Bristol Green Capital 2011 Resident's Survey Results

Bristol Green Capital Background The Summer 2011 Citizens Panel questionnaire was sent to 2010 Citizens' Panel members. In total 874 people responded, a 44 % response. The following tables show the responses to each question by the number (frequency) and the percentage of the total respondents to that question this represents (percent). Percentage calculations are worked out against the total number of valid responses to that question. The Base figure is the total used when working out the percentage response. Key findings: Most panellists had not heard of the Green Capital partnership before completing the survey.

Most of the panel, 85% think that human activity has been a significant contributing factor in Climate Change in the past 30 years. 77% think we can do things now to slow down global warming. The panel was split on the idea of a ‘Bristol pound’ with 54% not interested and 46% interested in using a local currency. 59% thought we should have an international festival that raises Bristol’s profile as a Green Capital. 41% did not.

In preparing Bristol for the challenges of climate change and rising oil prices, panellists felt priorities should be:

Reducing our reliance on oil based transport Sourcing more food from the local region Higher sustainability criteria for new developments

Word cloud of open ended comments to the question – What one thing do you think we could do more of to help Bristol be a Green Capital e.g. ‘low carbon city with a high quality of life for all’? Many of the comments focussed on better and cheaper public transport in Bristol.

Do you think human activity has been a significant contributing factor in Climate Change in the past 30 years?

Base: 852 Frequency Percent

Yes 722 84.7%

No 130 15.3%

Do you believe we can do things now to slow down global warming?


Yes 654 77.1%

No 194 22.9%

Have your heard of the Green Capital Partnership before completing this survey?


Yes 153 17.8%

No 707 82.2%

Would you be interested in using a 'Bristol pound' a currency to spend with local businesses to keep money circulating in the local economy and encourage goods and services to be sourced locally? Base: 848 Frequency Percent

Yes 392 46.2% No 456 53.8% Do you think we should have an international festival that raises Bristol’s profile as a green Capital? Base 849 Frequency Percent

Yes 499 58.8% No 350 41.2%

What should we be prioritising in Bristol to prepare for the challenges of climate change and rising oil prices?

Total Not a priority Low priority Medium priority High priority Essential

22 33 194 370 220 Sourcing more food from the local region

839

2.6% 3.9% 23.1% 44.1% 26.2%

17 82 243 318 183 Encouraging solar energy use 843

2.0% 9.7% 28.8% 37.7% 21.7%

19 40 199 330 212 Higher sustainability criteria for new developments

800

2.4% 5.0% 24.9% 41.3% 26.5%

12 35 175 336 286 Reducing our reliance on oil based transport

844

1.4% 4.1% 20.7% 39.8% 33.9%

28 126 270 260 154 Preparing for extreme weather conditions

838

3.3% 15.0% 32.2% 31.0% 18.4%

35 89 258 308 138 Support for Green technology businesses

828

4.2% 10.7% 31.2% 37.2% 16.7%

37 103 290 290 117 More neighbourhood level schemes to help people live more sustainably, rather than citywide

837

4.4% 12.3% 34.6% 34.6% 14.0%

What one thing do you think we could do more of to help Bristol be a Green Capital e.g. ‘low carbon city with a high quality of life for all’?

Nothing ‐ it's a waste of time and money to try and prevent something which is a part of the natural cycle of nature.

er, sort out the public transport system, fire First Bus and get somebody who really cares about sustainable travel to run the transport system

reduce fares of public trasport make it more accessable to people so then you reduce the amount of people relying on cars!!!!

Stop being so anti car, building bus and cycle lanes and reducing road widths thus causing cars having to queue for longer with engines running and polluting the air. It isn't improving transport just making the situation worse!

Improve public transport making it reliable and affordable

make more roads car‐free to encourage cycling, buses, walking.

an expanded good, reliable, cheap public transport system 24 hours a day

Reduce traffic

Stay local with insoucing and outsourcing

Get rid of First Bus/ nationalize Public Transport/ invest in renewables/ encourage solar schemes

Improve public transport and subsidise the fares so they are more affordable.

Have much much better public intrastructure, which requires strong investment, better and more affordable buses, and / or possible metro / tram / better city rail structure.

Ensure that public transport is demonstrably the best and most convenient option for most people

Increased re‐cycling of scarce resources, and less generation of waste particularly food.

Plant more fruit and nut trees, bushes etc to make Bristol an edible city.

Co‐ordinated approach informing our decision making processes.

Make buses more affordable

Ban traffic from the city centre except for buses and essential services Have deliveries before 0730 or after 1930

Get rid of first as a bus provider ‐ to avoid the monopolistic way they provide the busses ‐ poor service, and poor value for money ‐ but massive dividends for the shareholders. This isn't the way to provide transport that people will actually use.

Agree on having a tram network that runs through appropriate areas at an appropriate cost supported by appropriate investment.

Build the Severn Barrage. Residential parking to be allocated to residential areas and toll into City Centre.

I see a lot of business waste of energy ‐ I could show you many examples locally, and there doesn't seem to be any interest in stopping it. I would be happy to show you some examples.

Reduce traffic congestition by providing viable transport alternatives and restricting the amount of traffic in the city centre.

Buy local produce.

Free public transport for all

Make public transport more attractive, by subsidizing if necessary, or making the service more attractive (more frequent/reliable)

Encourage people to use more public transport and cycling and walking by making these a more attractive option, eg cheaper, more accessible, reliable and safe, rather than discouraging use of cars by increasing parking charges.

Open the local rail services & create a tramway ,tell the planning officer he has finish the destruction of Bristol that Hitler started in 1940,Oh yes rebuild the castle on castle green by employing local craftsmen & the young unemployed.If i think of anything more I WILL LET YOU NO.

Significantly reduce city bus fares to encourage public transport use.

Involve people in debating what's important

Find a way of reducing bus fares i.e. how about return to "workers returns" before 8.30 ‐ an ongoing suggestion!!!

Stop cars sitting in traffic on "narrowed" roads at traffic lights (such as on the former eastbound dual carriageway outside of StMary Redcliffe church) by re‐widening roads. The council KNOCKED DOWN historic buildings all over the city to widen roads in the past and are now making roads narrow again (by removing lanes or narrowing lanes (Redcliffe Bridge!!!)) so that we are left with acres of tarmac, where there used to be lovely buildings that were needlessly sacrificed. Either re‐instate the buildings or the road width, under current policy we have neither, just wasted space. I DO NOT DRIVE A CAR! I DO NOT OWN A CAR! But, as a pedestrian and bus user I am fed up with queues of single line traffic pumping out fumes while stuck in council created traffic jams because the council have narrowed a wide road to encourage people to sit in their stationary cars, get the city moving again by re‐widening roads for all to use freely. That will reduce pollution at a stroke.

Make sure the national cycling city initiative works. Make Bristol stand out and be known for this one green action and then build on it

Improve public transport


More affordable pricing on buses to encourage people to leave cars at home rather than increase parking charges and reduce parking spaces options. Carrot rather than stick approach!

cars

arrange proper collection and disposal of refuse and food waste

our public transport system is appalling. until it is better, we will never reduce the number of cars in Bristol

Better public transport and make it safer for people to get to work by bike.

Better, more co‐ordinated public transport system.

