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Do you Cycle on the Portway?
There’s a major Consultation on this stunning gorge and key transport corridor. If you can do just one thing to improve cycling in Bristol today please complete the Survey, and answer, or just paste “Needs a continuous cycle route segregated from motor traffic, including buses, and walkers” into the “Other Comments or Suggestions” boxes at the end of each of the 4 Sections into which the route is split; that is in answer to Questions 13,16,19 and 22. Currently the A4 Portway is an urban dual carriageway with cars and lorries speeding between Central Bristol and the M5 motorway. It…
Meeting with Bristol Mayor – 8th June
Following an informal conversation between the Mayor and our new Chairperson at the Zedify cargo hub launch event in April, the Mayor kindly agreed to a meeting to discuss how the Campaign could be more effective in its work and communications with Bristol City Council (BCC). The meeting with the Mayor & the Deputy Head of the Mayor’s Office took place on 8th June. During the intervening weeks, a couple of things had arisen, those being the consultation on Whiteladies Road and the Nelson Street shared path media coverage. These topics were significant to the discussion. Key points covered: 1….
Bristol Walking and Cycling Index 2021 – highlights
In case you needed any convincing of the scale of both the challenge and opportunity for cycling in Bristol, Sustrans have released their forth Bike Life report for 2021, now renamed Walking and Cycling Index 2021. This follows on from the 2019, 2017 and 2015 reports and highlights many of the barriers to cycling in Bristol but also some of the huge opportunities and potential in the city: The data in this Area report comes from 2021 and includes local walking and cycling data, modelling and an independent survey of 1,292 residents aged 16 or above in Bristol The report only covers the Bristol Council area…
Join our “Discover Bristol” Ride on Sunday 12th June
With in-person meetings & activities back on the agenda, we wanted to help celebrate “Bike Week” in June by hosting a ride event on Sunday 12th June – departing the start point at 10am. This will be a “Discover Bristol” ride (like we used to organise before COVID) and it is designed to help people to become more familiar with finding their way around Bristol’s network of cycling routes. The circular ride route starts centrally at the Arnolfini and will head north towards University of the West of England (UWE) Campus along the Concorde Way and returning along the Frome…
We say No! to removal of cycle lanes on Whiteladies Road
In May 2022, Bristol City Council (BCC) surprised us with a new consultation in which they are proposing that it is necessary to remove the cycle lanes in both directions at the bottom of Whiteladies Road, in order to alleviate the flooding that occurs on that section and to allow them to move and widen the pavements. They had previously committed to provide us with prior notice of such plans that impact cyclists, but in this case that did not happen! Whiteladies Road is a heavily cycled route connecting the City, BRI hospital & University of Bristol to residential neighbourhoods…
New cycleways proposed for the A432 and the ring road
Hot on the heels of their last consultation for new cycle lanes on the A38 between Thornbury and Bristol, South Gloucestershire council is now consulting about proposals on another corridor linking major towns and villages into the Bristol North Fringe. The A432 connects Yate to Bristol via Coalpit Heath, joining the ring road at Bromley Heath. South Glos are consulting on an outline proposal to provide safe, separated cycle lanes along the entire length. In addition, there are proposals to upgrade a section of the ring road path to be fully separated, with separate, wide walking and cycling paths. This…