Campaigns

Making Bristol better for cycling

We support safe cycling proposals for the Park Row area

7 January 2022
Categories: Consultations, News, Space for Cycling

The council is currently consulting on changes to the Park Row area, making the “temporary” protected cycle lanes there permanent with a new design. Bristol Cycling Campaign strongly supports the provision of protected cycle lanes on the Park Row area, between Clifton Triangle and Dighton Street. This corridor connects the city centre and beyond to a number of destinations with extremely high potential for active travel, including the University of Bristol and Bristol Royal Infirmary. Historically, the roads on this corridor have presented a very hostile environment for people cycling. Since Summer 2020 there has been some limited cycling…

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New Transport schemes for Wells Rd & Whiteladies Rd

30 December 2021
Categories: Consultations, News, Space for Cycling

Bristol City Council and the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) have a consultation on works on the no 2 bus route, including for cycling. This is a major north-south route taking in many of the most heavily used, and most hostile, cycling routes in the city. We’ve done an executive summary of our response which you can use. There are some good bits, but overall we’re not impressed: We urge Bristol City Council to re-think the proposals, increase the level of ambition and enable people of all ages and abilities to make a safe, convenient and sustainable…

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Cotham Hill pedestrianisation consultation – back ‘Option A’

31 October 2021
Categories: Consultations, Liveable Neighbourhoods, News, Space for Cycling

Fantastic to see the Cotham Hill pedestrianisation consultation is out. This includes not only more space for traders, pedestrians and disabled parking bays but also separated cycle lanes on the southern section and a School Street on Aberdeen Rd! Please respond and back ‘Option A’, the most ambitious option. Below is a survey asking local people to think about three possible options for a permanent scheme. The overall the aim of any scheme will be to make it easier to walk and cycle within the local community for everyone including those with disabilities, support the local economy, and improve…

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Safe cycle lanes on Bath Road or another urban motorway?

31 August 2021
Categories: Consultations, News, Space for Cycling

The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) have a consultation on transport on the A4 Bath Road running all the way from Bath to Central Bristol. There are no plans or proposals, it’s an open ended survey, in our view not very helpful, involving all modes of transport and the local area. We ask all our members and supporters to complete the consultation survey please and ask specifically for segregated cycle lanes from Hicks Gate to Temple Gate and, if you like, from Bath to Bristol. Please wherever possible simply put; “separated / protected…

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The latest on the Brislington Tramway

28 August 2021
Categories: News, Space for Cycling

Progress is stalled on The Tramway/Brislington Greenway but campaigners are still optimistic it may go ahead.  The Tramway is a proposal for a traffic-free walking & cycling route running for roughly a kilometre, parallel to the A4 on the old Brislington Railway line between Sainsburys and Tesco in Brislington, BS4. This attractive and quiet railway cutting has been unused for decades but planning applications have now been submitted by Greenways and Cycleroutes in Feb 2021 and Meanwhile Creative in June 2021. The two organisations are working…

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The Summer of Cycling and Walking

31 July 2021
Categories: Cycling for All, Influence, Liveable Neighbourhoods, News, Road Justice, Space for Cycling

Friday 30th July was a bumper day for announcements and publications from the Department for Transport relating to cycling, to kick of its ‘Summer of Cycling and Walking’ campaign. In this article we attempt to simplify each one for you, and understand how they are relevant to us here in Bristol. £338 million package to further fuel active travel boom The active travel boom seen throughout the pandemic will continue to thrive thanks to a £338 million package to boost cycling and walking across the country, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps…

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Our challenges for the new Cabinet Member for Transport in Bristol

30 July 2021
Categories: Cycling for All, Influence, Liveable Neighbourhoods, News, Space for Cycling

This article was first published on Bristol247.com Congratulations to Don Alexander, who has just taken on the role of Cabinet Member for Transport. This is an important position given the impact our city’s transport challenges have on the lives of residents across the city. Getting the balance right between giving hope and managing expectations will be a key challenge as we start an important period for cycling. We take a look at Don’s ‘in-tray’ and some of his key work when it comes to cycling in the city. 1) Start implementing key strategic cycling routes in line with the…

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Is Bristol’s Temple Gate project really deserving of an award?

27 July 2021
Categories: News, Space for Cycling

We were shocked to see that the Temple Gate scheme is up for an award from the Institution of Civil Engineers. Whilst we are sure that this was a complex engineering project, to talk of a ‘significantly enhanced user experience for cyclists’ is more than stretching it.  In 2015 we wrote that “these proposals show potential but need to show a lot more ambition”. This has certainly played out, the area is filled with dangerous shared pavements, cycle lanes that end suddenly and ‘beg buttons’ to cross a six lane highway. We fed…

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Could we have a temporary Brislington Tramway railway path?

9 April 2021
Categories: News, Space for Cycling

There’s real momentum building behind the Brislington Tramway, a ‘missing link’ on the railway path linking Whitchurch, Hengrove and Brislington with the centre. There is a planning application until end of April that needs our backing. Please add a comment to show your support. “The Tramway” is the project name for opening up this fantastic route which would link the existing Whitchurch Way greenway (NCN3) from Whitchurch & Hengrove past Knowle, through Brislington via the railway path and onto the River Trail through St Phillips Marsh to Temple meads (NCN3). This would form an almost…

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Why Bristol needs more bike hangars

31 March 2021
Categories: Liveable Neighbourhoods, Space for Cycling

Bike hangars are a great way to provide secure bike storage but with only 15 in Bristol, there’s a long way to go to meet the growing demand. Rachel Dickinson explores the problem, and what Bristol Cycling Campaign wants to change. How can we encourage more people to travel by bike in Bristol? One way is to address the lack of secure bike storage. Many people that would like to get a bike just don’t have anywhere to keep it at home. Lack of space and difficult access – because of steps or narrow hallways – means that many Bristolians just…

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