history

What we are proposing for Bristol is actually nothing new. The process was started over twenty years ago with the opening of Queen Square and College Green. Several people and organisations claimed at the time that removing through traffic would destroy the city centre. Who would suggest building a dual carriageway through either of these places today?

Read more about the Queen Square changes:.

(link to website of the Queen Square Association)	As Reported in the Bristol Evening Post at the Time Big Divide Over Traffic Ban in City Square, March 28th 1991 Pinstripe Protest On Square Shake-Up, May 16th 1992 Mixed Response to Cars Ban in the Square, May 18th 1992 Putting Pedestrians First, May 18th 1992

The twentieth anniversary of the removal of through traffic from Queen Square will take place in May 2012. We are planning a number of events to mark the occasion - watch this space!

As Reported in the Bristol Evening Post at the Time