It is now two years since we published our document 50 Ways to Better Walking, and progress is still slow. In our 50 Ways to Better Walking Progress Report 2023 we look again at progress under each of the ten walking-related actions outlined in the Bristol Transport Strategy 2019. Since our last progress report in […]
A meeting to be held at the Watershed on Tuesday 21st November at 6.45pm, sponsored by Bristol Health Partners in association with BWA, will consider the question “Is it Safe to Walk?”. Speakers will consider if walking is safe from different perspectives, with plenty of opportunity for participants to give their views and ask questions.
A consultation on improvements to the A4 Portway is just finishing. It proposes 24-hour inbound and outbound bus lanes rather than the segregated walking and cycling route that had been suggested in the early enagagement. BWA has responded to the latest consultation with a list of the issues that we believe should be addressed as
The consortium that is developing Temple Island, next to Temple Meads Station, is undertaking a second round of community engagement prior to detailing their plans. Eventually, the plot is expected to accomodate homes, offices, retail space and a hotel and conference centre. This is in addition to the university accomodation already approved. BWA has submitted
An early engagement consultation has taken place on the southern section of Concorde Way, which provides an active travel commuter route from Bristol city centre to the northern fringe, mainly off-road. The consultation lists the suggestions that were included for this route in the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan as a preliminary to drawing
Bristol City Council is setting out a vision and strategy for regenerating the city centre. The Bristol City Centre Development and Delivery Plan (CCDDP) sets out a vision that focuses on opening up the City Centre for a wider range of activities, including leisure and residential as well as retail. In the CCDDP consultation documents,
The West of England Combined Authority have asked for comments on a preliminary set of proposals for the A4 Bath to Bristol bus corridor. They are aimed at improving bus reliability along the route as well as providing better facilities for walking, wheeling and cycling. BWA has responded from the perspective of Bristol pedestrians. We
Confusingly, there are two organisations called ‘Western Gateway’. One is a government-mandated Sub-national Transport Body (STB) covering Gloucestershire, Bristol, Bath, Wiltshire and Dorset. The other is a partnership between councils and governments spanning South Wales and Western England. The first of these, the Western Gateway STB, is putting together a Strategic Transport Plan 2025-2050 for
Bristol City Council is proposing to re-open the lower end of University Road to motor traffic, having only last year made permanent the temporary closure introduced during the Covid pandemic, based on the benefits of uninterrupted pedestrian priority at this location. BWA has strongly objected to the proposal to remove the prohibition of motor traffic
A new signal-controlled pedestrian crossing is being proposed as part of junction refurbishments where Avon Street joins Temple Way. BWA welcomes this as it will provide a crossing in a stretch of Temple Way that otherwise acts as a barrier to pedestrians and also will be on a walking route between Temple Meads Station and
