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Why bus rapid transit is the wrong solution for Bristol

Gavin Smith, Bristol BS3
02 March 2012
 

The pre-Inquiry meeting into the Transport & Works Act Order for Bristol’s bus rapid transit scheme from Ashton Vale to near Temple Meads was held on 29 February. With 200 objectors to the scheme, obtaining the Order will not be an easy ride. Arguably, we should not be going through this pain in the first place.

The city is a pawn in a byzantine process of grant-wrestling. The logical solution to Bristol’s western approach corridor is two-fold: reopen the Portishead rail line,...

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