Traffic in Bradley Stoke was gridlocked once again tonight, with a solid line of vehicles down the entire length of Bradley Stoke Way (southbound) and queues starting just before the Willow Brook Centre in the other direction. In contrast to previous days when the congestion resulted from road closures caused by flooding, tonight’s gridlock is understood to be a result
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The cost of installing a new Toucan crossing on Bradley Stoke Way and implementing other measures aimed at improving pedestrian safety on the road was £50,000 more than originally planned, says South Gloucestershire Council. Originally estimated at £106k, the total cost of the scheme now stands at £156k, according to a report prepared for a recent meeting of the Council’s
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First Group has introduced additional late night bus journeys on the number 73 Bristol City Centre to Cribbs Causeway route but passengers heading for Bradley Stoke aren’t seeing the full benefit because the buses terminate at Bristol Parkway Station. From the beginning of this week, buses are leaving Rupert Street in the city centre at midnight, 1am and 2am –
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A worldwide first in transport is to be piloted in Bradley Stoke this Thursday (1st November 2012). ‘Buxi‘ combines the cost and environmental efficiencies of buses with the convenience of taxis. Passengers order the service online and the vehicles collect them from close to home and take them to their destination, collecting and delivering other passengers on the way. The
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A new pedestrian crossing on Bradley Stoke Way has been brought into service days before the first anniversary of an accident that left a schoolboy in hospital with critical injuries. The new Toucan crossing is part of a package of measures agreed by South Gloucestershire Council after 3,932 people signed a petition calling for the road to be made safer
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Have just done an email to Keith Cranney and Roy Steel about the 74 bus service. Just thought I would share it here so the other ‘campaigners’ could see it……. Just to say thank you for your assistance in getting the No.74 bus service for us. Its nice to have a bus running more frequently. Our little core group will
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The 30mph speed limit on a stretch of Bradley Stoke Way near the Willow Brook Centre has been extended northwards by 260m, so that it covers the approaches to a newly constructed pedestrian crossing. A new 30mph sign (pictured) has been installed north of the crossing and a sign marking the transition from 30mph to 40mph for northbound traffic placed
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The south of Bradley Stoke will get a much improved daytime bus service from Sunday (2nd September), when First Group introduces the new 74 service, but other parts of the town will see services reduced. The new service, which replaces the U7 and U8 services currently run by Wessex Connect and the 73B run by First Group, will serve Bradley
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Having recently taken up cycling to work, I do wish Aztec West were equipped with either cycle paths or shared cycle/footpaths. Cycle lanes on roads that carry motor traffic are simply not safe enough except for expert sports cyclists. Every morning I see dozy white van drivers with mobile phones to their ears and I’m terrified they will just run
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Hi Everyone, We are thinking about moving house soon to the Patchway area. Can anyone tell me what the traffic is normally like on the A38 between Patchway and Aztec West as the house we are looking at is along this stretch? I know it used to be bad in the evening but no idea about on a morning; not
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