Measuring the need for Bath and Bristol's 'Globe Connector'.

We need to be able to show organisations and individuals that there's a demand for this. Part of the bedrock of Bath's Two Tunnels campaign is the 650+ signatures collected in a single weekend in March 2006 - the campaign group still uses this evidence of support to counter arguments that 'No one wants the route'.

We hope that a couple of behind-the-scenes things will fall into place for this link path. When they do, we'll launch an online petition so we can show the public support for 'The Globe Connector'. Watch this space.

Update: we know there's a need and will hopefully not need to demonstrate it as there's now more consideration of building links in a network, so we might put the petition on hold unless it emerges that we do need a lever for this.

Budgetary stuff: when appropriate transport gets left out

Victoria Bridge Road. That was a walking and cycling route.

OK, it's not the best time to launch this campaign, but launched it needs to be - into the teeth of a budget for the UK that for transport is several missed opportunities in one - as noted by Sustrans for starters.

Now, one penny off fuel duty is neither here nor there as far as a tank of fuel is concerned, it's down in the noise, though it makes for a good headline.

That one penny, if collected and spent on provision for cycling and walking, would produce a nationwide transformation in the ease with which many people could get about using their two feet - especially when combined with one of the best inventions in any civilisation anywhere, ever. Something that would help everyone who uses the roads.

It would even pay for repairs to Bath's Victoria Bridge, one of the few crossing points of the river for people on foot or cycle, and a walking route to schools, but out of use since August 2010.

And of course it would help raise the money for schemes like our grandly named 'Globe Connector'.

It's these small links that make all the difference.

New name, New blog / website

If you've landed here from the BSU bicycle user group web site, welcome to the new home for the campaign to promote a connecting route between 'The Globe' roundabout and the Bristol to Bath railway path. Also, a big thank you if you've supported this idea in the past.

This route has been an aspiration for years among people who walk or cycle to the University campus at Newton Park, but it's useful for many others too - and we're delighted to pick this idea up, campaigning for it so that it actually happens.