Bristol Walking Alliance has conducted a review of progress made in relation to our ’50 Ways to Better Walking’. The 50 measures proposed by BWA provide more detail for 10 walking-related actions outlined in the Bristol Transport Strategy 2019. The aim of the review is to summarise the current situation, and progress made since the
Bristol Councillors are currently discussing a new Parking and Kerbside Strategy for the city. A Task and Finish Group of the Transport and Connectivity Policy Committee has started meeting to develop the strategy, supported by council officers. Rather than waiting until consultations on the strategy are held, BWA has submitted our initial input to the Task
Making changes to streets to give priority to pedestrians at side junctions is an important way of improving walking routes. BWA includes in its 50 Ways the action to “Incorporate continuous pavements as part of road improvements, including bus corridor schemes”. It is good to see that Bristol City Council recognises the value of such
St Michael’s Hill has been a major artery into Bristol since at least the 14th century, when it was mapped as ‘the road from Bristol to Hembury’ passing by the Norman church of St Michael on the Mount Without (i.e., outside the city walls). The suburban expansion on St Michael’s Hill had begun by the
In common with many local authorities, Bristol City Council prides itself on working to encourage its citizens to improve their well-being by getting out for regular walks. Despite this, their proposals to save £4.7 million over the next three years includes one to reduce the budget for public toilets. This year’s budget has already been
BWA has objected to proposals for ten phone kiosks to be erected on pavements in Bristol City Centre, both for their siting and their appearance. It seems this is happening in several places. In a city centre, with existing public phones and good mobile signals, there is no justification for extra kiosks as public utilities.
BWA has decided to start a campaign on the problem of pavement parking. This article describes our initial thinking. The problem Feedback from the public BWA event on 15 October 2016, has indicated that a key priority for people is the growing problem of pavement parking. Obstruction on the pavement breaches Equalities legislation and puts
See this interesting article “50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets”. From 1: It helps people live longer, to 50: It supports cultural heritage. This is part of a report by Arup called “Cities Alive: Towards a walking world”.
Carol Freeman responds to BWA’s invitation to suggest examples of poor walking infrastructure. BWA will collect other examples and will then choose its top few examples for campaigning. Queen’s Rd/Old Habitat location Hundreds, possibly thousands, of students and others walk down through the back roads of Clifton and try to cross Queen’s Rd opposite the
It’s fine to say that somebody else ought to make Bristol more walkable and it’s true that BCC, the police and other agencies have an important role, but it’s also you and your neighbours that park cars poorly, leave obstacles on pavements and, on the good side, present attractive and flowery front gardens that make
