the last ten years whereas motor vehicle numbers have dropped by a fifth. These facts can be seen from Department for Transport Traffic Counts. So what does this tell us? Bristol’s Cycling City money has been well spent? Not quite. Significant Cycling City money was… Read More

› ‹

Terms & conditions | FAQ | Join us | Log in/out | Contact

Bristol cyclist magazine No.30 Winter 1998

Share this:

Related

A Modest Proposal #5: The Bear Pit / St James Barton Roundabout +

20mph saves emissions, energy AND lives +

Cycling with video cameras - a cyclist's perspective: Part 2 How to report and what happens next +

Induced Traffic and Traffic Evaporation +

Cycling vs the Electric Car +

A Modest Proposal #6; Eight to Eighty cycling on Gloucester Road +