Cycling: Bristol

Today, The Times also featured Bristol which was designated a 'Cycling City' in 2008:

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 rides high by scouring world for cycle friendly ideas | The Times

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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