Transport

Image of Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and his West of Englad counterpart Dan Norris.

Reports

West of England mayor holds talks with Andy Burnham about bus franchising after local campaign

Metro Mayor Dan Norris has faced months of calls to formally explore taking Bristol's struggling bus services back into public control.

Alex Seabrook
Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter)

Reports

Analysis: It’s time for politicians to come together on mass transit

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Future of Cities

Image of a modern tram travelling along a narrow street in Bordeaux (credit: Per Karlsson / Alamy)

Trams, or an underground? As Bristol weighs its public transport options, can it learn from across the Channel?

Steve Melia
Steve Melia

Reports

Bristol won’t bring in parking levy to fund transport as council forced to publish report

Mayor Marvin Rees has again hit out at sceptics of plans for a Bristol underground, and said smaller schemes won't do enough to give us the public transport we need.

Alex Seabrook
Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter) and Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Reports

Section of secret report into plans for Bristol underground released

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Reports

Judge orders Bristol City Council to disclose secret report after freedom of information battle

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

Campaigners renew calls for metro mayor to bring struggling buses back into public hands

A new petition has been launched urging Dan Norris to formally investigate franchising the West of England’s bus services that are currently run for profit.

Jonathan Eldridge
Jonathan Eldridge

Reports

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

The council claims the plans to restrict through-traffic in parts of east Bristol were co-designed with local people, but some are angry about the consultation so far and feel the scheme is being imposed on them.

Matty Edwards
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
Matty Edwards

Area in Focus

Funding, franchising and finding solutions: exploring south Bristol’s bus crisis

In the midst of bus cuts, local residents came together with councillors and transport providers to discuss transport in Bedminster. But is too much responsibility being put on the community to find the solution?

Daisy Steinhardt
Daisy Steinhardt

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
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
Matty Edwards and Alessio Perrone
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