Better Transport

• Ms Pip Sheard send them a message
• The Transport for Greater Bristol Alliance website

The Transport for Greater Bristol Alliance is an alliance of 25 local environmental, transport and community groups in the Greater Bristol area.

We have published a green transport manifesto for the city and the Greater Bristol area. To view our manifesto go to our website.

Our main current aims are to persuade councillors in the four West of England councils to vote for an Integrated Transport Authority (ITA) for the Greater Bristol area (made possible by the forthcoming Local Transport Act) and get them to support a list of public transport projects we would like the ITA to undertake (mainly local rail and bus projects). We oppose major new road building and airport expansion.

We have regular contact with councillors of all parties on Bristol City Council.

We meet every six weeks, usually on a Wednesday night at 5:45pm at a central Bristol pub. All of our meetings are open to the public: contact us for more details.

Latest News :

October 2008: Please sign our petition in support of a tram for Bristol. We want the money allocated for the new South Bristol Ring Road and a bus rapid transit system to be spent on an ultra light rail tram system instead.

January 2008: South Gloucestershire council, the second largest council in the West of England, has voted to support the creation of an Integrated Transport Authority. Bristol City Council did so in July 2007. It is now up to the two smaller councils (BANES and North Somerset) to decide. There is now widespread support in the local media and from the local business community for our campaign. We now have a working group working on our rail / light rail proposals for the ITA.