Category Archives: Local government

University challenged

Posted on February 12, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Great news just in! A recent parliamentary answer reveals that the city’s best known higher education college, the University of Bristol, continues to be one of the most ridiculously exclusive and elitist institutions in the country. Latest figures show that … Continue reading →

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Railway path round-up

Posted on February 12, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

There’s a new summary of events so far at Conserve England, featuring many of the best of people’s comments from here and the BBC among others. Yesterday’s Evening Cancer, meanwhile, might already have provided us with the quote of the … Continue reading →

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The corporate takeover of the railway path

Posted on February 10, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

There’s some sterling research on the role of First Group and the BRT scheme over on Bristol Indymedia by Cyclopath. They point out the guided bus used in the sketch for the proposed BRT route on Bristol and Bath Railway … Continue reading →

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Railway path: the corporate priorities

Posted on February 9, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

One currently unexplored aspect of the West of England Strategic Partnership’s BRT Project Board – that has devised the plan to destroy the Bristol and Bath Railway Path – is the presence on it of a number of large corporations … Continue reading →

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NEWS FLASH: Dead body in office for over 10 years

Posted on February 8, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

A political body, which is believed to have been dead for at least a decade, has been found in a Bristol council chamber – where council officers had carried on working as usual. The corpse, believed to be the city’s … Continue reading →

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Cyclepath: Lib Dem press release

Posted on February 7, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Just in: Here we don’ t go again – Wrong turning on Bristol Rapid Bus Bristol is in danger of losing government funding for a rapid guided bus network, the Liberal Democrats are warning. Bristol and surrounding authorities could lose … Continue reading →

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Bradshaw and the amazing imaginary quango

Posted on February 6, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Hands up who knows what the bloody hell the Bristol Transport Board is? Because, according to under-pressure Labour Transport boss Mark Bradshaw’s open letter published yesterday, they’re the people deciding the future of our cycle path and whether it gets … Continue reading →

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Rapid Transit: An Open letter to Sustrans from Mark Bradshaw

Posted on February 5, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

First Out! Sustrans in! “To help explain the impact on the cycle path in much greater detail.” Climb down or buying out the opposition? You decide … Release Date: 05-Feb-2008 Below is the text of an open letter sent by … Continue reading →

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That "disused" railway track in full …

Posted on February 5, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

A reader has sent in a series of photos to BBC Bristol of the Bristol and Bath Cycle path that show just how popular it is. This is the path described by local politicians, the West of England Strategic Partnership … Continue reading →

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Fancy that!

Posted on February 5, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

I recently received my copy of ‘Our City’, which replaces the former Bristol News. I would like to compliment the officers who worked on the publication for a job well done. Explaining the City Council’s Draft Budget is not an … Continue reading →

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