Help fund better cycling facilities in the workplace, like undercover safe cycle parking, showers, places to dry clothes. Better bus links to areas not on main bus routes, to places people want to go to, not just the city centre.

All new council houses fit with solar panels! will help

Alas I am torn here, being a car driver and not of an age to cycle; but that is one excellent way to start reducing carbon emissions.

Collect plastics as part of household recycling.

turn off some of the street lighting

Look at ways of keeping traffic moving efficiently throughout the city, rather than simply trying and failing to push people away from motor cars. Bristol has one of the slowest traffic speeds in the Country and this must have a major impact on air quality and carbon generation.

smaller, mini‐bus type local buses that run more frequently & longer into the evening & week ‐ends

Stop putting in SO many traffic lights. Just because you've been provided with the budget, it doesn't need to be used to install new lights. It can be put towards increasing the amount of traffic responsive technology to allow a freer flowing road network

Improve public transport.

improved public transport

Build the severn barrage

do not build on our green spaces, instead bring the thousands of empty houses back into use.

Plant fruit trees in local spaces, i.e. in parks and infront of the college green city council house

Encourage people to walk and to cycle

work in partnership with South Glos council to create a park and ride north of winterbourne & emersons green to reduce the traffic flow into bristol I know you have plans to put one in stapleton but have you considered that most of the traffic comes from the yate/winterbourne/emersons areas, if they parked in these areas it would reduce the congestion at hambrook & on the m32

Cylcing incentives. Bike racks on the front of buses like in Los Angeles: cycle downhill, bus uphill.

Reduce reliance on cars & significantly increase reliance on public transport!

Reduce the number of cars on the road by offering pubic transport at low/reasonable costs. Fares for buses and trains are extorionately high meaning it is cheaper to take the car.

improve reliablity and reduce expense of bus travel ‐ do not cut any bus services!!!!!

Encourage/enforce use of public transport, bikes, walking, etc. and discourage/ban use of cars in the city centre.

Fewer bikes

source locally.

Introduce a Tram system that covers the region and is affordable so that people would choose it as their preferred means of travel

use electric powered public transport at a reasonable cost

A city tram based transport system like Dublin

Properly commit the city to a park and ride system like Oxford

not sure

create a sensible transport policy which does not mean a cycling city as this is not suitable for many people. A public transport system which is available to all, accessible to all and affordable for all and at times which are sensible for all. Solar panels on public buildings such as the council house. Wind powered energy on the downs to generate electriciyt used by the cafes and football in the area. concentrate less on pandering to young people but be accessible to all

make it clear what the slogan really means.

better enhanced recycling collections

Trams.

a better and cheaper bus service

Improve public transport to reduce motor traffic. Importantly public transport needs to be affordable.

Make buses easier and cars harder to use in the centre

Reduce private car traffic particularly for commuting.

Cheaper bus fares.

Use more renewable energy.

Encourage cycling and walking, reduce the number of cars that can enter the town centre area or put time limits on when cars can go into the town centre (as a starting place) then broaden it to a wider area, Bristol's main centre is small enough to only need buses and small work vehicles going through it NOT long vehicle lorries.

A reliable and inexpensive bus service would encourage workers to leave their cars at home, but it has to be RELIABLE

Transport

Promote 1 day a week vegetarianism (e.g. Meat‐free Monday).

Vastly improve public transport and discourage use of private cars in the city

I think we are in a naturally recurring cycle and this green approach is a waste of taxpayers money, stop traffic calming which wastes very expensive fuel and invest in solar powered Buses

improved cheaper public transport and incentives to walk and cycle

Improve sustainable public transport to sort out traffic congestion.

improve public transport so people can use a reliable service and reduce cars

Get developers to contribute to a central fund which would be used to make Bristol a Green Capital

Provide better transport to get people out of their cars

reduce reliance on cars for getting around

Develop retrofitting initiatives for all existing houses in the city but specifically targetting pre 1919 houses to encourage all householders to insulate walls and install triple glazing rather than investing in less efficient PV tiles and solar arrays.

Make allotments more available and cheaper instead of selling off land and asking for higher rentals

improve our green spaces

Reduce or at least synchronise the traffic lights!

Encourage better, more reliable and preferably, electric transport

clean the areas up get rid of graffiti, fly tipping. its simple doesnt need a survey just use your eyes

cycle lanes that are designed by cyclists and not by town planners that have no idea.

Reduce the volume & speed of vehicular traffic especially one occupant.

Cheaper public transport

Nothing. And nothing is what will be done because it serves no vested interest of those who wish to make money out of Bristol. Green Capital?? Have you been stranded on the M32, M4, M5, Long Ashton By‐Pass, Cumberland Basin and City Centre recently?? Get real.

HARNESS THE POWER OF THE BRISTOL CHANNEL TIDES + MORE WIND FARMS

do not sell or buiild on green land and parks use byce money for a cheaper and relaible bus service and cheaper trains

encourage companies to allow people to work from home/near home in satelite offices to cut back on congestion/travelling.

Improve public transport to encourage less car use.

enncourage more recycling by putting more local recycling centres in neibourhoods instead of supermarkets 3 miles away so people just throw it in he landfill bin

Encourage more people to recycle household goods. There is still to much sent to land fill sites.

Nothing. Move spending into something people want and understand

Solar power

Recycle as much as possible.

make public transport a more viable option for travel ‐ lower fares, reliable.

Shut down the city centre to non essential traffic, encourage more people to walk or cycle. Make public transport more affordable at the moment I still find it cheaper to drive to town and pay to park than to take the bus!

Prioritise the reduction in car use

get rid of the lib dems, they are a council for the government, councils should be for the people. future councillors....remember that.

cant think of just one thing ‐ but improving transport would be good

Encourage more bike use by making peole feel that it is safe to use a bike in the city. Reduce the bus fares to encourage more people to use the bus as the main reason is peole feel that it is too expensive and it is cheaper to take a care especialy if their are a few of you travelling together.

Have decent affordable public transport so people don't have to use their cars so much.

Better public transport systems

Education of the selfish, centered age group ( 21‐50yrs old), that they are the ones that can get it done, not the children and those in the latter years of their careers who are losing their patience and understanding of the present ,"me,me,me and now" culture.

more park and ride schemes

Make the buses a more attractive way to travel ‐ not just making it impossible to drive around the city in a personal car. The current service provider charges far too much for journeys, the buses are uncomfortable, dirty and not driven with passengers in mind. The contract should be put out to tender as soon as possible.

more doorstep recycling, eg plastics and tetra packs.


Encourage energy efficiency and renewable power sources in building developments.

Make people of the city proud of their green spaces and wanting to do something to improve and update them

Get rid of buses.

Trying to get people to use their cars less. Also recycling products. Getting youn children interested in gardening at school etc.

Bike rental scheme

Make public transport free to all!!

better public transport

RECYCLE MORE AND PROVIDE CLEAN AND BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORT

more car free zones in the city centre

Sustainable events such as the stage near Lloyds Bank at the Harbour Festival with details of how to go green and advertisements explaining the sustainable methods used and how to apply them to everyday life

improve public transport. reduce fares to persuade people out of their cars!

