Category Archives: WESP

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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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 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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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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Cyclepath: here come the sketches!

Posted on February 1, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

How wide do they think the cycle path is? A quick roundup of cycle path related shenanigans … The meeting arranged for Tuesday 5 February 2008 at 7.30pm is at Easton Community Centre, not Easton Leisure Centre or The Cornubia. … Continue reading →

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