Artist's impression of Bristol BRT Bus Rapid Transit
Detailed plans for the £200 million new public transit network connecting north and south Bristol have gone on show for the public.
The North Fringe rapid transit route will run from Cribbs Causeway to Patchway, Bradley Stoke, Stoke Gifford, Bristol Parkway, Harry Stoke, the Bristol and Bath Science Park at Emersons Green East, the University of the West of England, along the M32 to Bristol city centre.
The service will then link with the South Bristol Link section of the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) network – the plans of which went on public display on May 8.
Bristol City and South Gloucestershire councils are now preparing a planning application and accompanying Traffic Regulation Orders. The public consultation into the plans began yesterday and will run until July 13.
A project spokesman said: “The rapid transit will have clear information, fast boarding and smartcard ticketing linking with wider bus and rail services, creating a new way of travelling and be a catalyst for transforming public transport travel across the West of England area.”
Key infrastructure changes on the North Fringe to Hengrove route include:
- Stoke Gifford Transport Link – a new road from the Ring Road to Bradley Stoke
- Road widening along Bradley Stoke Way for rapid transit
- New bus-only junction onto the M32 between junctions 1 and 2
- Road layout alterations and improved bus interchange the city centre
- New pedestrian, cycling and rapid transit bridge over the Avon New Cut
- Widening of Hartcliffe Way for bus priority measures and provision of a rapid transit stop within Lombard Street pedestrianised area
Members of the public have been invited to give their comments on the scheme online at www.travelwest.info or at a series of 11 exhibitions at:
- Wed 23 May, 4.30 -7.30pm, Begbrook Community Centre, Frenchay
- Thurs 24 May, 5 -8pm, Filwood Community Centre
- Mon 28 May, 1 – 4pm, Bristol Council House
- Tues 29 May, 3 – 7pm Bristol Parkway Station
- Wed 30 May, 5 – 8pm Begbrook Community Centre, Frenchay
- Thurs 31 May, 3 – 7pm Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke
- Thurs 7 June, 1 – 4pm Filwood Community Centre
- Tues 12 June, 2.30 – 6.30pm Emersons Green Library
- Wed 13 June, 12 noon – 7pm Old School Rooms, The Green, Stoke Gifford
- Thurs 14 June, 1 – 4pm Bristol Council House
- Thurs 21 June, 5 – 8pm Bedminster Library
View the plans in details via the following links:
Zone 1 Cribbs Causeway to Bristol Parkway
http://www.travelwest.info/
Zone 2 Stoke Gifford Transport Link
http://www.travelwest.info/
Zone 3 Hambrook to Emersons Green
http://www.travelwest.info/
Zone 4 North Bristol
http://www.travelwest.info/
Zone 5 Central Bristol
http://www.travelwest.info/
Zone 6 South Bristol
http://www.travelwest.info/
The BRT map
its a bus service.
What is the difference between this and a normal bus service??????
a glorified bus service………
Waste of time and money
Trams would have been so much better than yet another bus…. or reopening closed rail routes. Who will run it? If it's first bus then it'll be about ten quid a single.
And if you don't live on this route, or are very unlikely to want to travel past the centre of the city, this must seem like an awfull waste of money. Will it be made clear at these public consultations, that it will mainly be the council tax payers of Bristol who pick up the bill for any over-runs, which are almost guaranteed.
Does the artist who did the above impression originate from a country where they drive on the right?
To be blunt, this is a badly conceived scheme that will return very little for the investment offered, won't solve the city's transport woes and is only being implemented because someone else (other than Bristol City Council) is putting up some of the money.
Bristol would do better investing in local rail schemes, upgrading existing services and making good some of the losses caused by the vandalism of the Beeching Plan in the 1960s.