Where there are green spaces which have been left to deteriorate we should be able to do more planting of trees, plants and vegetables. For instance there is a beautiful piece of land at the bottom of Dovercourt Road in Horfield. It has recently been updated with a cycle path but the land surroung this path although having beautiful trees would be instantly transformed if there were more plants. Similarly the public footpath between Dovercourt Road and Muller Road (where Brunel Garage is) has loads of land would could be used as allotments. I believe this land was used for allotments many years ago. I think all citizens should identify land which could be used for these ideas and perhaps we might all be more responsible and be energised to do more. There were two female senior citizens who have inspired somewhere in the Midlands by transforming a laneway between their houses. The whole neighbourhood became involved.

Get the traffic moving, cut out everything that causes delays and thus avoid the pollution from stationary traffic

modernise the appalling public transport system ‐ electric or low emission vehicles, better bus routes, trams, update and expand the suburban rail network

have electric tram system, not diesel buses.

Encourage public to use public transport

Develop a proper (and cheap to use) public transport infrastructure that will reduce people's reliance on their cars

Radically overhaul the public transport network by making buses cheaper and more reliable, increasing train services and reopening stations to create a useful network which can ease the population's reliance on cars.

Take Bristol buses back into public ownership and make them free (or at least much cheaper to use).

More awareness and motivation of the people living in Bristol to contribute.

close most of the major supermarket stores and encourage local people to trade and buy locally

reduce traffic congestion, improve public transport, reduce fares on buses etc.

Recycle bloody plastic in refuse collections!!!!

Reduce traffic, better/cheaper public transport

More investment in public transport including trams and using the waterways as well as the normal road transports

Introduce a congestion charge for motorits in the central area

Acknowledge that you will never get more than 5% of Bristol onto a bicycle, so divert some of the money that has been put into cycleways into making the walking experience better. More people would walk into town if they felt that the cycle tracks were safer for individuals

Better public transport in and around the city

Improve public transport, to encourage people out of their cars. This would need to be reasonably priced and regularly available.

Get people involved at the early stages of thier lives ie school ages.

Elecric Trams not buses

Support electric transport but do not pursue an anti‐car policy ‐ we cannot all ride bikes

Compulsory small scale wind/solar/hydro (where applicable) as part of all planning procedures for all residential/commercial/industrial development and to encourage local generation from existing building stock by offering further grants, assistance and expertise for household wind, hydro and solar generation.

Reduce bus fares

recycling plastic, collecting this with the cardboard etc

Better and improved recycling services.

cut out some traffic lights

educate people in to recycling and exercise rather than bully and fine.

Encourage a greater understanding of permaculture and how even small gardens can benefit from it.

improve public transport

Promote sustainable development & transport ‐ encourage low‐carbon housing developments & further promotion of cycling over car use

Harness river power to generate electricity. Install proper electric trams city wide powered by this type of electric generation.

Reduce taxi and bus tariffs and I would use them more. Single person return adult fare £4.00 is economic for one but cheaper by car for 2. I get cabs in Liverpool or Birmingham at half the price in Bristol.

Better public transport cross city to reduce car use. A metro or electric tram system would be a good start.

non fossil fuel public transport that is reliable clean and safe

educate people and young children on the little things that can help

Better and more frequent public transport.

Improve transport systems

cycle days, were cars have to pay to entre the city centre, this money could be then used for good causes or people could get the bus on this day for a lower fair to see how easy it is to get into town

Sort out traffic congestion. When planning road routes, consider how the local people need to get about.

Thirty years ago, it was possible for many people to work locally. As local businesses have reduced in number, this has become more difficult, but homeworking can replace these jobs for the early 21st century, (less travel / congestion etc.) but we need really high speed broadband to make this happen ‐ which would also be a great selling point for Bristol in encouraging high value added businesses to come here, and high value added business tend to have high wage, high quality jobs.

better buses

sort out a green transport policy for Bristol ‐ including affordable public transport to encourage people out of their cars

Make the cycle lanes a safe width at the moment they can sometimes be less than the width of the handlebars on my bike and wher they share with a car (eg the new road layout on Whitchurch Lane at the traffice lights for the college the car lane is too narrow so they overhang the cycle lane making impossible to use. I know I cycle there daily!

improved public transport system

Improve public transport to cut down on car usage

trams

use alternative low carbon fuel for city's public transport

city centre traffic toll

garbage collection every week,public transport cheaper, encouraging people to drive less,etc

Bristol needs a better transport system like a tramway so more people would take this rather than drive there car.

Provide free public transport and ban and remove car parking in the city centre (radius of ~1 km).

stop being"anitcar" and remove all the unnecessary "traffic calming" measures which add to congestion, and stop building stupid bus lanes!

More affordable & reliable modes of transport hence not so many cars on the roads reducing petrol consumption. Bristols public transport is a shambles

stop reducing so many roads At 20 miles per hour as we use more petrol at lower speeds

Better and cheaper public transport

solar panels on all new houses,and a plastic collection.

light rail and buses

educate people about how important it is to recycle, some believe if they can fit it into the one bin then that's all that counts so why recycle

Enourage people to take responsibility for their own actions

Hugely improved public transport system. The reason Bristol is so congested is because no‐one can rely on bristol's bus service.

close down, save your costs, outsource your ambitions and make our local councillors adopt the same policy for all local government activities

stop lorry's entering the city between certain times, similar to the london plan

central depot for deliveries that are then transported to the shop etc in a green manner, similar to Venice.

Improve public transport links

Turning lights/computers off in large offices at night.

Electric buses for the city also a tram system and use our waterways more

Provide a better public transport system, this would encourage more people to leave their cars at home,

improve public transport routes, fares and services

Free and effective public transport and priority bike lanes financed by more aggressive parking fees, fines congestion charges and city centre car use. Plastic recycling collections. That's two things!

Affordable public transport

Sourcing food from local region

ban cars from within a two mile radius of the city centre for one day only every month

Use less street lighting. Stop ALL Non essential traffic lights and pelican crossings in outlying districts during the night. After 01.00 cut out two lights in three and this will reduce electricty supply to the city. Switch off non essetial office lights. Get people to use bikes more!

Make public transport cheaper

Improve public transport ‐ in terms of reliability, frequency and cost ‐ to encourage less use of the motor car

electric trams

Seriously improve public transport INCLUDING introducing a metro and tramway system

good cheap bus service not the joke it is now

Improve public transport. People have to use their cars because public transport is not integrated or reliable.

Better public transport.

Improve public transport so that it became easier to use it than to take a car.

improve public transport.

Improve public transport and make it cheaper.

Introduce a city congestion charge. Axe costly and superfluous transport schemes e.g. Bus Rapid Transit. Put more resources into promoting and facilitating alternative modes of transport e.g. cycling

offer local businesses incentives and publicity if imrpove green credentials, eg trains could recycle all those papers, disposable cups could be recycled, doors not left open onto the pavement: City could offer roll of honour to businesses which show changes over a year, publicise, celebrate

Understand that as a major city you will always have commuters. If you make their journeys as easy as possible and ensure good traffic flow pollution will be less. Instead all inatiatives at present create jams

better, more reliable, more frequent and cheaper bus services

Cheaper buses and more competition. Fewer traffic lights. Dimmer lights at night.Encourage/enforce minimum lighting for businesses outside working hours. More residents' parking schemes outside of the immediate city centre. More flower beds.

Provide more public transport

Replace the buses with a low emission integrated public transport system

Get rid of as many cars as possible!

more community / neighbourhood schemes & publicity / marketing / education. It's about changing habits / norms.

