The Centre Bike path to be replaced with black tarmac to reduce conflict

A BARELY visible bike path through the Centre will soon be replaced with black tarmac and then potentially red surfacing in future. The planned changes were prompted by concerns the bike lane, which runs along where the fountains used to be, is hard to distinguish from the footpath.

- Alex SEABROOK Local democracy reporter

The Centre is often a busy area with many people walking and cycling through. The bike path is a slightly different shade of grey, so many pedestrians don't realise they have inadvertently strayed onto the cycling lane. Walking campaigners say this causes conflict and feels unsafe.

Bristol City Council is planning a new trial turning some bike lanes red, to reduce conflict between pedestrians and cyclists. But not on the bike path through the Centre, which is probably the source of most conflict between pedestrians and cyclists in Bristol - at least not immediately.