Bristol’s transport infrastructure is critical in creating better connected and safer places. Our future-focused strategy puts economic recovery and renewal at its heart. We are proactively responding to changes in travel patterns, addressing air quality and connecting our residents to jobs, training and services with sustainable transport options.
A multi-million-pound package of investment in the region’s transport infrastructure is already underway with three major corridor transport projects – in the city centre, the A4 Portway and on Bus Route 2, a 13-mile route along the A37 and A4018.
Congestion, and its effect on air quality, is a challenge for Bristol. With a road network at capacity, we need to make changes to help manage expected growth in housing, jobs and regeneration.
Making Bristol a better place to live, work and visit, means we need a transport network that enables people to move around efficiently with increased sustainable transport options that are available to all.
Improving the city’s transport network offers more travel options and will support the local economy while also improving people’s health and quality of life in the city.
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promoting improvements in our local communities. Our primary strategy for communities is the creation of ‘Liveable Neighbourhoods’.
Liveable neighbourhoods are designed with the local community through a process called co-design. They aim to prioritise walking, cycling, scooting and public transport trips within the boundary of a neighbourhood as an alternative to people passing through the area by car. There is still vehicular access to properties and businesses for local residents and visitors across the scheme area, but through the strategic placement of ‘modal filters’ more sustainable means of travel is encouraged.
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For Bristol to be an attractive place to work, live and visit for everyone, it needs a transport network that supports the local economy, enhances the urban environment, and contributes to high-quality places, where people want to be.
As a region we are working towards a high-capacity integrated transport system that links our key regional economic centres or ‘growth zones’. This will see improvements to the efficiency, frequency, capacity, and reliability of our public transport services, ultimately offering more public transport options for people and visitors getting in and around the city and beyond.