A city transport system that is of a reasonable cost

Sod the "green" bit. I want absolute priority given to the motor vehicle over all other considerations

Low cost public transport. More enlightenment from the planning dept re solar panels ‐ friends in Bishopston couldn't place solar panels in best place because the panels could be seen from street (but only just).What a short sighted approach. Now the panels aren't as efficient as they could have been.

provide assistance for houses and families to increase their own energy production eg solar power

Introduce a scheme to discourage car users in the main city centre ‐ pedestrianisation / better park and ride / residents parking scheme / metro system.

better public transport

More work to be done on promoting Photovoltaic (PV) Panel use in domestic properties as renewable energy alternative to National Grid sourced electricity. Furthermore, it is not only the awareness of probability of generation of renewable energy, but the importance of human behavior on energy consumption should be highlighted. As noticeable results will be achieved by combining renewable energy generation with reasonable and responsible consumption; hence, achievable carbon reduction. targets...

fewer cars and better public transport

Stop wasting money and resources in penalising the motorist by creating unneccesary and unworkable'Showcase 'Bus Routes'/ Ludicrous speed restricitons ie. 20 mph that increase the carbon footprint of commuters by reducing traffic speed to a crawl, 5 mile journeys can take an hour typically. and tortuous routes to areas around Bristol ie. Fishponds to Filton College / Fishponds to Greenbank / Whitehall and the proposed closure and meddling with roads / routes / traffic lights in and around Fishponds which increase journey times,carbon production and pollution. I could go on...................

Cheaper public transport

Reduced taxi and bus fares

encourage solar energy, particularly for council owned properties

safe cycle lanes on all routes

Initiatives to encourage businesses to use less energy, specifically large city centre office buildings with high energy use

I will not travel by public transport, it is expensive, unreliable and expensive, this needs to be addressed to cut down on the amount of cars driving into the city on a daily basis.

discourage cars in the city

Improve transport ‐ linked traffic lights ‐ better, cheaper public transport.

Re‐route all traffic out of city centre to reduce high carbon levels so that the people working centrally can live healthier

use public transport & bicycles

Improve the buses ‐ better services and lower fares = less people driving. I'd rather drive than get the bus at present as it costs the same and isn't as unpleasant/unreliable as using First Bus

Reduction of supermarket influence on shopping paterns and "high mileage" food procurement.

Openly state the policy to private cars so that motorists can make their own judgements as to how they plan their travel arrangements for the future. At present the policy seems to be hidden and therefore slightly underhand.

Build safer cycle route to key locations and places of work

Improve traffic flow in the city. Many of the recent schemes have merely created more traffic jams and slower traffic. Nothing has yet happened to 'get people out of their cars'. That being the case it is better to have a good flow of moderate speed, low emission vehicles than our present jams.

Reduce bus fares to enable people to use public transport rather than their cars etc. Inforce people to recycle everything.Dont keep building on green space so people can have allotments instead of having to buy foregin foods shipped in. There is much , much more Bristol can do to be a green capital...........

Plastic and tetra pack door to door recycling

Create low carbon public transport system (ie rapid transport/electric trams or buses) ‐ system would need to be efficient and low cost to encourage people to leave their cars at home.

much better,possibly even subsidised public transport

Stop wasting money on global warming issues and put the money to better uses such as low cost housing for first time buyers

instead of threatening charges for non recyclers,instead educate them of the damage that is done to our local community and beyond caused by ignorant lazy waste. i am very passionate about recycling and hate to landfill anything.but peoples instinct is not to co‐operate when being threatened.cheaper bus fares would definately cut car emissions but who will fund the financial shortfall?

better and cheaper public transport

cheaper public transport

A decent public transport system, not dirty,noisy expensive and unreliable buses

Free bus service

Improve the transport system. ie discourage car use in the city; better bus service (& cheaper); improve & promote local trains; continue work on increasing cycling.

Reduce the price of buses and trains ‐ then more people would use public transport instead of cars. I now drive to work as getting the bus was so expensive

Reduce dependancy on cars for local journeys i.e commuting

Improve traffic flow to avoid emmisions from stationery vehicles

Increase the types of materials that the road side recycling collectors will collect

nuclear energy.

Improved cheap public transport ‐ e.g.I only go 4 miles to work but have to catch 2 buses (not safe to walk/cycle) buses so unreliable & pricy I went back to a car after 4 months. So more competition too

Get serious about pedestrian/cyclist priority routes through the town centre. Carbon tax for cars, parking restrictions.

Walk or bus rather than car. ALL schoolchildren and students should be given free bus passes to prevent parental trips all over the city.

MOVE TEMPLE MEADS STATION AND BUS STATION CLOSER TOGETHER

Pedestrianise more

20mph city wide speed limit, get rid of diesel buses install electric trams

Reduce bus prices to make them an attractive alternative to cars

pedestrianise the centre, run the buses and make them affordable, create miles and miles of cycle paths. Get rid of cars in Bristol

more bike lanes

improve public transport,make it more affordable.

FREE BUSES TO COMMUTE / CONGESTION CHARGE

More Parks and green spots

use unemployed to collect and recycle rubbish left on streets and roads

Uncertain

Encourage and provide more allotments.

turn off street lighting earlier


Walk and cycle more and not drive cars for short journeys.

put solar panels on all new builds

A better transport system [ie: tram] that is NOT expensive to use, this in turn should encourage people out of their cars.

support any initiative to promote a green environment

better local transport to encourage people to leave their cars at home

Bicycle lane

Improve our transport system. Especially greatly improve public transport and reduce its cost so car usage was reduced in the city. Gradually exclude and restrict traffic in the centre of the city.Impose a 20mph limit within the city boundaries. Support the use of electric and hybrid cars and other low emission vehicles.Study Cities with good green transport systems eg Edinburgh and Brighton both of whose public transport is excellent and widely used as a result.

Recycling

improve transport

improve public transport for all and dramatically reduce the cost to ensure the people use it.

restrict vehicle use within certain parts of the city

Reduce the amount of fly tipping, specially in Eastville, number of emergency collections must be higher now than when there was weekly collections!

better public transport to discourage car journeys

I know the train/subway idea has been cancelled. I stuggle to see how this is possible if the buses are being cut. Business is not being forced into allowing people to work from home. I think the rise in petrol will force people to re‐think, but its an unfair way of making people change. Business should be encouraged to source a percentage of their staff from Bristol.


wide spread resident parking permit schemes ‐ rather than a half hearted scheme that benefits wealthy areas.

I think we already are a Green Capital, compared to most other UK cities.

Make the city safer for pedestrians and cyclists

Traffic controls

Improve public transport, make it better, more efficient and cheaper

Reduce cars in city centre

Implement a better recycling scheme with bins not boxes, and accept plastics

More cycle paths

operate wind farms in the channel or tide generators for electricaty

improve transport links ‐ but not through use of private companies such as First Bus ‐

more research into new efficient technology. goverment encouraging new technology as they did with computers.

improve public transport and make it affordable. It is very expensive to catch a bus and they are infrequent and unreliable. Using a car is still the most attractive option.

I still think a metro system should be considered to improve public transport

Improve style (type) of public transport.

Offer a green garden waste collection to everyone for FREE

Nothing comes to mind.

