Few things make your blood boil more than when someone nicks your bike. What’s more it can take away some of the joy and happiness that’s a part of cycling, with 1 in 4 reducing the amount they cycle following their bike being stolen, and a whopping 1 in 6 (17%) don’t replace their bike (Bike theft – impact on cycling). The first…
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By organising car parking in residential streets, they become much safer for cycling and walking. Fewer parked cars gives better visibility between road users, reduces congestion (as people drive around hunting for a space) and pays for enforcement against anti-social parking.
Twenty is Plenty. We endorse 20mph on roads where people live, shop and children can play. This can be achieved without adversely affecting journey times for car journeys. The encouragement this gives people to choose active travel has enormous consequences for improved health, well being and air quality for everyone in Bristol.
We have set up the Bristol Road Justice Group which has regular meetings with Avon and Somerset Police to improve policing practice in relation to cycling and to the lethal danger that comes, not from cycling, but from motor vehicles and the behaviour by a few of those currently licensed to drive them. Streets are for people. Cars, vans…
Whether we call it “Dutch” or “Bristol Fashion” infrastructure should be always constructed to appropriate quality standards and agreed principles. National standards should be set by the DfT and based on the best advice of European cities,. While we wait for the DfT Bristol should work to the best practice it can document from elsewhere and implement in Bristol….
Efficient public transport is an important part of a healthy city. The improvements they can bring to congestion for private motor vehicles should not be at the expense of cycling or walking. Efforts should be made to reduce the conflicts with cycling that newer programmes are threatening. When improving bus routes, walking and cycling should experience improved facilities, never…
In relatively quiet spaces where competition for space is not an issue sharing can be relaxed, convenient and sociable. When pedestrian or cycle traffic is heavy (even for shorts periods) shared space provokes anxiety and avoidance. Layouts and marked routes for cyclists should be clearly laid out and easy for all to follow and pedestrians to notice. Particular attention…
Cycling to school, to work, to shops, to social and cultural events of all kinds should be easy and safe for any individual who can ride. If faster and heavier road traffic presents a threat, good practice should steadily review and remove the threats, not the vulnerable cyclists. Training might be part of the process but changing road layouts…
Those who pose the greatest threat should take the greatest care. Speeding, ignoring ASLs, blocking exits, double parking in busy streets by motor vehicle drivers can make cycling very unpleasant. But the same principle also applies to cyclist behaviour towards pedestrians. This is more to do with thoughtful behaviour than legal niceties. Close passes by large vehicles on the…
