Following the COVID outbreak in the spring of 2020, the government gave money to councils across the country for rapid street changes to give protected space for walking and cycling. The Emergency Active Travel Fund changes have come through in two phases, with ‘Tranche 1’ and ‘Tranche 2’ funding. In line with the government push […]
BWA submitted a response to the government’s consultation on the Highway Code, which closed in October 2020. The government’s proposed changes introduce a hierarchy of road users which: ensures that those road users who can do the greatest harm have the greatest responsibility to reduce the danger or threat they may pose to others, introduces
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