Have a policy where all businesses are encouraged to switch off unused lighting outside office hours.

Use solar / wind energy for all council owned offices. Invest more in power from recyleing

Stop slowing down traffic flows

Continually promote the key benefits ensuring that more and more people understand the real issues

less traffic lights on roundabouts

Concentrate on transport to lower car use, park & ride, trains should be cheaper so more people use them

Bring more competion and lower prices on public transport to discourage use of cars,

use less and waste less

better bus service

put solar panels on all the public b uildings and old age homes

low carbon city

Improve travel by local trains

Introduce standard sized packaging that be efficiently reused or recycled for all items sold in the city.

Better transport infrastructure to reduce amount od car use in the city.

Further improve cycle paths/ cycle lanes around the city roads ‐ there aren't enough safe routes especially for future generations. My children can't safely cycle to school and I would love them to be able to. Increase shower/ washing facilities to enable people to freshen up having cycled to work.

improve public transport and cycle paths

Improve the road systems so traffic can move freely, rather can being held up at roundabouts with traffic lights, looking properly at how traffic flows, where it is trying to get to and make that easier. A case in point is around temple meads/ bath and wells roads. You cannot get to the Bath road from the Wells road without going round temple meads, cannot drive into cattle market road unless you go all around temple meads

enforce all businesses to switch lights and computers off at the weekends and overnight

Green Public transport

Improve public transport/local railway/tram system? ‐ and introduce free bicyles ‐ like London scheme

Tram or Light Railway system

find ways to reduce car usage at affordable prices.i find it cheaper to drive tp bristol parkway and catch a train into town than go by bus as i use a family rail card.i even visit tjhe downs or zoo by travelling by train to clifton then malking.perhapd a similar bus card would bring down that price ,buses feel like a rip off especially as u sit in the same traffic as if in your own car

Better use of our council tax

improve public transport (give people a better alternative to driving into city)

Improve public transport ‐ nothing else even comes close to this in importance

A priority would be improving public transport ‐ lower bus / train prices as Bristol is one of the busiest cities to drive in.

Sort out transport

Provide a cashless, low‐cost (or free with concessions) and highly fuel efficient, city centre to outskirts transport system.

better public transport and reduced car use

Imprive the bus network ‐ far too expensive at the moment.

Reduce cost of nd improve quality of public transport and introduce a Tram system

switch off lighting in empty buildings at night time.

Put pressure on the Council to STOP being hypocritical and EXPOSE THE TRUTH behind "UN‐GREEN" planning decisions ‐ such as the new Sainsbury's hypermarket and City football ground. We already have a football ground (as good as the Fulham's who are in the Premier league) and there is already a large Sainsbury's half a mile away. Who will benefit from this development ?? Certainly not the environment. Bristol wins for TALKING green. And any international festivalstaged should NOT be full of people FLYING in to just talk green.

turn out streetlights after midnight

Better public transport less cars on the road

rather than focus on cars and house polution, look to main cause of polution i.e. industry

Better public transport networks ‐ bus, cycle etc

To bring the bus fares down so that more people can use them more often and not there cars.

Make bus travel cheaper

1) Keep the pavements clear for pedestrians 2) Ban bicycles

Improve transport, reduce cost of public transport, reduce number of cars on roads


support public transport

Improve public transport to encourage more people to use it rather than personal vehicles

Plant more trees.

Provide a good, reliable, clean and inexpensive public transport service and stop kidding ourselves that what we currently have fits this bill because it certainly does not.

Popularization of knowledge and importance of your activity together with practical information how everybody could help you making some small changes in everyday life.

Get the public transport sorted out.

Improve public transport services

Start a tram system and/or lower fares for public transport ‐ its much cheaper to drive than take the bus.

use more local products/ vegetables etc

Sort out the public transport. I do not use buses because they are extremely expensive and highly unreliable.

stop taking bus routes away

complete cycle lanes, not ones that suddenly end and we then have to use a major road. I would then cycle to work.

IMPROVE AND DEVELOP A QUALITY TRANSPORT SYSTEM

biomass boilers in all large public sector institutions and all suitable new build developments

reduce city traffic

Reduce volume of vehicle immisions

In Cardiff where I am from they provide local skips for people to get rid of rubbish in which would stop lots of people having to drive to skips or dumping rubbish and could provide recycling opportunities for the council if central located. these travelling skips are located in the same spot every 2/3 months and are very well used by local residents and you do not have to pay for using the facility.

Integrate council strategies ("joined‐up thinking") so to give one example, it is fruitless one part of the council trying to cut down traffic levels and congestion if another part is sending all the kids to schools miles from where they live (OK, there's lots of polical crap to do with central goverment embroiled in that example, but maybe the council should be challenging some of that).

improve AFFORDABLE public transport and keep improving cycle routes

trams

Utilise alternative energy sources ir reduce current wastage

more efficient recycling of more stuff. bins that are emptied more regularly

Cycling routes need improving further, would be good to try and split cars and bikes such that they are not using the same roads. This would make cyclists feel safer and encourage more people to use bikes, for example commuting to work.

Pedestrian areas, improved transport systems

less cars on bristol roads use public transport more

cheaper public transport to get more cars of the road

solar panels

heavy vehicles only at night,cars banned from city totally.lights turned off at dusk.more allotments.offenders to work on land.walking and cycling to be seriously encouraged.

Get rid of the buses and bus lanes

Recycle more no just what the council or its sub contractors make the most profit on

subsidize solar panels and have BETTER public transport within the city. CRIPES it is totally crap here to try and catch a bus from Bedminster to Clifton without circimnavigating the entire city. WASTE OF TIME. Electric buses BETTER ROUTES< MORE DIRECT. and FINALLY bike lanes are being made clearer JEEESH

Work with small local businesses on green initiatives

Develop cycle routes

keep all major trunk road on the edges of Bristol so no great volume of traffic will pass through the city

introduce CPZ and a congestion charge

Better cycling facilities including secuire place to lock bikes up safe from vandalism

More efficient running of the public services.

Better and cheaper public transport

reduce waste

improve the public transport so much fewer people use cars. improve the cycling paths. improve the way we recycle eg. reduce plastic and superfluous packaging.

Brown field solar power installed on offices, warehouses, shopping mall roofs

Better public transport, at an affordable cost currently I don't use buses as feel they are too expensive. Be good if buses could be bike friendly too, so could bus/bike a longer journey.

Improve and rationalise transport by rail, bus, taxi, bike and canal.

More relaiable public transport

Improving the recycling

provide more public transport for less cost

Focus on on eof the big initiatives e.g. solar heating and become the world leader in that area or develop related technology of a world‐leading nature.

local by‐laws about leaving on unnecessary lights in businesses and over heating in shops

ALL apartments, flats, homes etc that are let by Council, Housing Services and Private lettings should be required to fit double glazing and central heating into lets. I rent a flat without double glazing and drafty doors and windows and I have no choice but to crank my heating up as high as it will go in the winter!

Improve public transport! A tram would be green and a good tourist attraction.

Demonstrable end to end recycling

Improve conditions on Bristol buses so that using them became a pleasant alternative to the car. Despite being impressive to look at, the newer buses are cramped and uncomfortable, passengers are allowed to be inconsiderate with ipods and mobile phones, and for everyone except the over‐60s they are hideously expensive.

a large investment in the transport system.

