Last friday of the month: gather, celebrate and ride your bike.
Bristol is the Uk's cycling city, so let's put her on the map!
This month is a special Halloween ride; fancy dress and music...

Meet at 5:30, to ride at 6:00pm, at the sails opposite the Hippodrome. read full story / add a comment

The groundbreaking UN report published 2 years ago, Livestock’s Long Shadow – Environmental Issues and Actions, highlighted the fact that the livestock sector is responsible for a whapping 18% of green-house gasses. This is a higher share than transport. Despite this, we can all think of “environmentalists” that still eat meat. Why? Probably because they simply don’t realise what a huge impact eating meat has on the environment. Those animal loving vegans must be exaggerating, surely…?

With more and more statistics available on the destructive impact farmed animals have on the environment, now is our chance to promote the vegan diet for the sake of the planet. The media certainly doesn’t seem to be helping us out much, so its time for us to hit the streets!

The annual climate change march in London attracts thousands of people with a concern for the environment. This year the march is on Saturday 6th December. There will be a vegan block on the march made up of people from across the country. This is a great opportunity to show the large voice of vegans who are against climate change, and promote veganism. Don’t feel constrained – you don’t have to stick with the block – there will also be a chance to leaflet the whole march and members of the public too.

Come along and join us on the march! If there are enough people happy to travel from central Bristol at about 8am to the march, we will organise transport. We will return to Bristol by 9.30pm. If you are interested, please email vegans4environment@doramail.com or phone/text 07595745441 by 10th November.

For more information about the climate change march, visit www.campaigncc.org.

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Local councils accross the region have been hit had by the financial collapse - why what about the bailout? Why do the banks get the cash and the rest get the rash? MoneyWatch from SouthWestWatch investigates... read full story / add a comment

Bristol City Council today attempted to put the lid on a growing crisis of disillusionment with its handling of the Cycling City project by indicating to the Evening Post that the public would not be welcome at a meeting to be held this evening in Horfield to review the secretive contents of the Cycling City plan. Members of the public, for whom this is the first opportunity to examine where £23 million in taxpayer funding is to be spent, are outraged. Cyclists are inviting the public to bring their bikes and attend an emergency mass cycle ride to the "closed" meeting in protest, meeting at the sails by the fountains in the City Centre at 5:30pm, and riding to Horfield. read full story / add a comment

One of the South West's local papers runs before it can walk with a story that is 'ready for take off' that is until you read the small print. read full story / add a comment

Bristol Cyclists are demanding improvements to the Cycling City plan, a £22 million set of projects intended to double cycling in Bristol in the next 2-3 years. They claim there has been inadequate public consultation, and many crucial parts of the plan have been left out, such as a "bicycle expressway" link across the M32, 20mph speed limits, and adequate on-road cycle lanes. read full story / add a comment

People living on streets with heavy motor vehicle traffic are experiencing a considerable deterioration of their local social lives according to Joshua Hart, a researcher from the University of the West of England. Results suggest that residents on busy streets have less than one quarter the number of local friends compared to those living on similar streets with little traffic. read full story / add a comment

The Stop Bristol Airport Expansion campaign (SBAE) has strongly welcomed a repeated call [of 16 September] for decisions on major airport expansion to be put on hold until there has been a full independent review of the Government's 2003 Air Transport White Paper. read full story / add a comment

New from SWRDAwatch - SouthWestWatch - a mainline of gossip that pierces the heart of local news. Yes, SWRDAwatch is expending its operation to watch even more than the watchmen. This post is from our AirportWatch department; and Bristol Airport is in trouble, again. read full story / add a comment

A "Flash Critical Mass" Celebratory Bicycle Ride will be taking place THIS EVENING in Central Bristol, meeting at the fountains at 6pm, located along St. Augustine's Parade. This is a monthly cycle ride- happening the last friday of every month to celebrate cycling and protest the domination of our public spaces by motor vehicle. Bring yourself, your friends, bicycles and noisemakers, and let's take back the streets!

Liberate yourself from the Carmageddon! read full story / add a comment

A "Flash Critical Mass" Celebratory Bicycle Ride will be taking place THIS EVENING in Central Bristol, meeting at the fountains at 6pm, located along St. Augustine's Parade. This is a monthly cycle ride- happening the last friday of every month to celebrate cycling and protest the domination of our public spaces by motor vehicle. Bring yourself, your friends, bicycles and noisemakers, and let's take back the streets! read full story / add a comment

"The father of a 17-year-old girl who was fatally injured in a collision with a cyclist has said it is "laughable" the man has only been fined." read full story / add a comment

Create a vision of what Bristol's transport system could look like in the future read full story / add a comment

Fluorescent Vest? Check. Lycra? Check. Helmet? Check. Knee and shin pads? Check. Smog mask? Check. Shoulder and chest body armour? Check. Right, I'm ready for a nice bike ride to the shops. read full story / add a comment

Loss of pavement and cycle lane affect the residents of the local community, while cars in transit are prioritized above our quality of life read full story / add a comment

Get involved with Sustrans' Change Your World campaign by registering online to swap one car trip in the first week of July and walk, cycle, use public transport or car-share instead. read full story / add a comment

IMPORTANT NOTICE: FINAL COUNCIL PLANNING MEETING TO DECIDE WHETHER THE LAKOTA NIGHT CLUB WILL BE DEMOLISHED read full story / add a comment

This is a short film about the Bristol Cycle Path Celebration demonstration on 30th March 2008. read full story / add a comment

There seems to be loads of them on and around Church Road.

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Hot on the heels of cuts to buses X62 and X67, this time it's students at the University of West of England who are to suffer - First is scrapping the 99 and X84 services from this summer, apparently because of rising costs and competition from the University's own bus company. Although how the ancient buses on the uni routes dodged the knacker's yard for so long remains a mystery. read full story / add a comment