Just want to warn everyone and get the word out to the local community: My sister and her boyfriend were attacked by a gang of 6-8 youths with baseball bats at...
Yeah, Helicopter. Ideal for rummaging through bushes on the cycletrack, everyone knows that. I always used to go out after rats with a V-bomber myself. C'mon...
... In other news: Avon & Somerset Constabulary announces the successful use of Alsatian dogs for aerial surveillance... ... Last time I recall the community...
Hi all Below for your information is a copy of an email I've just sent to my local councillors re some arboreal vandalism on our patch. Cheers Woodsy...
... My ... baseball ... Thanks Sally - this is really scary. I heard a similar piece of news about a neighbour being hit over the head with a brick on the...
Local plods were seen yesterday evening, mob-handed with vans, actually detaining unknown perps on the cycletrack, at Junction 11. No helicopters were harmed...
Just to be clear - I'm working with Squarepeg on the Chocolate Factory, so there is vested interest here. Squarepeg is planning to include cycle housing on the...
I think that is good as long as it doesn't remove wildlife habitat, as the path is a wildlife corridoor. On another note: The massive through flow of cyclists...
As you know there is a historic problem on the cycletrack opposite your (ex?) factory site, this could be addressed by existing proposals if current...
Hi Fred Cycle houses will have sedum roofs so will add to the potential habitats. Yes we have already had lots of suggestions regarding cycle support services,...
You may think this is a bit out-of-envelope etc. but you're building for the future here, alongside a major HPV/pedestrian route, so I suggest you consider an...
Fred, I cannot but challenge this. I really don't give a shit about the wildlife on the cycle track if their habitat is increasing the hiding places for...
Yeah, Can't argue with any of that. Grat. Rd. Neighbourhood watch has spent over ten years trying to get vegatation that provides cover for criminals...
Hi all When are the police on their bikes (both motor and leg power), when is the people fighting to get them back. why is it when you are told that gangs are...
Ian - that does put it in perspective, hopefully there is a way to satisfy both requirements - we're in the process of developing the cycle housing which has...
Turns out that the BBC is due to run a feature on the attacks tomorrow, with interviews with victims, police and Abdul Malik. This is confirmed. Apart from...
As our pedestrians routes in and out of Easton come under attack from lost yout, so do our main traffic routes become increasingly blighted by the lost traffic...
Hello After the recent spate of attacks in Easton and along the cycle path I have set up a petition on the Bristol City Council's website to demand better ...
It is so good to hear that others share my view that the more we use the path at night the safer it will be. I use it from the city to Battersea Rd frequently...
I'm not sure that the answer is straightforward even if we all agree there is a problem? Is lighting really the best use of resources to prevent to recurrence ...
Sally + everyone, Just to let you know, in case it helps with the cycle path initiatives, tomorrow (today) morning there's this: Thurs 5 June 10.30 - 1.30pm...
One problem with the question asked below is that, as a result of addressing the lighting/crime connection on NR a few years ago, it became clear that;- a....
That's a good point, I suspect that better and more lighting increases people's sense of safety - it feels like a safer place to go - rather than it...
I concur with the rage at these attacks. Each summer we are confronted with this, as the warm weather brings out these people. It is amazing how only a few...
On the subject of vegetation - I don't see that it would make people safer. There are going to be plenty of other places where this will happen; one of the...
I agree, in order to eradicate any hidey holes in the greenery along the cycle path you would have to chop down a huge amount of greenery and wildlife habitat....
There are some really stupid comments about Easton being put up on the evening post website in response to today's front pager THUG GANGS PROWL CYCLE PATH. Can...
George Ferguson and I are on BBC Radio Bristol,later today, we are talking about the cycle houses and will try to get this point across, if that's OK with you....
