Tag Archives: Mark Bradshaw

BRT u-turn

Posted on February 28, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

It looks like Mark Bradshaw’s Bus Rapid Transit policy for the city is in meltdown. For starters it’s now been announced that the public CONsultation promised for this spring has been very abruptly “delayed”. Why we’re not being told. But … Continue reading →

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Back to the future with Mark Bradshaw and friends

Posted on February 27, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Bradshaw slunk in to the main entrance. The clean, light lines of the glass building’s vast atrium and its stylish matt black Conran-copy furniture with its brisk and business-like red trim still managed to inspire a slight awe in him, … Continue reading →

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In a parallel universe very, very nearby …

Posted on February 22, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

A couple of nuggets added to Charlie Bolton’s blog today … First we learn Bristol City Council is spending £43,000 a year on bottled water. Perfectly reasonable really. How can we possibly expect council officers to drink water out of … Continue reading →

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EXCLUSIVE: Bradshaw exposes himself!

Posted on February 17, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

… As Sustrans reject fig leaf role More bad news for Labour’s transport boss Mark Bradshaw as his desperate attempts to control the fallout from revelations that he intends to turn the Bristol and Bath Railway Path in to a … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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