Category Archives: Transport

Railway path spinwatch

Posted on February 16, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Labour transport boss Bradshaw and his press spokeswoman Kate Hartas – who seems to flit from working for the city council to the West of England Partnership and back again on a regular basis without ever troubling the truth a … Continue reading →

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BRT: "A gigantic pile of steaming dung"

Posted on February 15, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

By Bluebaldee (Originally posted as a comment) The link to the BRT Project Board documents is very useful and uncovers a number of interesting facts about BRT. The overarching fact that I’ve discovered is that BRT in general is actually … Continue reading →

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Is the News Bunny reversing the ferret?

Posted on February 14, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Here’s the latest example of the kind of leadership found at the top of our city’s most influential institutions these days … You might remember that the Evening Cancer, the newspaper Mike “News Bunny” Norton is supposed to be in … Continue reading →

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Railway path: sits vac!

Posted on February 14, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s time for people to stop talking and start working if they want to save the railway path. The campaign is currently looking for someone to design a logo and produce other graphics for their website. If you’ve got the … Continue reading →

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Public service for private gain

Posted on February 13, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Besides the various corporate interests that have their feet firmly under the table of the West of England Partnership’s BRT Project Board – the group continuing to do the work that will destroy the railway path – there’s also various … Continue reading →

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Railway path: dates for the diary

Posted on February 13, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

An example of the appalling consequences of direct action involving a bucket of shit and a politician. Here’s the beginning of a useful list of meetings where people against the BRT route on the railway path can get up, close … 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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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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A bad week for …

Posted on February 7, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Editing a provincial newspaper has never been the most intellectually rigorous of tasks. Traditionally the ability to create an aggressively macho management culture by bullying the work experience girl; grooming a couple of contacts in the local Rotary Club; having … Continue reading →

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