Shut selected streets to traffic at selected times to see the impact on behaviours, e.g. Park Street.

Improve public transport so we use less cars

Better recycling facilities and collections

Improve local transportation. Electric tram system around the inner city

Sort out the problem of public transport

stop spending money on green stuff, global warming will happen and there nothing we can do about it, if you look through history it's happened before and carbon emmisions will not increase or decrease it. So why waste money on trying to stop it our money that could pay for other more needable usese.

provide cycling instruction for all ‐ encouraging cycling is all very well, but this has resorted in too many cyclist using pavements and high speed and going though red traffic lights ‐ personally aware of this!!!!! City Centre at rush hour morning and evening is a VERY GOOD example. Check out the CCTV footage!!!

Generate tidal and river flow electricity from the new cut. A highly visible project that would get endless publicity and discussion.

More local food initiatives

Make cycling easier, less cars

Better cycling provision!

make all the buses non petrol driven

make it safer to cycle through the city centre

Start closing roads to cars

Improved public transport network to make it a more attractive and viable alternative to car use. This means more frequent bus and train services at peak periods, and a more cohesive bus network to allow people to move between different areas of the city more easily. Cheaper bus fares. A city tram service if feasible.

recylce plastic by road side

Should only be entering into activities that contribute to healthy living and do not cost additional money rather than spending tax payers money on green crusades.

Get serious about inner city transport links, such as making working use of dis‐used railway sections, to improve access.

Ease traffic congestion in the city

lower bus tickets so more people can afford them.

reduce bus fares to a standard charge; reduce the bus routes to major thoroughfares only i.e. encourage people to walk to main roads where they will find cheap transport.

Improve the transport system using the railway system rather than expensive bendy buses which have failed in other cities. Encourage people with children to walk to their local schools improves health and gets polluting cars off the road.

affordable public transport with more routes and frequency

Prevent the parents of children who live less than a mile from school from delivering or collecting them from school. This would unclog the roads, save fuel and produce healthier kids.

keep improving public transport and cycling in city

Cheap regular reliable public transport

ban cars within 5 mile radius of centre, encourage bus firms to charge say 50p to go anywhere in city at any time, this will reduce cars on road. simples

Cheaper, better public transport

iprove public transport and make it more affordable

cheaper public trasport

Improved public transport. Currently buses & trains are dirty oil burners and are overpriced. This does not encourage people to leave their cars at home and us it.

force every household to use a water meter

Less car use. Build a metro.

Reduce traffic (but that does not mean try to make people cycle.) Provide better and cheaper reliable public transport.

Maybe do this survey online? Saves paper!

Encourage people to walk, cycle or use the bus. Encourage people to recycle more. More information for people about healthy eating ‐ what's in our food! Encourage them towards organic.

Leave our green areas, parks, fields alone.

Reduction of traffic ‐ have a better public transport (tram system.)

Cut out short, minor trips in car, ie. going to shops for paper or only a couple of items and walk children to school if a short trip is involved.

More & easier areas for the disposal of rubbish.

Make cheaper bus fares & local grown food available to buy and reasonably priced.

More electric cars would be a start.

1. Make centre for buses/taxis only. 2. A charge on driving into town.

Stop the burning of rubbish etc. & garden waste by tenants/owners at anytime of the day. Free collection of bulky waste to stop flytipping & people leaving it to rot in gardens. Also removal of huge amounts of rubbish from gardens which people seem to hoard ‐ especially now collections are less frequent.

Get rid of the bloody motor car!

Develop tidal power from Severn/hydro from Avon ‐ wind turbines Ashton Court. (Sorry it's two!)

Low carbon (too much traffic.)

Stop overheating public buildings.

All of answer on Q22.

More dwellings in the city for people who work there. More services out of the city, eg. BRI.

Provide more grants for households to make energy efficient improvements.

Set up community based/owned windfarms & community owned allotments. Education.

Re ‐ Pedestrianise the Centre.

Sack half the transport planning department, their stupid schemes have brought Bristol traffic to a standstill, which means exhaust fumes everywhere.

An alternative and subsidised public transport system ‐ based on an affordable minimum charge. This one thing may reduce dependence on private cars etc in city areas.

Install a 'metro'.

Introduce trams and generally improve public transport.

Turn off traffic lights!

Start rewarding individual home owners within the city limits only when certain criteria are met (to be decided) showing they are actually doing everything possible to keep the city green.


Resolve the public transport issues.


Make the centre of Bristol pedestrian only.

More park and ride schemes.

Get traffic moving.

Educate people more about climate change and how to help!!

Think through MORE thoroughly the measures you do take e.g. road alterations/improvements?? ‐ which often make matters worse ‐ not better.

Get a proper bus service that runs on time.

Less roadworks.

I really don't know.

More green spaces i.e. parks not flats. Less cars and lorries and more public transport at lower fares and more allotments. From LA Gym Old Market to Pile Marsh cost me 4 pounds a day to go to work.

Many more solar panels i.e. be provided on council and housing association premises free of charge.

A wage ceiling or cap to stop anyone person earning more than 30,000 pounds per annum!

Sort out public transport, ie reinstate trains and introduce an efficient and cheap transport system.

Get people out of cars.

Fewer people

Recycling collection for ALL waste (ie glass, plastic etc).

Reduce traffic by bus travel (reduce fares)

Cars used for pleasure only at weekends.

Improve public transport. Must be cheap, frequent, reliable and easily available to all.

Encourage solar energy use by advertising the new schemes more, schemes where solar power is provided free of charge and provider sells energy back to energy companies.

Far too many lights left on in B/mead at night. Bring back trams.

Improve public transport. More rail links, ie Portishead line. More park and rides. More public transport links around outer suburbs, ie Frenchay to Southmead thereby reducing car travel, maybe more little buses.

Introduce plastic bottle recycling collections on a weekly basis.


Plastic recycling in all of Bristol

Cheaper buses and more of them

Ban cars from Broadmead and the Centre ‐ stop parking on pavements and green verges ‐ ensure council gardens are looked after and not neglected as many are.

Solar panels fitted to ALL new developments. Wind turbines.

Source things more locally ‐ food, drink, crafts etc.

Solar energy or similar

Make it a low carbon city.

Continue education about "reduce re‐use, recycle" especially the first two.

Yes

Reduce bus fares! Increase bus availability.

MUCH cheaper public transport to reduce car use.

Improve the transport system (currently horrendous) to reduce car usage.

Use cars less. Car share.

Forget it.

Less infringement of green belt areas.

Cheaper bus fares.

Get rid of the one way schemes.

Lower bus prices. At moment it cost me 4 pounds a day to go to work. There is no way this is cheaper than driving car/motorbike. Lower costs would encourage more people to use public transport.

Nothing really, what will be will be.

More efficent user friendly cheaper public transport with non diesel engines.

Make Bristol include South Glos and Somerset parts that abut Bristol so that it works all as one.

We need a weekly bin collection, plus people who pay the full council tax should be given a green bin to recycle waste.

Not sure

Remove most of the traffic lights especially on the city centre so traffic is moving and not idling every few yards. Also, what was the point of making a cycle path for a few yards on Redcliffe Bridge causing more hold‐ups for traffic.

Supporting local businesses.

