http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/traffic-bristol-nightmare-what-should-579207
"We tried knocking down buildings - and whole communities in places like Totterdown and St Jude's - and replacing them with wide roads, and they filled with cars and lorries.
We tried building flyovers and they filled with more cars and lorries.
We tried putting bus lanes on the roads but we won't pay for more buses or run our own bus services.
We built shops with huge car parks that fill up with cars, and then watch as the roads around can't cope.
We build towns outside Bristol and one road between them, so every day it's like an egg timer where every car is a grain of sand waiting to squeeze through.
We choose to get into our cars rather than walk, cycle or get the bus. Most journeys are of less than two miles, so we could get there another way.
Instead of demanding something be done by someone else, and then complaining when it is, we all need to realise that we are all responsible. Until we realise that we are all contributing to the problem, we won’t ever be able to fix it."
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