| West of England Transport Vision Posted by Red Squirrel at 14:17, 11th February 2026 |     |
WECA has published its Transport Vision
Our vision is for a better-connected West of England.
• Better buses: reliable, affordable services with one ticket and one timetable
• More trains: new stations and more frequent services with low-emission trains
• Mass transit: a high-capacity system that links our key economic centres
• Active travel: better walking and cycling routes, with e-bikes/escooters there for short trips
• Improved streets: smoother roads and pavements, more electric vehicle chargers, Park & Rides and travel hubs
• Better buses: reliable, affordable services with one ticket and one timetable
• More trains: new stations and more frequent services with low-emission trains
• Mass transit: a high-capacity system that links our key economic centres
• Active travel: better walking and cycling routes, with e-bikes/escooters there for short trips
• Improved streets: smoother roads and pavements, more electric vehicle chargers, Park & Rides and travel hubs
Fair to say that it doesn't really contain any surprises, but it does continue to support improved public transport including Mass Transit.
| Re: West of England Transport Vision Posted by Noggin at 15:44, 11th February 2026 | |
Yep, nothing earth-shattering in there, but probably a lot more likely to be delivered than Marvin's starry-eyed visions of a Metro. Slow and steady does it we hope.
I'd like to think that the recent works at Bristol Airport have deliberately left the space in front of the building for a tram stop, but that seems a little too farsighted for this country!
| Re: West of England Transport Vision Posted by johnneyw at 16:28, 11th February 2026 | |
I was struggling ,and failed, to find anything new in the announcement. It did make me wonder about why the the Metro Mayor and the council team saw necessity to
| Re: West of England Transport Vision Posted by JayMac at 18:19, 11th February 2026 | |
Advanced Travel for Avon (ATA)
Westway
Bristol Supertram
MetroBus Bristol
Marvin Metro
Just some of the failed, or half baked, mass transit proposals for Bristol since the mid 1980s.
Forgive me if I see the chances of the latest proposals going anywhere as being somewhere between Bob Hope and no hope.
