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Bristol (Reasons for Importance (Strategic position (Rail and ferry…

- - - - Aims to double number cycling by 2020
      - Journey during rush hour takes 31% longer than at any other time
      - 57% of people walking and cycling (highest percentage in any UK city)
    - - Consists of three bus routes linking the main Temple Meads railway station with the city's Park and Ride sites
      - Construction on network started in early 2015
      - Plan for new electrification of the rail line to London
- - - - Finzels Reach
        
        2 hectare brownfield site near the CBD with a redundant sugar refinery and old brewery buildings
        
        Variety of uses including office space, shops and 400 apartments
      - 2006 to 2013 - only 6% of new housing developments were on greenfield sites
      - By 2026 over 30,000 new homes are planned on brownfield sites
      - Planned brownfield developments will be high-density with an average of 210 houses per hectare compared with 60 on greenfield sites
  - - - Reducing speed limits on motorways and in residential areas
      - Frome Gateway - a walking and cycling route to the city centre
      - Electric vehicle programme with charging points in 40 public car parks
      - Smartphone app with information about public transport
      - Bus between Bath and Bristol Airport is powered by human and food waste (bio-methane gas produced at sewage treatment works). It can travel up to 300 km on one tank of gas
- - - - Impact on existing community services and facilities
      - Increased congestion, road traffic noise and poor air quality
      - Impact on ecology and loss of habitats (especially the Great Crested Newt population)
      - Loss of open space and informal recreational areas
      - Effect of development on local flood risk
- - - - Bradley Stroke - population of over 21,000 (Europe's largest private housing development when building started in late 1980s)
  - - - Hub for cutting-edge aviation technology
      - Produces parts for aircraft, as well as electronic systems such as those for communications and navigation
    - - GKN Aerospace
      - Rolls-Royce
      - Airbus
- - - - Rovers
        
        New facility on outskirts of city will feature facilities attractive to a wider range of people than just sports enthusiasts
      - City
    - - Concerts and entertainment
    - - Cabot Circus
        
        Cinema
        
        Two thirds of floor space taken up by shops and leisure facilities
        
        Opened in September 2008
        
        Cost of £500 million
        
        Offices
        
        250 apartments
      - Need for Improved Shopping Facilities
        
        Reduce crime
        
        Compete with other cities
        
        Improve environment
        
        Attract employment
      - Developments to Encourage Shopping
        
        Pedestrianising area
        
        Installing CCTV to improve safety
        
        More attractive environment (new street furniture, floral displays, landscaping)
        
        Development of open street markets
        
        Improved public transport into CBD (central business district)
        
        Promoting tourism to encourage greater spending
    - - Formerly workshops and warehouses
      - Converted into bars, nightclubs and cultural venues
      - Art gallery
      - Media and arts centre
      - Musueum
      - At-Bristol Science Centre
      - Harbourside Festival (3 three days long, attracts 300,000 spectators)
  - - - Cigarettes made from tobacco from West Indies
      - Sherry made from imported wine from Bordeaux
    - - £100 million government grant to become a Super-Connected City with broadband download speeds of at least 80 Mbps
      - Close links between city council and university
      - Educated and skilled workforce
      - Advanced research at university
      - Different industries working collaboratively in research and development
      - Clean and non-polluted environment
    - - Aardman Animations
      - Hewlett-Packard
      - Toshiba
      - Smaller firms working in robotics, 3D printing and other advanced technologies
- - - - St Paul's Carnival - attracts 40,000 people each year; aims to improve relations between European, African, Caribbean and Asian communities