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Callout: How is the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood impacting you?

The Cable wants to track the experiences of local residents during the trial scheme in late 2024 and early 2025 - so have your say!

Matty Edwards

Reports

Traffic jams around East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood fuel anger, as council calls for patience

Matty Edwards

Features

Urban street scene showing a cyclist in the foreground and a lineup of parked cars on either side, with commercial buildings.

‘Liveable neighbourhoods’ have caused uproar in east Bristol. How will they fare south of the river?

Alex Turner

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Listen: Why are people so attached to their cars? Bristol prepares for its first ‘liveable neighbourhood’

The council will soon launch a formal consultation on the controversial East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood, before the trial traffic-restriction scheme comes in early next year.

Matty Edwards and George Colwey

Reports

Council to consult more on East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood scheme after backlash

Matty Edwards and Alex Turner

Reports

‘We want them to listen to us’: fear and anger in Somali community over liveable neighbourhood plans

Matty Edwards

Features

Division emerges over Bristol’s first liveable neighbourhood scheme

In a trial later this year, cars will be prevented from driving through a large area of Barton Hill, Redfield and St George. The plans have sparked passionate support and equally intense opposition.

Matty Edwards

Future of Cities

Car-free utopia or burning bollards: how can Bristol build a truly ‘liveable’ neighbourhood?

Bristol is about to restrict traffic in its first liveable neighbourhood pilot. What can the city learn from the success story of Milan's 'open squares' initiative, and the cautionary tale of Oxford's low-traffic neighbourhoods?

Matty Edwards and Alessio Perrone

Reports

Major restrictions on cars revealed in Bristol’s first liveable neighbourhood scheme

A range of measures blocking cars from driving through Barton Hill, Redfield and St George will be trialled later this year.

Matty Edwards

Features

Too many cars? On the streets in Bristol’s future first ‘liveable neighbourhood’

Restricting through traffic in the dense residential areas of Barton Hill, Redfield and St George will reduce pollution and encourage walking and cycling. But first, the council has to win people over.

Matty Edwards

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