Improve public transport to reduce number of cars on road.

Stop improving roads for cars, start taking cycling really seriously and acknowledge that painting a bike onto the road does not constitute a cycle lane and will not encourage more people to cycle.

Sort out bus fares & timetables i.e. for nurses ‐ they discourage people because of cost.

Definitely lower carbon levels. Control of traffic into the city centre. Looking at preferred options for oil/petrol eg electric powered cars. More thought/access to recycling. More information/advice to those who think recycling is not for them. More education for the public and maybe reward system for re‐cycling.

Every household to be partially funded to have "solar power‐panels" fitted in their roofs. Introduce more "battery‐powered cars" at an affordable rate.

Encourage more people to leave cars at home i.e more walking & cycling. The use of using our local shops more.

Drive less cars.

Reduce the motoring mileage on and around our city roads & area.

Get more cars off the roads/provide cheaper, efficient public transport.

Sort out traffic congestion on major roads.

Provide cheap, efficient, reliable public transport that people actually want to use. Bristol traffic is terrible, but people still choose to drive.

Stop going on about trams & cycle lanes and wasting money on surveys and stop building roundabouts ‐ traffic lights, then when they don't work tear them up.

Provide a truly viable, user‐friendly, sustainable public transport network for Greater Bristol. The fact that a city of this size and regional importance does not have decent public transport is a crime!

Improve public transport, it is terrible in our city.

Trams

Better public transport ‐ cheaper buses ‐ more frequent buses.

Stop sending out useless bits of propaganda!

Extend recycling to its maximum across the whole city, particularly FREE access to recycling depots.

More education in primary schools on vital need for now and future green way of life.

Reduce the number of cars on the road by reducing the cost of public transport to encourage the public to use them more.

Free bus travel so more people get out of their cars.

House to house plastic re‐cycling

Car share

The council needs to collect plastic recycling as well as glass. It's ridiculous we have to use our cars to travel to recycling areas!

Reduce traffic delays by better traffic light operations increasing flow at roundabouts.

Reduce bus fares in order to encourage more people to use buses frequently and not rely on cars.

Encourage more community involvement

Cut back on vehicles in old c/centre

Have a tram system which was proposed in the 70s and not taken seriously. What a mistake! A good universal system would be used by all.

Improve and reduce the cost of public transport re‐address the Avon tram project.

Have cheaper public transport, then people will leave their cars at home.

Make public transport cheap enough and efficient enough to be a first choice for all.

Give people more info about what a difference they can make.

Better public transport to cut cars on road.

More public transport (affordable)

Develop policies and practice that undermine private car use and encourage pedestrian, cycle and public transport use ie make Bristol centre car free.

More electric power vehicles

Don't know

Improve bus service to allow less car use.

Encourage people to use personal cars less often and reduce the cost of public transport

Introduce a 20 MPH speed limit throughout the city

Deterring car driving, eg. closing car parks at the mall to car drivers (has the carbon generated by the numbers of cars driving there been calculated?) followed by investment in public transport

I believe climate change is a natural progression not associated with the way we live and has become and issue and reason for more taxes.

Better public transport to the outskirts of Bristol. The Council appear to ignore people who live outside of the city in this respect. Bendy buses etc... will have no impact for me, I will still need to drive into the city every day and feel the Council should be investing in better transport for all of its Council Tax payers.

Reduce the amount of vehicles using Bristol's roads.

Make recycling easier

Improve public transport substantially

Introduce traffic reducing measures.

Reduce bus fares so that bus travel was cheaper than using parking the car for families to help get cars off the road.

Reduce speed limits & reduce the cost of public transport

Local tax on supermarkets

By educating people on how to be responsibly green, not just thinking about the now but the future, and realising that what we do now affects our future and future generations.

Re‐open all the redundant railway stations with parking at stations. Fare & parking fee combined. Reduce bus fares ‐ it is far too expensive & therefore underused.

Encourage improvements to local shopping areas such as Fishponds, Shirehampton, Henleaze, WoT, etc.

Reduce bus prices ‐ to encourage

More solar power

Encourage more people to use public transport ‐ but lower cost of bus fares. Run Park & Ride services on a Sunday. Encourage bike (cyclists) more.

Less cars, less choke!

I urge the Council to make Bristol cleaner to get rid of dirty diesel buses and replace them with electric trams the sooner the better.

Have more local waste collection points for recycling.

Efficient/cost‐effective/user friendly public transport

Encourage all businesses to turn lights off at night and everyone to switch to "Good Energy" as their electricity supplier ‐ being the ONLY supplier of 100% electricity from renewable sources.

Make a programme to show the public what happens to their recycling to help people see its worth the effort and encourage others to recycle their waste.

Debate green issues instead of trying to force them on the citizens (debate where what we say is actually listened to and acted on).

Improve local rail provision

Better and cheaper public transport system.

Better public transport and much lower charges, the cost is extremely high

Improve the bus system! You can't expect people to leave their car at home when the bus system is trade quote and expensive. Visit Edinburgh for a good model!

Improve the outer ring road to enable public transport to travel around the city outskirts without the need to travel into the city centre and out again. ie Hotwells/Ashton/Bedminster Down/Highridge/Hartcliffe/Knowle/Brislington.

Improve public transport! Stop wasting money on looking into trams. Get them up and running who wouldn't use pt IF it was any good and reliable? It's not, so people use their own cars.

Buses used more often instead of so many cars but fares cheaper to attract people to use public transport.

Walk

Reduce car use by providing better public transport

Monitor bus emissions ‐ as on many times the black diesel fumes are disgusting and a carcinogenic. Also stop bus companies doing their own MOTs ‐ only a MOT station which is nothing to do with the bus company, as many buses breach the emissions law, and shouldn't be on the road.


Reduce traffic

Be less wasteful of our resources, take more care of what we have.

Stop cars entering the centre and improve transport system and reduce cost of ticket to town.

Teach all children and adults not to throw their rubbish or whatever they have in their pockets on the floor, or on the greens or anywhere at all except bins. So get the powers to be to pull their finger out and get something done.

Reduce the number of unnecessary traffic lights where cars are stopped with their engines running.

Educate people better to the problems and solutions of high carbon consumption. I don't believe that people clearly understand the issue.

A better cheaper or free bus service owned by city, not 1st bus.

I think if planners were to enable traffic to move more freely, as opposed to the numerous traffic lights & one lanes, etc. it would lessen exhaust f umes. They will not stop cars now, but it seems that's all they want to do on the A4 Bath Road.

Teach the public to think green more

Sort the traffic problem out is a must, otherwise it would be a waste of time.

Better public transport which is markedly cheaper than driving!

Have an affordable & reliable bus service. Unfortunately, the way things are going (ie. Government cuts), this is not going to happen and more people will use their cars as they might not even have a bus service!

Discounts for green living, financial incentives or 'vouchers'

Shop locally makes a difference, cheaper + better public transport

Better public transport at a cheaper price ‐ cheaper to use a car

Cheaper bus fares

Monorail system around Bristol

Encourage low carbon projects in Bristol and help them to succeed

Change transport systems. Reliable + regular public transport

Bring back the trams!

Improve bus service & encourage people to leave cars at home.

Improve efficiency of bus services to discourage car use ‐ unfortunately, bus services look set to deteriorate.

