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Bristol lacks the framework for good transport planning

Gavin Smith, Lower Knowle Farm, Bristol BS3
05 April 2013
 

The row that has blown up between Bristol’s new mayor and North Somerset Council – the latter still wanting its commuter Bus Rapid Transit (BRT2) scheme, and a South Bristol Link bypass – simply reflects the fact that the West of England continues to lack Integrated Transport Authority (ITA) status. In two important ways we are witnessing a severe democratic deficit.

Not being an ITA, and thus having less flexible monetary resources and few expert staff, the area’s...

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