The Broad Plain area of Bristol is continuing to attract a lot of ongoing development. A public consultation by the Council on a public realm strategy has set out ideas for improving walking and cycling through the area as well as suggesting how it could be made greener and less traffic dominated. BWA’s response welcomes […]
Response to Department for Transport consultation Pavement parking is a widespread problem that is known to put pedestrians at risk, especially more vulnerable pedestrians including the very young, the elderly and those with visual, mobility or cognitive impairments. The existing laws do not address the problem and there is confusion about how to report problems
WECA has announced that the e-scooter trial in Bristol and Bath will start later this month (October 2020). It will be permitted to use e-scooters hired as part of the trial wherever bicycles can go. It will still be illegal to use personal e-scooters on any road or in any public place. BWA has been
Bristol City Council and WECA intend to make improvements to the major radial bus routes that pass through the city over the next 10 years. The aim is to make it easier and more convenient to use the bus, walk and cycle wherever possible, rather than use private cars. The first route to be improved
Bristol Walking Alliance has been asked by the Bristol City Council City Centre Development Team to engage with a Bristol City Centre Retail & Leisure Study which has initially commissioned a survey of landowners, businesses, residents and other stakeholders. We have responded to their survey with our view on what we would like to see
New housing is being proposed in a planning application (20/02523/FB) for a greenfield site south of Bonnington Walk in Lockleaze. The development site includes a section of Concorde Way, a key walking and cycling route between the centre of Bristol and its northern fringe towards Cribbs Causeway. Improvements to Concorde Way have been proposed in
A pending planning application (20/01655/F) proposes to build new housing between Ashton Avenue Bridge and Clanage Road. This would force a diversion of ‘Festival Way’, the main pedestrian route between the Floating Harbour and Ashton Court. BWA has objected to the plans because of the unsatisfactory nature of the path re-routing. This development should be
BWA and Bristol Cycling Campaign have submitted a joint public statement to a City Council planning committee meeting that is considering a new housing development along Airport Road in South Bristol. The developer had originally agreed to offer a 1.5m strip of land along Airport Road to allow the existing shared-use path to be upgraded
A planning application (20/01150/F) for redevelopment around the old Soapworks / Gardiner Haskins building proposes a new pedestrian route through the site from Old Bread Street to New Thomas Street. However, the new tall surrounding buildings may make it a windy sunless canyon. The existing pedestrian route between Temple Meads and Old Market along Slees
The University of Bristol has submitted a detailed planning application (19/05746/M) for its new campus beside Temple Meads Station. The design of the public realm near the junction with Cattle Market Road has gone though several iterations, but the latest proposals are an improvement in terms of giving clear and relatively direct routes for both
