Bristol rides high by scouring world for cycle
friendly ideas
Cyclists on the two-tunnels greenway cycle path
tunnel
Gareth Iwan Jones
Simon de Bruxelles: April 24 2013
Had Bristol had been designed for cyclists it would probably not have so
many hills, but nonetheless it has managed to persuade a significant number of
people to take to two wheels. The number of cyclists using the city’s roads
more than doubled in the decade from 2001 to 2011.
The good news for Bristol’s cyclists is that they have a mayor who does not
regard them as nuisances who deprive cars and lorries of road space. George
Ferguson, who became Bristol’s first directly elected mayor in November, has
visited Amsterdam and Copenhagen to see how they sustain large numbers of
cyclists without squeezing them out or running them over.
Yesterday he launched an initiative under which cars are banned from a part
of the city centre on one Sunday a month during the summer. Pedestrians,
cyclists, and skate boarders will take precedence. He publicised the Make
Sunday Special scheme by hitching a lift on a piano converted into a bicycle
and riding across one of Bristol’s bridges while its owner, Oliver Cumming,
bashed out a tune and pedalled.
The Make Sunday Special initiative, the first in Britain, is emulating
similar experiments in Bogotá, Colombia, and Bordeaux to give streets
originally built for people, back to people.
BRISTOL is quite a place for cycling:
Cycling | Bristol City Council
Cycling Bristol | Better By Bike
Bristol Cycle Festival | Bristol's Community Organised Bike Festival
Keep Sunday Special
Streets Close To Make Sunday Special - Heart Bristol News
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