Improve rail links

Some kind of monorail or tram system

Queues of traffic everywhere is choking, keep it moving.

Have a plastic bottle collection like the recycling.

Take off the buses and build a tram service


It's not that I'm not for a greener way of life as I do recycle, walk more, etc. but I feel that before we do other stuff, I would prioritise what we have now, eg. keeping streets clean, litter free and kept up together.

Speed up traffic flow through the city so that cars are not stopped in traffic hold‐ups pumping out fumes. Whenever I use a car these days, I seem to spend more time stopped at lights.

Improve the bus service

Reduce traffic congestion, provide better public transport


Treat Bristol as a village, ie. include ALL areas. City centre areas should be easier to enter, thus generating wealth. Do not punish or make difficult existence for local business.

Sort out the public transport. The buses are shockingly over‐priced for what they provide.

To retain + maintain our green spaces.

Turn off unnecessary traffic lights that cause queues and at off peak times stop traffic when there is nothing moving in any other direction.

More park & rides, safer place for cyclist

Provide affordable & more efficient public transport systems.

Better bus services

Council recycling to collect and recycle plastic from homes (instead of having to take it to supermarket etc.)

Improve public transport (zero emission buses, etc.)

Not interested

Reduce off peak use of traffic lights, reduce street lighting late night/early morning

People who live within a mile of the city centre should walk instead of taking a car.

More solar and wind power.

Don't sell off open green spaces (plant more trees in these areas!)

Improve public transport (buses for example quite costly and slow).

Encourage people to know more about the usage of low carbon then we will be able to go green.

Sort out the traffic problems

Reduction on rates for residents that operate recycling or install solar panels etc.


Encourage solar energy use in preference to wind turbines!

Stop selling off council‐owned green spaces

Remove restriction on listed buildings to erect solar panels

Stop slowing traffic down to 20mph as this increases emissions and costs the drivers much more in fuel, because of the gear ratios in cars.

Stop building on greenbelt. I am disgusted with the council on how its treated Ashton Vale.

Encourage more use of local foods eg stop flying veg from hundreds of miles away

Provide MUCH better public transport which isn't so reliant on going via the city centre. More cycle paths and car free zones. Allow cyclists to use the paths which cross the Downs in Clifton.

Try and get people out of their cars and onto public transport

More buses less cars

Keep Bristol clean and tidy and shipshape, be proud to participate

Cheaper local transport ‐ i.e bus fares. 1 price fare for any distance, as they do abroad, this will reduce idling time for buses taking on passengers especially in the city centre. If not why not re‐introduce conductors on the buses. Also, why not introduce interchangeable tickets between buses and trains. At the moment they're run by the same company.

Clean up areas of green that are littered with rubbish.

Much more awareness.

Reduce public transport cost to encourage more people to use and increase reliability by introducing more competition ‐ which was the reasoning of privatisation in the first place, now we have a private monopoly rather than public.

Stop taking our green spaces.

Get people more involved in green issues and the impact/changes we can make to our environment.

Reduce public transport costs to make it a better alternative to drivers.

Recycle more waste.

Get the buses sorted out...I suggest massive advertising & FREE bus use x 1yr so people have huge incentive to use them, BUT they have to be on time, regular, reliable & clean. Then restart charging for them. Need lots of buses to take to train station & coach station i.e some joined up transport! Don't get me started!

Improve road network to allow traffic to flow easier thus reducing pollution.

Stop closing roads off, let traffic move more freely to stop traffic congestion so it cuts down on exhaust flumes etc.

Cheaper public transport.

Less traffic congestion equals clean air.

Less rubbish, more recycling.

Lower the amount of "green house" gases.

Don't know ?

Less cars, but I know that's impossible.

Get a decent bus service available, people use own transport because they cannot rely on public transport.

The return of the Portishead rail line which was axed, with others over the country, by Beeching.

The recycle of plastic should be available to every household in Bristol.

Keep a high profile on recycling.

Make more use of the local train lines.

Serious commitments to cycling and cycling safety in Bristol.

Lower the cost on public transport and encourage everyone to use this means of travelling or cycling.

Investment in solar energy.


Improve the public transport system! It's diabolical. It needs to be cheaper and have more frequent services and a TRAM system!!!

Outlaw all burning of waste/garden refuse on garden bonfires.

Stop building on green spaces.

Cheaper, frequent, reliable public transport.

Good transport system without the use of diesel buses which has been talked about for many years.

Encourage people to be more thrifty in the use of raw materials and re‐use of them.

Increasing the use of public transport.

Very cheap public transport, less packaging, house collection for plastics and fines for dog walkers not carrying equipment to clean up.

Reduce the amount of buses and/or monitor their pollution output.

Drive less.

Reduce bus fairs to get more people on them

Use the railway line more, open old tracks

Return to traditional farming, reduce farming of cows (High methan producers) and reduce the use of grain as food for livestock.

We have one of the worst cities (bristol) in England for pollution, I live near the Gloucester Road and the sheer amount of cars is unbelievable. Address that. i have two bikes but you take your life in your hands. Better public transport and walking please.

More affordable, quality housing and more jobs for the residents of Bristol (in Bristol) to reduce car usage and travel ti8mes.

Encourage all public buildings to use solar energy. Encourage more people to use the bus.

Continue to encourage alternative transport e.g. bikes and public transport.

Address the number of cars and traffic in the city

Demographics of respondents: Ethnicity Base: 826 Frequency Percent White British 756 91.5% White Irish 11 1.3% White Polish 4 0.5% Any other white background 14 1.7% Black or other minority ethnic group 41 4.9% Long term illness or disability Base: 868 Frequency Percent 48 5.5% Gender Base: 868 Frequency Percent Male 411 47.4% Female 457 52.6% Age Group Base: 868 Frequency Percent 16 ‐ 19 1 0.1% 20 ‐ 24 35 4.0% 25 ‐ 34 80 9.2% 35 ‐ 44 137 15.8% 45 ‐ 54 210 24.2% 55 ‐ 64 211 24.3% 65 ‐ 74 131 15.1% 75+ 63 7.3% Sexual orientation Base: 753

Frequency Percent

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual 20 2.7% Heterosexual 733 97.3% 97.3% ‐ Prefer not to say ‐ ‐

Ward. Base: 831 Frequency Percent Ashley 30 3.6% Avonmouth 25 3.0% Bedminster 26 3.1% Bishopston 22 2.6% Bishopsworth 27 3.2% Brislington East 23 2.8% Brislington West ‐ ‐ Cabot 31 3.7% Clifton 24 2.9% Clifton East 23 2.8% Cotham 25 3.0% Easton 27 3.2% Eastville 34 4.1% Filwood 11 1.3% Frome Vale 26 3.1% Hartcliffe 18 2.2% Henbury 17 2.0% Hengrove 25 3.0% Henleaze 28 3.4% Hillfields 24 2.9% Horfield 29 3.5% Kingsweston 31 3.7% Knowle 26 3.1% Lawrence Hill 12 1.4% Lockleaze 14 1.7% Redland 28 3.4% St George East 37 4.5% St George West 32 3.9% Southmead 12 1.4% Southville 22 2.6% Stockwood 25 3.0% Stoke Bishop 20 2.4% Westbury on Trym 21 2.5% Whitchurch Park 22 2.6% Windmill Hill 34 4.1%

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