Barrs Court Red Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 http://www.bristol247.com/2013/06/18/businesses-could-accept-bristol-congestion-charge-says-mayor-73529/ On the bright side, it wont matter when you are unemployed as your work has ****** off somewhere more atteactive and hassle free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Bristol does have most congested road in country apparently but I dunno this slump is perhaps not ideal timing. Taking the argument that congestion isn't great, how do we reduce? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted June 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 Cut back on traffic lights; make the centre one way and stop building bus stops with the intention of blocking traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 Build up in the sky. A monorail would be my solution. Calming traffic on the ground can't work as the roads were built too small in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted June 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 Ive often thought this. The a-train in New York for example as it can follow existing roads. Unfortunately it would be impossible to implement in Bristol. Local opposition and funding, are two biggies, not to mention this type of development is hard to find experianced contractors and operators. Light rail for me, but instead this horrible BRT will come in and ruin any chance of a decent system for at leadt a generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Ive often thought this. The a-train in New York for example as it can follow existing roads. Unfortunately it would be impossible to implement in Bristol. Local opposition and funding, are two biggies, not to mention this type of development is hard to find experianced contractors and operators. Light rail for me, but instead this horrible BRT will come in and ruin any chance of a decent system for at leadt a generation. Totally agree. BRT is a classic Bristolian example of doing the wrong thing half-arsed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Yeah that'd help. Cheaper public transport would also help- compared to other big UK cities ours is definitely problematic. Unconvinced BRT will do the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Bristol does have most congested road in country apparently but I dunno this slump is perhaps not ideal timing. Taking the argument that congestion isn't great, how do we reduce? Whoever argues that has clearly never driven in London. Bristol's rush-hour is like a country lane compared to London's - and it lasts about 1/3 of the time. London is congested from 3:30 to 8pm every evening. As BCR said, focussing on keeping traffic flowing smoothly would help. Intelligent road design, sensible traffic light policy and a non tolerance of unecessary obstacles to road users. It's what they do in Denmark. I spent a few months in Copenhagen once. You could leave the office at 5 and be back in the suburbs 15 minutes later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tins Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Whoever argues that has clearly never driven in London. Bristol's rush-hour is like a country lane compared to London's - and it lasts about 1/3 of the time. London is congested from 3:30 to 8pm every evening. As BCR said, focussing on keeping traffic flowing smoothly would help. Intelligent road design, sensible traffic light policy and a non tolerance of unecessary obstacles to road users. It's what they do in Denmark. I spent a few months in Copenhagen once. You could leave the office at 5 and be back in the suburbs 15 minutes later. Totally agree. London's congestion is every day too, not just weekdays! The only thing better about London transport is the tube, the DLR and that a lot of London has bus lanes so even the bus's go pretty quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 Get the bloomin' rubbish trucks and recycling vehicles off the roads between 8-9am. The times im stuck behind them on the way into work, always makes me 15-20 mins late and makes the traffic back up quite bad. Im sure there must be a sensible reason for them to be working at a time when Bristol's roads are at their busiest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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